Engine Fit

[Guest Nishka]

Hi Guys

 

Just a quick question; Has anybody fitted or know of anyone who has fitted a straight six cylinder engine in a Hood?

 

A friend of mine has asked if it is possoble, not sure what engine he is thinking of. I told him anything is 'possible'.

 

Cheers

 

Nishka

[Guest daveg]

They is no room for a straight four...let alone a 6!!

[Guest docter fox]

are all straight 6's mounted sideways?(other way to a pinto) or is that the point in them being straight compared to inline?

[Guest Andy Hamilton]

you will find all (I think) straight sixes mounted exactly the same as the pinto. i.e North-south, giving rear wheel drive. Most of these are found in BMW's

 

Nice engines, chew cams a bit, similar to pinto's in fact. Would be nice to see one in a hood!

[Guest micky bigthumbs]

but not the triumph one or the ford (mercury as used in mercruiser outboards and MK3 Zodiac's) the nose would scrape the ground

[Guest Bazwaz]

Nissan use a straight six in some of their cars. The Skyline has a twin turbo straight six. Didn't Beauford use a Nissan in their cars?.

Barry.

[Mitch]

thats correct Barry,

 

Daz (friend of big Jim) has a straight six in his Beauford wedding car

 

But doubt it would fit in the Hood

 

Mitch

[Guest Dredd]

How about the 6 cylinder vauxhall engine - Senator?

[Guest Tim Norman]

Most straight sixes are too long, I looked in to it a while ago. By default they are half as long again as a 4 cylinder.

[Guest salty_monk]

Better go for a V6 then... what about the Alfa Flat four?? That's a good engine & you should be able to get it to run RWD as there are 4WD variants... my mate had a 33 Permanent four, only 1.6 but around 140bhp & revs to about 8,500, no power low down but like a rocket when you wound it up...

[Guest gordon_macnab]

what about the Alfa Flat four??

Aaaahh put's a chill down my spine. Have spent a lot of time over the last few weeks with an 1.7 Alfa boxer engine with 1 broken timing belt. engine out job to fix. (still ran on other 2 cylinders though)

 

That engine is very wide and I don't think it would fit in a hood and after a close encounter with Alfa engineering I would give it a wide berth.

 

Gordon

[ibrooks]

Like Tim says an inline or straight six would be too long. A flat or opposed engine is too wide. A V6 or V8 is not bad for length (usually only fractionally longer than an inline engine with half as many cylinders) but they tend to be wide at the top so interfere with things like brake servos and pedals. I have an Essex V6 going together at the moment if anyone wants measurements and once it's fitted and run-in the one it's replacing will be surplus (anyone got a cruise ship they need to hold still).

 

Iain