Is This A Mad Idea?

[Guest daveg]

All

 

While driving to work this morning, (very boring) I was thinking about how difficult it would be to convert the rear of a 2b and put a 2.5litre Mondeo engine in

 

I think it would look pretty mad

 

Dave

[Guest bugsy]

Blimey Dave,

Did you not read some of the posts that Bill and Joey got recently , and all they were doing was putting the battery in the back!!. Cat among Pigeons, duck, hide etc.

[Guest Battery Bill]

Dave

You are really taking the p!&$ now

Mind you why dont you go for it it would be a good thread, would run and run

Edited November 13, 2003 by mickmellors

[Mat-Moo]

Why in the back, it would unbalance the car and make the back end like a Capri.

[Guest Ianz]

Mat

 

The Capri's engine was in the front!!!!!!!!

[Mat-Moo]

Your right, I meant drive like a capri though, back end heavy...

[Guest daveg]

Bill

 

I haven't even finished the standard build yet but I am thinking of a crazy idea for my next project! I might get a part-built via ebay as they are so cheap and try something crazy!

 

I think the whole car would be lengthened by at least 18" but the front would have to stay standard so the car retained much of the characteristics of the 2b

 

Imagine Richards face if I ever built one and turned up at a show

 

The more I think about it the more I want to do it or

 

Mat, I drove a Capri so hard the front suspension broke (and it wasn't my car, but I did fix it for the owner...but boy did it spin! about 720 degrees)

 

Dave

[Guest Battery Bill]

Dave

Buy two cheep 2B's off ebay and weld them together (Facing different ways) then you would have a rear bonnet space and a front boot and plenty of room for the battery in the middle

[Guest Battery Bill]

A bit like this really

[Guest bugsy]

I told you so dave, you really have started something here!!

Q Jim's reply!

[Guest Guy]

A mid engined 2B? yes it could be done you could even put the battery in the front!

Mind you, I was thinking of making an electric one no seriously I was .

 

With regards to the push-me-pull-you car that Joe is sitting in, does the exhaust from one feed into the inlet of the other? Very eco-friendly.

[Guest piddy]

When I picked up my 2B ( a few years ago now) The topic of conversation was on what power source was to be used.

1.6 1.8 2.0 Electric yes this chap had worked it all out he needed to put some batteries in the back and some in the front.

I beleive he was still going to use sierra hubs and brakes.

I often wonder if he finished his project.

Piddy

[Guest daveg]

Engine in the back, battery in the front

 

Thats the way to go

 

Dave

[Les Welsher]

Electric  yes this chap had worked it all out he needed to put some batteries in the back

Bill, that wouldn't be you would it

Mind you, I was thinking of making an electric one  no seriously I was  .

or was it Guy ?

 

Les

[ibrooks]

Why not keep it simple and just stick the Mondy V6 on the normal end of the Sierra box?

 

Have you found one cheap?

 

Iain