Thinking of putting this engine in my Transit.....

[markbradleyf1]

....what do you guys recon? Will I have any problems with the emissions?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moX6Lps9w70&feature=fvw

[whitevanman66]

nope cause when they shove the probe up the back it will just disintegrate

[noobrider]

doubt it, looks like a clean exhaust to me, more likely to fail on the Db count, needs a big silencer

[markbradleyf1]

I live in a nice quiet area; I'm sure the nieghbors will understand

[Luke]

watched all the video but he never let it rip was expecting a 8 sec ¼mile

[markbradleyf1]

Can you imagine that thing on the drag strip?!!
Fookin eck; I mean, a Gloster Meteor jet engine, maybe 15,000hp.....makes the V6 look pretty weedy!

[Luke]

at least his diff would be ok

[transit jono]

Put it in the back,open the doors and run the 1/4-Nice

[bezzabsa]

All I can say his - he's got a bloody good hand brake!!!!!
also thats how to fins out if your truck needs welding!!!

[manandvan]

its definately gonna "blow the bloody doors off"

[mototech]

nahh forget that you want a proper engine rollsroyce v12 spitfire engine enough torque to rip the tyres off i recon

[MinorMatt]

Funny you should say that mototech... I was with a load of veteran car nuts a couple of weeks ago and talk turned to spitfire engines in cars...

2 problems.... no tyres would stay on the rims, if you were very lucky and they did then the clutch only lasted about 20miles (this was late 50s early 60s though)

[mototech]

be good fun though eh luv whatching the you tube vids of aeroplane engines on stands getting run up

[Altransit]

There was a car made in the 1960's ( IIRC! ) which had a Rolls Royce Merlin engine in it, but I can't remember any details about it now, and google wasn't helpful

I do remember the guy who built it was in trouble with RR for using their grille on his home made car, and I vaguely remember that it caught fire on a demo in Sweden. So it has been done but what tyres he used ........ who knows?

[markbradleyf1]

That was John Dodd's "the Beast"....its still going around and theres some videos on youtube of it