In the bath I have been dreaming about....

[chadmat]

How about a Nissan Skyline engine, one of those that kick out 1000 brake horse.
Plenty of power there!

[Aragorn]

as luke said v8 petrol twin turbo

thats my current project in planning although it'll be a while before i can afford it

theres way more to consider than just engine! tranny, axle, suspension, wheels etc its hard to find parts that will handle the power and work in a transit without gearselector being somwhere in the rear load bed or axle being way too narrow and that mks it much more difficult to turn bath idea into reality

i will get there eventually, i hope next summer will see it nearing completion but who knows!

[School Boy]

A Hot Rod transit, chassis cab, front on the floor, back in the air. Combined with flame spitting exaughst.

And

Lo-rider transit.. hydrolics so the back can scrape and spark down the road

[FredTransit]

madvanman said there was a Cargo engine fittedn into a Mk2 already, so it's been done!

[madvanman]

madvanman said there was a Cargo engine fittedn into a Mk2 already, so it's been done!

it was a D-series engine, the van wasnt fast but my mate over loaded it with 3 cars cut up and stuffed in the back, he said it went the same speed as when it was empty and it didnt matter how steep the hills were it didnt slow down

[School Boy]

Putting a BMW 7 series V12 into a Transit. With one small turbo for when the revs are low, then a big one for top end power. Exaughst butterflies for more noise

[Luke]

Putting a BMW 7 series V12 into a Transit

that is something i seriously fancy having a go at building basically a supervan copy, spaceframed chassis, mid mounted engine and a stripped shell bolted on top
i think if you cut the chassis and floors out of a transit shell the weight would come down loads - the chassis rails are very thick and with all the outriggers etc. they weigh a shed load, aslo the door hinges are ott , ever picked up a mk2 door? they are heavy, cut all that out too just leaving the skin! also the front inner wings etc. could all go, and pick a shell without a sld

hmmmmm what a project quite cheep too pity ive got a few others waiting in line 1st

[MRspivvy]

funnily enough I had the same thought, putting a truck engine into a transit. something like a cummins 5.9 turbo out of a roadrunner/daf 45, this is the one some american pick up trucks use and usually around 140-170 bhp, but buckets of torque. its quite a compact unit so with some bulkhead adjustment could even go under the bonnet.
of course, a 14 litre cummins -or detroit diesel 2 stroke if you could get one-just for the sound-would be even better- but its a seriously heavy lump and major chassis work would be needed I reckon. It'd be easier to get a tractor unit chassis and graft a transit body on. hmm, interesting...

[BigNeil]

would making it into a cabriolet lose the strength from it or would it just look silly

[Luke]

would making it into a cabriolet lose the strength from it or would it just look silly

now if i could only use photoshop

im sure you could add some strength in no probs, but ive a feeling it would look silly

[chadmat]

A convertible double cab tipper wouldn't look that silly!!
Would it!!!!!

[MRspivvy]

Just had a thought- what about one of those GMC V8 diesel engines? they come in 6.2 and 6.5, NA or turbo. as standard they produce 200 bhp and are absolute torque monsters. american dayvans, pickups and hummers use them. a transit would really haul with one of those in and still get 30 mpg

[poppajoe]

funnily enough I had the same thought, putting a truck engine into a transit. something like a cummins 5.9 turbo out of a roadrunner/daf 45, this is the one some american pick up trucks use and usually around 140-170 bhp, but buckets of torque. its quite a compact unit so with some bulkhead adjustment could even go under the bonnet.
of course, a 14 litre cummins -or detroit diesel 2 stroke if you could get one-just for the sound-would be even better- but its a seriously heavy lump and major chassis work would be needed I reckon. It'd be easier to get a tractor unit chassis and graft a transit body on. hmm, interesting...

You can get 160 from the standard dti I reckon, just needs a little thought and some hard work

[Den]

Just had a thought- what about one of those GMC V8 diesel engines? they come in 6.2 and 6.5, NA or turbo. as standard they produce 200 bhp and are absolute torque monsters. american dayvans, pickups and hummers use them. a transit would really haul with one of those in and still get 30 mpg

Good choice actually. tend to last forever. One of the reasons their replacements are nicknamed "The Duracrap". LOL. Seems G.M. has a lot of the problems ironed out of the Duramax now but......

Ford's 6.0 turbodiesel is replaced now and good riddance as we took MANY to the rebuilders with less than 4000 miles on them!!! Junk!

7.3 was a lot to live up to but why replace it with a complete dud?? though International apparently ran them with no problems, less power and different engine management. (Hint. )

We have our doubts on the new twin sequential turbo's 6.4 as it's a bigger 6.0 but we'll see.......

The Cummins 5.9? Good engine in a BAAAD truck!! Dodge is garbage and the dealers are worse. The engine isn't bad but has it's problems too. (Crankshaft dowel pin in earlier ones.)

Basically the general reason we have so many problems with opur smaller diesels here is I think the current horsepower war. They keep cranking the numbers higher and higher (most of them are over 600 pounds of torque now!!) and then people mod them.........

A VERY underlooked motor is the Ford V10. No complaints as they just run and run and run. Might not get diesel fuel mileage but never in the shop either!! I'd love to see one with the aftermarket supercharger in a Transit. LOL.

Or the Lightning's 5.4 supercharger V8. Reliable and powerful.