Your Bangernomics successes

rev_henry

westwood68 wrote: »

There was an article about a guy who put a BMW 3litre diesel lump in a scimitar in Practical Performance Car a couple of years ago.

Come to think of it, that's not a bad magazine to suggest for people on here to take a look at; especially the £999 challenge. Go as fast as possible for an overall outlay of £999

Iirc its not unheard of to put a Ford (escort or sierra?) engine and various other things in a Morris Minor so it'll perform more like a modern car.

westwood68

The very heart of PPC magazine consists of articles covering various engine swaps. Particularly newer engines in old bodyshells

worried_jim

I once saw a youtube video where by a man had put a merc 320cdi into a RR.

Farzackerly

westwood68 wrote: »

There was an article about a guy who put a BMW 3litre diesel lump in a scimitar in Practical Performance Car a couple of years ago.

The six-pot Beemer diesels and the Omega diesels are do-able and from what I've seen, work well; the problem is length and cutting the bulkhead/loss of heater, etc. Heaters can be re-located, but I'd rather stick with a four-potter for simplicity, and that means, by default, a Ford (mates with original box) Mondeo or Transit diesel. A 2.4TDCi, chipped to 150bhp would do nicely and be pretty close to the original performance, power/weight ratio, etc.
Anyway, that's for next year - looks like a Micra is probably going to happen first. They're not bad wee motors at all, just so many of them. Still, warm and dry is the thing.

scotsman4th wrote: »

Would you be able to get it reclassified for cheaper tax?

I'm in Ireland and it's a straight 30-year rule here. There's no changes to it on the horizon, like freezing it at a particular year, but the idea did come up, I'm sure. Fortunately the Irish Classic Car clubs have some influential members

worried_jim wrote: »

I once saw a youtube video where by a man had put a merc 320cdi into a RR.

Roller? The handy thing about the Shadow was the slushbox - it was a GM400, and in the US, the same box was to be found on some vans, coupled to a diesel V8. I came across one such RR conversion using that engine - hard work done, just mated and slotted straight in.

andygb

Would this be a candidate for "Bangernomics"?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201311300245436/sort/default/usedcars/page/1/transmission/manual/radius/1501/body-type/hatchback/model/octavia/price-to/4500/engine-size-cars/1-7l_to_1-9l/maximum-age/up_to_8_years_old/postcode/me158hb/quantity-of-doors/5/fuel-type/diesel/make/skoda/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew?logcode=p


Only 830,000 miles!

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andygb wrote: »

Would this be a candidate for "Bangernomics"?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201311300245436/sort/default/usedcars/page/1/transmission/manual/radius/1501/body-type/hatchback/model/octavia/price-to/4500/engine-size-cars/1-7l_to_1-9l/maximum-age/up_to_8_years_old/postcode/me158hb/quantity-of-doors/5/fuel-type/diesel/make/skoda/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew?logcode=p


Only 830,000 miles!

That's either been a very busy taxi or it's a typo! Not as bad as the old Ford Ka I saw listed the other day for £500 with no MOT or Tax.

Raksha

andygb wrote: »

Would this be a candidate for "Bangernomics"?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201311300245436/sort/default/usedcars/page/1/transmission/manual/radius/1501/body-type/hatchback/model/octavia/price-to/4500/engine-size-cars/1-7l_to_1-9l/maximum-age/up_to_8_years_old/postcode/me158hb/quantity-of-doors/5/fuel-type/diesel/make/skoda/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew?logcode=p


Only 830,000 miles!

And NO service history...

Farzackerly

andygb wrote: »

Would this be a candidate for "Bangernomics"?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201311300245436/sort/default/usedcars/page/1/transmission/manual/radius/1501/body-type/hatchback/model/octavia/price-to/4500/engine-size-cars/1-7l_to_1-9l/maximum-age/up_to_8_years_old/postcode/me158hb/quantity-of-doors/5/fuel-type/diesel/make/skoda/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew?logcode=p


Only 830,000 miles!

470-odd miles per working day - not outside the bounds of possibility.

rev_henry

My money's on it being an ex taxi, it has 2 aerials and no history.

andygb

Farzackerly wrote: »

470-odd miles per working day - not outside the bounds of possibility.

Knowing that particular make/model very well, they can do around 550 to a tankful (and it takes about £60 to fill the tank from empty to brim), so a long distance taxi (airport runs probably) would seem to fit the bill.
I have heard of plenty doing around 500K miles but nothing like this.