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SuperOwen Fahrvergnugen

868 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#878350
Short answer? No

1916baja Custom Title Time!

1,990 posts · joined Sep 2007 ·

#878395
there was a dude on here quite a while ago selling a circuit car project, i believe this was the motor to go in that car. you'd have to dig back throught the for sale section to find it. he might be of help to you? It doesnt seem all that streetable though.

Aussie Dubbin Fahrvergnugen

895 posts · joined Jul 2008 ·

#878399
Having seen this car and engine in person I can say the car was clean and rust free with most body work done ready for paint. Owner has a large paint company and this is not his first bug. He is keen to sell. Let me know if can be of any more help.
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DubCrazy Custom Title Time!

1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#878484
thanks for the replys, all i was wondering was if it would be suitable to set up for daily street or has it been pushed to far and would cost to much to make useable on a daily basis...

both the car and engine look like a great bargain

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Aussie Dubbin Fahrvergnugen

895 posts · joined Jul 2008 ·

#878493
I don't know much about dry sump. But apart from that there should not be too much of an issue I think the dash has been welded smooth from memory. Looks like a clean honest car
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Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 ·

#878495
Sorry... are we talkin about just the engine, or the whole combo ???

ANYTHING is possible... it's all just Time, Effort and Money after all. Dry Sump would be fine for a street car (bit of work in the plumbing dept of course), but not methanol and probably not the mechanical injection either. Getting the car through engineering and rego... hmm... dunno... that could be a massive can of worms.

Honestly for the $$$ on that engine you could make sizable dent in the cost of a purpose-built hot street motor.... that's be my 2c.

btw - 270hp from 2.7 liter is a lot of power... more than in at lot of VW drag cars... I reckon on the street you'd more likely have skid marks rather than a grin !!!

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HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#878496
Dry sump is probably more suitable for the methanol engine. My Sports Sedan suffered from high engine temps., which I put down to lack of oil 'sloshing around' in the crankcase. You also need a big oil tank [around 5 litres of oil, plus de-aerating] mounted somewhere. The good side is, a lot of weight [oil plus extra sump] is removed from the rear of the car......although the Autocraft dry-sump pump isn't light!
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DubCrazy Custom Title Time!

1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#878525
thanks for the input, it was just an idea... i didnt think it would be best suited to a daily street and i know 270 is much more than i was planing!!! i would have ditched the injections system for carbs .... no matter i'll carry on with my plan for a new engine...


once again cheers


steff.........
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