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27 Aug 2021 11:53 #237923 by X8GGY

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OOOooh!

You're ahead of me now... mine's still amassing parts and brain ticking...

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28 Aug 2021 06:52 #237940 by Baloo

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wrote:
OOOooh!

You're ahead of me now... mine's still amassing parts and brain ticking...

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Dave

my brain is still ticking too, im thinking front wheel drive engine and box mounted amidship with one
driveshaft to the front axle and the other to the back axle, need the smallest lightest engine i can find, did they used to make a 3 cylinder corsa at one point ??

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28 Aug 2021 07:34 #237944 by Lambert

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There are plenty of quite fruity 3 cylinder turbo fwd motors out there now in the city car segment.

Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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28 Aug 2021 17:19 #237962 by Baloo

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I should have put cheap in my list of requirements lol
I have just perused ebay and can't find any cheap 3 cylinder engines, how about mgf the k series is all aluminium isn't it, I know they have a history of hg failure but that's curable, they seem cheap enough ?

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29 Aug 2021 07:38 #237981 by X8GGY

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If you use a transverse engine longitudely you've effectively got a centre diff as well, unless you can weld it up?

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29 Aug 2021 08:54 - 29 Aug 2021 10:21 #237989 by Baloo

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Morning Dave
yes just weld it up like any diff easy peasy then i have a 4 to one transfer box with out the cost of buying one
I'm looking at engines with cvt gearboxes as you only have 1 long gear with no gear changes to upset traction when crawling , mgf have one as do Nissan micra and probably many other manufactures will see what turns up cheap

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