Slutters
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 08:17 AM |
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Hi guys new build to show you!
Hello!
Ok, i have been a long time lurker but now i have finally signed up.
I brought a Tiger Super 6 from this forum for the princely sum of £1500, and was assured it was all complete... It wasn't 
Anywho it came with a Vauxhall 2.0 XE engine, and after much thinking (and constant teasing) i finally decided on a change of engine...
Here we are:
And yes what a tight sod it was to get in!?!
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40inches
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 08:23 AM |
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Hi, welcome to the forum.
£1500 for a Super 6 is a bit of a bargain, complete or not Have you tried the bonnet for fit? the 2.3 is a tall engine
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dave-69isit
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 08:27 AM |
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welcome to the mad house
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SALAD
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 08:34 AM |
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Teasing about the XE......?!?
Welcome by the way
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Slutters
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 08:36 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 40inches
Hi, welcome to the forum.
£1500 for a Super 6 is a bit of a bargain, complete or not Have you tried the bonnet for fit? the 2.3 is a tall engine
Hi
Yes the bonnet may need some 'adjustments' I think a cut out round the top cover so all you can see is 'Saab 2.3' 
However my friend told me to grind that of and get 'Talbot' or something along them lines put on lol.
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blakep82
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 09:50 AM |
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who was teasing about the xe?! its an awesome engine! one of the best 4 cylinders you'll find imo
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 10:14 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
who was teasing about the xe?! its an awesome engine! one of the best 4 cylinders you'll find imo
If you're only including car engines tho' 
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blakep82
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 10:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Richard Quinn
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
who was teasing about the xe?! its an awesome engine! one of the best 4 cylinders you'll find imo
If you're only including car engines tho'
they're the only engines worth considerng
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Liam
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 10:55 AM |
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Cool.
What RWD gearbox have you stuck on that SAAB motah?
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omega0684
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 11:24 AM |
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welcome and 
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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boggle
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 12:00 PM |
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cool...some good power to be got from them plane engines....how you going to get the steering rod to the rack?
keep us posted
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boggle
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 12:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Richard Quinn
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
who was teasing about the xe?! its an awesome engine! one of the best 4 cylinders you'll find imo
If you're only including car engines tho'
car engines? a thing of the past now
just because you are a character, doesnt mean you have character....
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 12:10 PM |
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Jesus, THAT is an avatar!
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boggle
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 12:14 PM |
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oops...resized now...sorry
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 12:27 PM |
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Had me laughing into my coffee!
I'm curious as to the gearbox too.
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MK9R
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 12:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coyoteboy
Had me laughing into my coffee!
I'm curious as to the gearbox too.
vauxhall omega??????
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
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jossey
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 12:56 PM |
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loads of room.
could get another one in that space.
ha ha!
good work.
isnt the engine a little heavy though?
i would guess the engine and box weighs about 300 kg?
maybe wrong.
dave
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Dan.
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 01:46 PM |
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About time you signed up rather than abusing my accout
This is his first build... he doesnt like to do anything by halfs some of the work arounds to get th engine to fit have bee very interesting but I
will leae him to fill you in on the detail.
As for the combined weight of the engine and box I'm pretty sure it's lighter than the 2.0 pinto and type 9 combinatin currenttly residing
in my indy.
The box is a manta box which will hopefully hold out but it is being asked a lot as it is rated at 240lb/ft iirc but with any luck the light weight 7
should not bee to hard on it.
Re getting to the steering rack you can see in the 6th pic the column is in place
Anyway I will let him reply to your Qs rather than taking over the thread, keep up the good work mate was looking good this afternoon Oh and thanks
for helping get the engine into mine
[Edited on 18/9/10 by Dan.]
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D Beddows
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| posted on 17/9/10 at 03:31 PM |
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lol, unfortunately a manta gearbox will last about 10 mins, an omega about 20........ you really need a T5 at the very least with that amount of
torque..... it's far from a bad idea (as mentioned routing the steering shaft will be a challenge!) but saab engines kick out huge torque which
is the thing that destroys gearboxes
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Slutters
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| posted on 18/9/10 at 08:11 AM |
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Hi and thanks for all the comments.
I will put up a build thread soon so you can see the various problems i have had.
Regarding XE's, i am quite sure they must be great, i went out in a Tiger E1 last night with a 2.0 Pinto and was quite impressed! I imagine the
XE's must be even better. However i always wanted to do a conversion and this seemed the easiest way! (Errr Kinda)
Gearbox is indeed a Manta Getrag, do you really think it will go pop very quickly? There is a guy pushing 350BHP into one with no problems?!?!?!
[Edited on 18/9/10 by Slutters]
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lotusmadandy
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| posted on 18/9/10 at 08:52 AM |
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Hi and welcome to the funny farm.
Keep us posted,i am very interested in seeing this running.
Andy
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