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colnerov
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It's hard to believe a lump like that'll shoehorn into a Focus - is there going to be enough access room for 'routine maintenance?
Will be following progress with interest, and much respect
Hi, It's also an indication of how big small cars are nowadays.
Colin
It's hard to believe a lump like that'll shoehorn into a Focus - is there going to be enough access room for 'routine maintenance?
Will be following progress with interest, and much respect
thanks
yes theres plenty of room, being a DOHC the plugs & stuff are high up and the oil filter is right out the front, plenty of room for an oil change and the rest is all down to how i lay the engine bay out.yeah the engines are solid - literally bullet proof - hence I picked it. what i really wanted was a merc V8 but I ended up buying a full car instead lol
why would i deliberately make my life more difficult with boost piping, oil lines and future coolant lines? there's plenty of room up front for them, that's why i went twin not single because the single was too cumbersome.
Watching this with interest
Shoehorned this rather large turbo, talented mate made the headers, get away with a lot on a bike
that's full stupid though lol - turbo bikes are mental
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Yup - kugel components do a full front and rear kit to fit a 302 and atlas axle in a mk1.
Like I said though I wanted something a little less primitive
Like a more modern engine and more modern suspension
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What is it about the Welsh and mental engine swaps? 
This is gumpy from my Capri forum. Let's just say the neighbours complained, from memory the council got involved and he had to curb his activities. Worth it for the comment at the end:
This is gumpy from my Capri forum. Let's just say the neighbours complained, from memory the council got involved and he had to curb his activities. Worth it for the comment at the end:
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What is it about the Welsh and mental engine swaps?
This is gumpy from my Capri forum. Let's just say the neighbours complained, from memory the council got involved and he had to curb his activities. Worth it for the comment at the end:
You can tell it is a rotary engine - by how slow it is to start.
Our paint prayer has a 1983 Gen1 Mazda RX7 Elford turbo - does my head in listening to it crank over to start.
If you start it up and move it about the yard - don't run it for long - it will flood and never start till you take the plugs out.
It has had constant engine rebuilds.
Not so "fast a furious" to start...
What is it about the Welsh and mental engine swaps?
This is gumpy from my Capri forum. Let's just say the neighbours complained, from memory the council got involved and he had to curb his activities. Worth it for the comment at the end:
Because we have nothing better to do
Onoff
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The BHR ignition mod I believe sorts a lot of rotary starting/flooding issues.
A friend of mine has one of those 1930s bread van looking things built on a transit chassis, currently running a non turbo smiley engine and its dog slow. I suggested putting the turbo on it, now he wants me to put a lexus in it. Not sure why he thinks that something I should do and I'm trying to get out of it..
This all started with my mate wanting to put a v8 in his transit lol. Then we decided to pick a better car.
Lol
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What is it about the Welsh and mental engine swaps?
This is gumpy from my Capri forum. Let's just say the neighbours complained, from memory the council got involved and he had to curb his activities. Worth it for the comment at the end:
We have a rotary in the workshop for a custom build coming up soon
