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21 Turbo Engine Conversion?
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yeah as said previously, anything's possible. I remember an old article in Fast Car or Max Power quite a few years ago about some bloke who'd put an RS500 Cossie engine in his R5. It might even have been out of the 4x4 Sapphire so obviously it was a massive conversion involving substantial chassis, suspension and braking mods.
Anyway, in the article it said he pulled up at some lights and noticed a small amount of smoke coming from under the bonnet, decided to pop the bonnet and jump out for a look and upon opening it the engine burst into flames and subsequently burned the whole car out.:cry:
That conversion must have cost well into 5 figures and all went up in smoke, but proves anything is possible if you want it bad enough!
Anyway, in the article it said he pulled up at some lights and noticed a small amount of smoke coming from under the bonnet, decided to pop the bonnet and jump out for a look and upon opening it the engine burst into flames and subsequently burned the whole car out.:cry:
That conversion must have cost well into 5 figures and all went up in smoke, but proves anything is possible if you want it bad enough!
Gentle Ben
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Anything is possible within reason!
The main obstacle is educating yourself and learning what's possible and knowing ways of solving problems.
I've had to go through this process with my 19 and while there's still a long way to go it's only recently I've crossed the certainty line, I've just about found a solution to every problem now where as at the start of the year I had a myriad of problems to work round which I couldn't do by myself mainly down to not knowing what is and isn't possible in the field.
Basically, if you want an engine in your engine bay, all it has to do is fit in the hole and you're laughing, and even if it doesn't fit, it aint the end of the world!
The main obstacle is educating yourself and learning what's possible and knowing ways of solving problems.
I've had to go through this process with my 19 and while there's still a long way to go it's only recently I've crossed the certainty line, I've just about found a solution to every problem now where as at the start of the year I had a myriad of problems to work round which I couldn't do by myself mainly down to not knowing what is and isn't possible in the field.
Basically, if you want an engine in your engine bay, all it has to do is fit in the hole and you're laughing, and even if it doesn't fit, it aint the end of the world!
Also knowing people who are also in the know, working in that sort of industry anyway would be an advantage and having space at home to work.
I've got a shoebox excuse for a garage with the car stuffed in it, no bench - a knackered old chest freezer at the back is my bench and it's too bloody high, loads of crap keeps falling down the back which you can't retrieve. Pain in the arse.
I've got a shoebox excuse for a garage with the car stuffed in it, no bench - a knackered old chest freezer at the back is my bench and it's too bloody high, loads of crap keeps falling down the back which you can't retrieve. Pain in the arse.
I know Cranbrook, I used to work in a small garage just up the road in Sutton Valence. I can't remember the road number know but it starts just after that last bend out of Cranbrook and is dead straight for about 3 miles!
I heard a few stories of fatalities along that road when I worked there.
I heard a few stories of fatalities along that road when I worked there.
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