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Roger Red Hat
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 12:37 pm |
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please tell me your not going to make it rear wheel drive...
your going to have to be doing some heavy mods for this..
mind you, going to have to do heavy mods for it no matter waht you want.. |
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Chet T16
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Roger Red Hat
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 1:06 pm |
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even the v6?
well, never knew that :) |
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Gentle Ben
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 2:12 pm |
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Well I've decided I'm gonna give it a go! After realising that the engine is the earlier pushrod 12V effort then it's 24bhp less horsepower than originally thought but still a force to be reckoned with!
Obviously I'm gonna have to research it as much as possible, and will no doubt have to call upon the intellectual services of many Retro Renault regulars, but I'm all for doing something different.
After doing the maths, a typical Williams engine goes for between £750-£1000. This equates to approximately £5-£7 per horsepower.
With the £150 V6 engine I bought, each horsepower costs 88p!
Fair enough, there will be plenty of problems to overcome but nothing ventured nothing gained as they say! |
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Roger Red Hat
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 2:14 pm |
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they do a manaul box for it? |
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Gentle Ben
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 2:34 pm |
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huwwatkins
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:03 pm |
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I get the feeling a gearbox will be the least of your worries  |
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Addie
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Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:09 pm |
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The majority of them were Automatics, and the boxes failed on them all the time.
Personally I think your a bit mad just buying an engine for that money, the seller has made a killing! I've lost count of the number of times I've seen V6 Laguna's with Auto Boxes and more often then not full leather on ebay go for under £300 - if you view compleated items one went for £350 for example. The V6's came with all the toys - meaning there are a lot of things to sell off to lesser spec'ed Laggy owners. Would be a lot easier to buy a laggy and sell the bits off to fund the coversion - plus you can see / hear the engine running etc.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9861&item=4539587024&rd=1
Theres one on ebay at the moment for £100 with full leather - ok its been overheating and needs a new HG but it'd probably be best to strip down and tidy up a new engine anyway.
Good luck, look forward to seeing some info in the progress reports! |
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Stephen
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 5:09 am |
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Looks like an interesting project, keep us posted... |
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JB
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:02 am |
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| ...After realising that the engine is the earlier pushrod 12V effort then it's 24bhp less horsepower than originally thought but still a force to be reckoned with!... |
valvers will still whip ur ass 
but hat off to you if u do decide to give it a go...i had a dream once...
my car got stolen one night...was freaking...then the next day some student lookin ppl returned it!! i went outside to start beating them but they protested and made me look at the car first...
they had nicked it and fitted an audi v6 engine to it! for a laugh like!?! drove lovely too...
good dream eh! |
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huwwatkins
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:16 am |
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You feelin ok JB?  |
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Gentle Ben
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:50 am |
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Lol that is one freaky dream JB! |
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Roger Red Hat
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:03 pm |
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for a while, i thought it was a true story..
not with it today.. |
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JB
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