Thread: Stupid mod's

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

The Vee Wee 1300 would near out run a stock 3.5 and use less fuel

Its funny, 'cause its true

Mk4 Z 3ltr V6 into a Mk1 cortina
327 into a victor
186 into a herold
351 into a Mk 2 Z
4.3 GAZ V8 into a Volga M21
2.2 Voga M24 into a Lada 1 ( Kopec)
440 into a clubman

didnt matter what you did with the stearing wheel, all the cars did what thay wanted regardless

the one thing i never got to do for the darwin award was fit a Nome Monsopue into a Alfa,

there is a thread around some where, gave me an idea, CAT in a disco? or even a p38??

Originally Posted by clean32

...the one thing i never got to do for the darwin award was fit a Nome Monsopue into a Alfa,

there is a thread around some where, gave me an idea, CAT in a disco? or even a p38??

Let us all hope that the most you ever receive is an "honorable mention" in the Darwin Awards. We are always a bit sad when an AULRO member removes himself from the gene pool.

Diana

I've never done anything I've had to reverse straight away, but I guess I have plenty of opportunity left to try it. I have done some rather odd mods. My KE20 Corolla blew up the 4 speed gearbox, so I put a 5 speed in looking for better fuel economy. It would've been great, except you couldn't do more than 110kmh in QLD, which chewed fuel in fifth. I got my money's worth out of it when I came to the Territory, though. NB: 12" tyres make odd noises at 98mph...
I also fitted station wagon rear springs with home-made wrap leaves (like Land-Rovers) so it would carry all my tools and junk. I reckon it was the world's only 1-tonne Corolla...
But I've never regretted any of those mods, nor the ones I've done to my Landies.

Dan.

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the one thing i never got to do for the darwin award was fit a Nome Monsopue into a Alfa,

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I assume you mean a Gnome-Rhone Monosoupape, a rotary aircraft engine from WW1. The crankshaft is fixed and the cylinders rotate. Damn difficult to arrange this configuration in any land vehicle. Total loss oiling and they used castor oil then, spraying a mist of castor oil back over the aircrew who suffered the obvious problem from ingesting this.

A friend who builds monsters has two Continental made Wright radials from WWII. Recently he got one down from the wall of the shed, made a stand for it and has it running. These are ex tanks and have a flywheel and starter gear. He would like to fit it to some sort of vehicle but the dimensions have him puzzled at present. About 4' high, wide, and long. His most recent creation is a replica of a 1920's Brooklands racer which uses an 11.3 litre GMC V12 petrol truck engine from the 1950's-60's. Gets along very well.

You know how after you air-up your tyres with a 12v compressor and it gets HOT, (even more so in the summer) well after getting very warm fingers I thought hmmmm......the compressor head has got coolling fins!
They would work much better with a 12v fan sitting on top to keep it cool!

So thats what I did, I cut the power cable, hooked up a 2 1/2" fan and cable tied it to the top of the the head.

Gave it a whirl and still very hot, what a waste of time. Did I reverse it, not yet but I will. Maybe I just need a bigger fan

Originally Posted by moose

The one that immediately comes to mind is when I was re-building my Mk I escort. Putting the dash back in and it looked really bad, so I gave it a coat of paint to match some of the other white bits on the car, sounds bad, but it looked great. Took it for it's first drive in the sunshine, came back straight away, tore it off and covered it with black, couldn't see a thing for the sunglare.

I remember that little Escort (Ernie I think it was or was that another mates one?), I dont remember the Dash though....

Lets see,

- I built a Strutbrace in a 120y, stiffened it so much it broke the chassis around a left hand corner in croydon with the left front 18" off the ground.

- 302 in a TD Cortina, all was good but it really didnt like to stop but would do well over 200kmh.....

- I had a problem with the aircleaner on the said 302 not flowing enough air seems it had to be really think to fit under the bonnet so I tried to make up a cool air induction system with a remote airbox, it worked well but on the test drive it got chewed up by the fan due to me not bolting it down.

I was going about 90kmh at the time so there wasnt much left after ward aswell as busting the carbi.