02GF74
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| posted on 21/7/06 at 01:00 PM |
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porsche engines?
anyone using one? or not locost enough.
Or is rear drive the problem for mating to a gearbox.
I would have thought a flat 4 or 6 in the front would do wongers for CoG but then what do I know...... 
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iank
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| posted on 21/7/06 at 01:07 PM |
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The 6 cylinder boxers are probably too wide for a 7.
Possible for a middy with gearbox mods to turn them round the 'proper' way (straightforward allegedly).
Turning the engine round might make them rotate the wrong way for a normal FWD gearbox, but I'm not sure which way they rotate so I
couldn't be sure - someone will be along soon to let us all know 
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NS Dev
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| posted on 21/7/06 at 02:59 PM |
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flat 6 porsche engines cost a FORTUNE!!
trust me I have looked for a long time at using one in the back of a grasser!
Ideal engine but £3000 for a fairly crap one is too much money!
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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apex
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| posted on 21/7/06 at 03:19 PM |
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A Subaru engine with turbo.....
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Alan_Thomas
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| posted on 21/7/06 at 03:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
Turning the engine round might make them rotate the wrong way for a normal FWD gearbox, but I'm not sure which way they rotate so I
couldn't be sure - someone will be along soon to let us all know
This takes me back - When I was a student many years ago I helped a friend change the transaxle in his beetle. The only transaxle we could get came
from a VW van. The guy assured us that all we had to do was remove the 'reduction boxes' from the ends of each halfshaft and replace them
with our back plates and drums from the old unit. No problem doing that and after a about a day and a half every thing was back together.
Start the engine, select reverse and bang we hit the front garage wall. Running perfectly 1 forward and 4 reverse gears! 
The reduction boxes reversed the drive and in a van box they build the crownwheel on the other side of the diff
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John Bonnett
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| posted on 21/7/06 at 05:51 PM |
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Probably missing the point here but a 944 Turbo develops 250 horse power and is front engine with transaxle. How about that for weight distribution.
Although I used to own one I have no idea whether the bits would go into a Locost but they are a reasonable price (well the non turbo ones are
anyway)
John
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zetec7
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| posted on 21/7/06 at 08:49 PM |
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There's a fellow bulding a 7 using 924 running gear on the US Locost Builder's site. I have a 944 myself, and wwould have thought the
engines to be too high, but then they are leaned over a fair bit in the original car, so it might fit. As far as the transaxle is concerned, it also
contains the IRS, so that is something else taken care of. However, they are designe to use a "torque tube" to join the engine and
transaxle together solidly, with a driveshaft running inside it - that would have to be engineered. But, it has been done!!
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 21/7/06 at 08:55 PM |
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The 924 2.0 engine is basically the VW LT28 engine, I would have thought there would be a strong possibility that the LT gearbox could be adapted to
fit (or may just fit without mods)
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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