twin engined 480

ROBLITTLER · Post by **ROBLITTLER** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:27 pm

all nice and well munching a prancing poney in a mini

but how do you get in the foookin tiny thing ?

pLoTz · Post by **pLoTz** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:52 pm

partly ot:

i don't seem to able to find that beast right now, but i'll keep on digging. there is an opel (for you islanders: vauxhall

) corsa b, running on two c20let engines, fitted with the eds "phase 3+" mods .. currently running something around 660 hp, it does beat the 9 seconds on the quarter mile! that thing is ugly as hell (as all corsas are), which is not quite a problem, as devil won't be able to catch it, either

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:44 pm

haz@nocturnal_development wrote:thought i'd just refresh, kept quiet for a while bout this, how's this for another type of renault/volvo hybrid ?

its one ma mate had fabricated a while bac and has recently been converted by us for a customer.

http://g7wfs.sytes.net/cgi-bin/index.cg ... not_normal

enjoy

very nice indeed.

is it 'legal' (ie mot'able) to run it without the shelf in place?
i would seriously consider putting up a partition behind the seats and leaving the block on view if so...
rgrds
rob

haz@nocturnal_development · Post by **haz@nocturnal_development** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:02 pm

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very nice indeed.

is it 'legal' (ie mot'able) to run it without the shelf in place?
i would seriously consider putting up a partition behind the seats and leaving the block on view if so...
rgrds
rob[/quote]

the car has had a few mot's since it was built. it usually runs with the cover (mainly for the noise, but the new owner is considerin a polycarb cover), and did have a prespex partition behind the seats (but it scratches easy, so possibly havin a polycarb one aswell).
i'm not sure how these affect mot's tho.

we think, as the car is goin to be more of a show car, that the owner may have an engine fitted up front at a later date, it would be very interestin, especially at pod. dont think it would run 9's tho.

haz

rapid R5 · Post by **rapid R5** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:22 pm

Thats most exellent! Can you tell us owt about it then haz? What running gear was used, and maybe some pics of it being built would be cool.

And could i do it on me drive!

steve

haz@nocturnal_development · Post by **haz@nocturnal_development** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:24 pm

it uses the same set-up to the front of a GTT, with a few tweaks.
my mate who built the car originally did it in the garage at home, with mainly a grinder and welder, so if your confident with them then yeah. it took him 6 months of evenings to do it first time round. the engineering side of it could probably be done in about a month's evenings now.

haz

yknot · Post by **yknot** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:48 am

how about the drive shafts, engine mountings and wheel support?

rapid R5 · Post by **rapid R5** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:54 pm

Like Haz says, its the same setup as the front of a ggt, so i presume the subframe and shocks/springs, driveshafts amd everything just get welded in at the back, have thought about doing it that way myself before.

steve

yknot · Post by **yknot** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:51 pm

...as i figured... i'm expecting some more details , anyway good job.
thanks,

haz@nocturnal_development · Post by **haz@nocturnal_development** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:19 pm

yeah just gtt stuff, subframe, shocks, hubs, driveshafts, wishbones, 1.7 gtx engine and gearbox mounts. fixed steering rack.
gtt/campus turrets can be removed from donor car or fabricated like this one. its mainly the subframe mounts that require thought.

haz