El Cheapo Project Ideas...

IainB · 26-08-2009, 20:16

With the drag car up for sale, along with all the associated things that go with it, I got to thinking I will have nothing, nish, nada to work on (apart from the daily!!)
So....im looking for something that is a) cheap b) parts are easily swapable c) a sleeper d) rwd (if possible) e) something that 'may' have any easy turbo transplant available f) doesnt need loads of fab work for engine swaps
Ideally transplants will be same manufacturer, not really worried about looks (ugly may be a bonus!), but it has to be CHEAP

Im thinking roundy roundy fun, with a bit of RWYB and maybe err drifting...need to have some cheap cheap fun after the last few years of very big bills

So...any ideas....did I say it had to be cheap?

Matblack · 26-08-2009, 20:17

MG Maestro Turbo?

MB

IainB · 26-08-2009, 20:24

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Originally Posted by Matblack

MG Maestro Turbo?

MB

Good choice...but are they getting rare / chuffing expensive (thats if you can find one that hasnt had the rust monster eat it).

This is going to be total bangernomincs at play...im going to use my years of knowledge and experience to totally ruin a car

I have a weird choice of Volvo running around in my head at the minute

Matblack · 26-08-2009, 20:36

Well the T5 was a monster and I'm sure it could be fettled or maybe that engine added to a smaller shell?

MB

Darrin · 26-08-2009, 20:52

Saab 900 (not RWD though).
BMW 2002.
Toyota Hilux?

(no, I'm not kidding)

mejinks · 27-08-2009, 12:53

If you want to come round and fettle my old 328......

Zirax · 27-08-2009, 13:09

Hmm I know the drift boys use 200sx's. For not a lot of money they can be taken to around 260-270. Then strip them out and jobs a goodun

Flibster · 27-08-2009, 13:17

I still want to do the Mk1 Transit with a 4l V10 Judd engine in it. Problems with workspace, time and sheer effort involved in doing it.

I do sort of have one project underway, well.. not me exactly, it's something from a few years ago that I helped someone design for his Automotive engineering degree course.

IainB · 27-08-2009, 14:43

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Originally Posted by Darrin

Saab 900 (not RWD though).
BMW 2002.
Toyota Hilux?

(no, I'm not kidding)

Saab 900 - had one I while back (as a car I always wanted) but....didnt like it
BMW 2002 - rare as rocking horse poo...and expensive
Hilux....hmmmm......

reminds me of wanting to drop a range rover in the weeds with a turbo RV8

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Originally Posted by mejinks

If you want to come round and fettle my old 328......

E36?
By fettle do you mean attack with an angle grinder to get rid of everything it doesnt really need

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Originally Posted by Flibster

I still want to do the Mk1 Transit with a 4l V10 Judd engine in it. Problems with workspace, time and sheer effort involved in doing it.

Thats going to bug me now....didnt the van have a name? Big something (or have I totally lost the plot on that one?)

Did think of a corsa/nova with a turbo lump lobbed in last night....but that breaks my rwd rule!!

Im trying to think of a car that was at a RWYB when I last took my 16v Astra - read ooh 13 years or so back.....it was Jap (I think) FUGLY....but was hot lapping and running 13's

to look at it, you would think what a POS then oooooffffff and off it went

kaiowas · 27-08-2009, 17:07

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Originally Posted by IainB

Thats going to bug me now....didnt the van have a name? Big something (or have I totally lost the plot on that one?)

SuperVan?

I would suggest a mk1.5 conversion on an MR2 but that would be far too predictable of me so I won't

26-08-2009, 20:16	#1
IainB Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: May 2009 Location: South Beds Baby Posts: 143	El Cheapo Project Ideas... With the drag car up for sale, along with all the associated things that go with it, I got to thinking I will have nothing, nish, nada to work on (apart from the daily!!) So....im looking for something that is a) cheap b) parts are easily swapable c) a sleeper d) rwd (if possible) e) something that 'may' have any easy turbo transplant available f) doesnt need loads of fab work for engine swaps Ideally transplants will be same manufacturer, not really worried about looks (ugly may be a bonus!), but it has to be CHEAP Im thinking roundy roundy fun, with a bit of RWYB and maybe err drifting...need to have some cheap cheap fun after the last few years of very big bills So...any ideas....did I say it had to be cheap? __________________ www.imc-racing.co.uk and www.djiainb.co.uk

26-08-2009, 20:17	#2
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	MG Maestro Turbo? MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

26-08-2009, 20:36	#4
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Well the T5 was a monster and I'm sure it could be fettled or maybe that engine added to a smaller shell? MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

26-08-2009, 20:52	#5
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	Saab 900 (not RWD though). BMW 2002. Toyota Hilux? (no, I'm not kidding) __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

27-08-2009, 13:17	#8
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	I still want to do the Mk1 Transit with a 4l V10 Judd engine in it. Problems with workspace, time and sheer effort involved in doing it. I do sort of have one project underway, well.. not me exactly, it's something from a few years ago that I helped someone design for his Automotive engineering degree course. __________________

27-08-2009, 13:09	#7
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Hmm I know the drift boys use 200sx's. For not a lot of money they can be taken to around 260-270. Then strip them out and jobs a goodun