BeArDy
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has anyone got any info or know where i can get info on how to make a twin engine car, like how the mount the rear engine and how they fit the F suspention in the back????
easyest way would be to weld a engine bay in the back.......
any info welcome
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luca2020
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Registered: 26th May 02
Location: Maidstone, Kent
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ask on mig, i dout theirs any1 on here with that sort of technical knowledge
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K100RSA
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2 possible ways that I can think of would be using all the front end running gear and possibly the rear hubs from a 4x4 cav etc, and rebuild the rear end of the corsa with a roll cage style frame work to support it all, or my personal route would be to buy a bog stock corsa, completley rip out the floor section and build a space frame chassis for it, then the body would mount on it similar to a kit car, this is the method I used on a mk1 golf many years ago, this will also give you solid points to tie a roll cage into and a very stiff car.
Tony
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Adam_B
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The guys a dubsport near ormskirk did a twin engine golf didnt they ? Not that far from u.
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MikeH
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Where the hell is dubsport? i'm from ormskirk.
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BeArDy
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ye i have found where they are and about a 45/hour from me so going to pop over and have a look for free advice
http://www.dubsport.com
already looked 
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3CorsaMeal
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found this Beardy
http://www.knights19.freeserve.co.uk/twin.htm
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BeArDy
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cheers
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Lisa
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theres a place in wales called big boyz toyz they did one
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wayne hiscock
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seen that dubsport one at gti international do 0-60 in 3.1 secs
was a good day
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street
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Registered: 27th Oct 02
Location: greenwich
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in cossvaux's ads they say they can do them
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moddedcorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by wayne hiscock
seen that dubsport one at gti international do 0-60 in 3.1 secs
was a good day
 WOW
Go for it beardy make ure corsa the fastest accelerating 1 in the world
[Edited on 06-06-2003 by moddedcorsa]
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adelcorsa
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Location: ipswich
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there is a place in ipswich that had twin engined escort pick up and 106 that is gona be in mag next week
oh and the 106 has a rs turbo lump in
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BeArDy
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yes i have been looking for there weddy i have been reading there specs in the mags and it seams all they all have done is weld a engine bay in that back, non have made custom stuff really, well maybe alittle......
i am going over to Dubsport this week as its only about 40mins away from me, which i dident know, and will have a good old look at there golf 
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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ther is a nova on mig with a calibre engine mounted in the back on a space frame, in a unit obviously sealed from the drivers cabin, se if u can find out whos that is
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STEvieXE
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a fella i know put a cavalier sri engine into the back of a metro, and converted it to rwd etc. as far as i know he cut the floor out of the back of the metro and welded the chassis legs of the cavalier in so he had the basis for the mounts. after that i dunno sorry. then he fleeced the shit outta it and then removed the engine and crushed the metro. lol. he is a foreman in an engineering firm also. and at the minute hes doing a rwh astra with sri engine in back.
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bradfincham
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find out what the company in ipswich is please!
its just upthe road from me soi will go and report back to you!
best way is to do it like a kit car, like k100rsa says with a space frame chasis, that way you just weld in engine mounts etc, but that would mean dismantling your whole car!! and chopping and changing it so much, hot rods have a space frame chasis like that with say a corsa body shell on top! will be very noisey to drive though!
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Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeH
Where the hell is dubsport? i'm from ormskirk.
Near parbold hill, just near a shell (i think) garage where u come off the motorway.
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RichR
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I think its europarts wh oare runnignt he orange, twin engined renault 5, they are based somewhere around stoke; think Jaffa has contact details for him - u2u him. not too far from u in Manchester, and hour at the most..
other than that try dub sport ( think theyve done it at least twice with two mk II golfs)
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
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mmmmm i luved dubsports old twin vr6 pastel blue rallye.
theyv done quite a few golfs
think they helped with that escort pick up
mind readin bout it
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R17CH U
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Registered: 5th Apr 02
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We are currently doing it at the mo with a Corsa C Cav Turbo Front end re fabricated in back of car.
Ritch @ Cossvaux
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animality-gt
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its all well and good fittin the engine but the 3 other MAJOR issues are
fittin the gear linkages and findin a way to link the 2 cluthes to the pedal
connectin the throthle cables to work for bough engines
and finally and most importantly havin the two engines the exact same spec and horse power.(can be sorted by a rollin road) cos if theengines arnt the same hp the chassis will get fucked from stress.
there was a twin engine audi tt turbo a couple months back in top gear magazine.
it cud get up to 220 mph but at that speed all airflow and hit comes into play.
u also hav to consider steerin,with hat amoint of weight in such a small car then it will be a bitch to even steer the thing
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Bonzai
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Registered: 25th Mar 03
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im fairly certain someone has twin engined a nova in south wales area. ask on www.southwalescruise.co.uk and im sure someone will tell u about it
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
Location: Edinburgh Drives: Mk3 Golf Gti
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that the yellow TT?
bout that black mk4 golf in holland or somewhere there rear engined with 900bhp
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AndyW
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Registered: 28th Oct 02
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im sure there waas a twin engined saxo at donny. that looked fookin mean....
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