Hellfire
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| posted on 1/4/07 at 07:24 AM |
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Engine Transplant
After doing lots of research on various engines, both motorcycle and car variants we have decided that when the summer is over, we are going to do an
engine transplant on our Indy. 
Primarily, the main factor taken into consideration in our decision was who drives the Indy the most and what sort of driving is done. As Dad is
retired, he tends to use the Indy a lot and most of his driving is done at a rather leisurely pace and therefore a bike engine might not be best
suited for his style of driving.
Responsiveness and quick acceleration are bike engine traits and they like to be revved, which is great fun on a track, but can lead to mishaps on the
public highway. Dad has already had his license endorsed with three penalty points for exceeding the speed limit and he is now cautious whilst out
driving and adheres strictly to the speed limits imposed.
In deciding which engine to replace the ZX12R with, we considered factors that we liked in engines. We wanted something with similar bhp, preferably
more torque and quite high revving.
Looking around at various engines, we initially considered other bike engines, such as the FJR1300 and the Pan Euro but discounted them due to their
complexity in a BEC
Finally, we considered….. wait for it….. car engines.
Obviously the Honda S2000 is prime candidate, however, it is slightly out of our price range unfortunately.
Other engines we considered were the Nissan SR20DET. Again, good bhp, torque but the complexity once again put us off
Lastly, we decided that although probably not the most modern of engines, we would replace our ZX12R engine with one that is tried and tested. OK, so
they might not be the lightest engines out there, nor the most powerful but they are robust, easily tuneable and can return some impressive RWHP with
bike carbs fitted. Besides which, the people who have them fitted always rave about them.
So….. Pinto engine it is!! Now we’ve decided, we can’t wait for summer to end, so we can get cracking on the transplant………
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Humbug
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| posted on 1/4/07 at 07:32 AM |
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Yeah, nice one Hellfire. Must have taken you ages to write this 
Happy 1st of April
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graememk
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| posted on 1/4/07 at 07:51 AM |
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I'll be the first to say it
check the date lads
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zetec
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| posted on 1/4/07 at 07:53 AM |
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Too heavy by far. Pop down to B&Q and get one of those Honda generator motors, cheap reliable 4 stroke. Or wait till tomorrow and see if your
local £ shop has any.
" I only registered to look at the pictures, now I'm stuck with this username for the rest of my life!"
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TangoMan
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| posted on 1/4/07 at 07:53 AM |
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A bit transparent I think 
For a moment I thought that common sense hd prevailed but then I remembered the date. 
Summer's here!!!!
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mark.s
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| posted on 1/4/07 at 07:54 AM |
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the 1.6 i hope hellfire...its the finest lump (to weigh in !) of them all 
[Edited on 1/4/07 by mark.s]
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bob
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| posted on 1/4/07 at 07:55 AM |
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That has cheered me up this morning, very good
I was wondering who was going to be 1st,i lost my money as i had bet on a more northern member
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bob
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| posted on 1/4/07 at 07:56 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mark.s
the 1.6 i hope hellfire...its the finest lump of them all
1300 pinto for the old fella
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matt.c
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| posted on 1/4/07 at 08:10 AM |
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Team bull*hit!
good one!
On the other side if its true! Dont do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ch1ll1
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| posted on 1/4/07 at 08:16 AM |
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are you being held captive by somebody
[Edited on 1/4/07 by ch1ll1]
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jacko
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| posted on 1/4/07 at 09:19 AM |
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seen the light at last happy 1st of april fools day
Graham
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Guinness
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| posted on 1/4/07 at 09:32 AM |
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Where is DarrenW when you need him?
Mike
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jacko
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| posted on 1/4/07 at 01:05 PM |
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Chris do you think phil will swop cars with me i think i have a spare pinto some were in the garage for him and steve + Keith
Graham
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