Here is a good one for you all,local to me is a well known german car specialist who even gets the dealers in to sort their problems out and has invested mega bucks in diagnostic gear,in comes a J reg scirroco and they are all stumped as how to alter the mixture on the "Carb",they had to call in one of the lad's dad to sort it.

What is the world coming too.........

Technology ? :rolleyes:

Back to thread,what about tb's and a head change instead of ripping the lump out and fit emerald or the like,should give decent power.

I'm not into all this modern stuff either Ronnie, my daily runabout is a 1983 Vw T25 easily fixed with a hammer and a screw driver. No fuel injection no cat but it does have a cool way of letting me know when it needs more oil.....cheeky wee puddles are left as a reminder the oil prefers to be on the outside rather than on the inside. Had the crank seal changed and using thicker oil helped but still does it......"tis human don't yer know"

Oh and the other thing I beat everyone in a race down here as I just block the road and drive slow....:P

s2000...

they fit nice with a little modification

http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=6867

tilly

Well i believe my mind is made up ---- it's got to be the S2000, only thing left to do is a test drive without the salesman for a good test......:D

Didn't realise you were fitting one Tilly, they are a lovely looking engine and do take a lot of stick - good job really. I maybe be pestering you at some point if you don't mind.

Sorry Mark but you'll have to upgrade over the winter to to keep up. Not the VW but the ST170 Mark......;)

Thanks All......Andrew

I kinda like being a mobile chicane and amuses me to see how it winds people up being stuck behind a camper with sarcastic stickers on the bumper....sooooo many folk in a rush to get in a wooden box these days:confused:

I knew mine being faster would eventually get the better of you :D

You will struggle on the test drive front though as i only just fit in them and you are a good couple of inches bigger than me, you might just have to put the roof down and look over the top of the windscreen instead!

Hmmmmm. As most of you know I sold my roadster and used the money to buy an XJR. This kind of got me thinking. The Jag V8 engine is actually very light, as is the Merc 5 speed auto trans (yes, I know, but bear with me). My car has been lightly tuned to about 420 BHP, in the very big Jag it does the 0-60 dash in 5 seconds and storms the 0-100 in about 11. Top speed when derestricted is 180. I am told it is a fairly simple matter to up it to about 500 brake.
Now, I don't know if that engine would fit or whether it could be mated to a manual box but I wouldn't mind trying :D You can get a decent Jag v8 engine for about 350, an auto box would be about the same albeit totally useless for a roadster.
Failing that the Honda would seem like a great choice.
Dave.

I found this a few years ago and the big one is the modular ford/jag.Its actually bigger than an fe big block ford.

Bob

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hi spud - it seems you have made your mind up about the s2000 engine which is good

but

make sure the power you expect is the power you will get or you will end up doing the modified route to that which is an expensive route.

with regards to the hayabusa

1. the bhp figure from new is about 175, not '200' [less any loss.]
2. driving the car - there is very very little loss of torque with the busa i have noticed - if you drive it correctly you should be in the right gear anyway!!
3. the sequential box is a dream!! on full throttle shifting it just clicks into gear with very little lift off at all even without a quick shift.
4. the reverse boxes are shit - plain and simple but you can go the starter motor route which works very well.
5. weight - the whole engine and box weighs in less than the weight of a s2000 engine alone
6. reliability - DONT FIDDLE WITH THE ENGINE if you do you risk it going bang - they are designed to be run in a bike as you know and right on what is very close tolerances - leave it alone and it will be ok in standard form.
7. performance - best mod for any car has got to be - - - - suspension set up! worth 100 bhp any day. theres not many cars get away from my car the only one i had pass me was a 911 GT3 [with 450+ ponies] and i wasnt watching :rolleyes:

if your gonna use the car a lot on motorways - car engine - it can get tiring in a bike car

but back roads - see ya!

:cool:

Turns out its dead easy to make the S2000 engine run on the standard ECU ;) you need the engine loom and the under dash loom complete with the PGMFI relay

if you go down the s2000 route give me a shout and il tell you were to connect the wires, you dont need to touch the engine loom and you need about 30 wires from the under dash loom

tilly