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i found this on ebay it says there is a 2.0l sigma engine in it so if someone wants to put a starion motor into this or even a vr4 motor i think it would be pfq (prittttty fucking quick)

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 79421&rd=1

bigmoz :pimp

And all you have to do is cut more holes in the boot to make it all fit....... as well as put up with no weight over the front wheels .... and spend another 20k to get it up and running.

Funny that my MR2 has no weight over the front wheels and seems to handle pretty damn nicely. As do im sure most Ferrari's, Lamborghini's, Porshe's... and what are those... race... F1 cars, thats it.

MR2 engine is mid mounted, Lambo, ferrari is also mid mounted (mostly) Porsche engine is behind the axle line and older ones have a tendency to pendulum when lifting off the gas around a corner. It's a known flaw that has taken 20 years to tame. Also the engine sits very low in the chassis, not up like a sore thumb in this monstrosity.

Say you put a stock Staz motor in, the turbo and top of inlet manifold will stick out the engine cover. Go for a fang, have to stop cos it starts to rain and your lovely hot exhaust housing and manifold cops a drenching, not good. And you have to mount a radiator in there somewhere and get the top tank or overflow bottle higher than the head to stop air lock.

You could put a rotor in it and make something from it, but it will still take a fair bit of moolah.

porsche... overcoming bad design through engineering

Alspos wrote:MR2 engine is mid mounted, Lambo, ferrari is also mid mounted (mostly) Porsche engine is behind the axle line and older ones have a tendency to pendulum when lifting off the gas around a corner. It's a known flaw that has taken 20 years to tame. Also the engine sits very low in the chassis, not up like a sore thumb in this monstrosity.

..... so what your saying is this should balance things out?

That would help immensely. Except when turning. You can't turn when the front wheels aren't on the ground

yeahhhhhh now thats an engine... 440 magnum.... to bad you dont have a pic of the mighty 426 HEMI