Why has no one done a boxer swap?
11-08-2010, 03:23 PM
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Hey, has anyone thought of an air cooled VW engine swap? Front engine, rear drive, stock Miata transmission, adapter plate and at approximately 60hp it sounds like a real win. Seriously, why has no one ever thought of a swap like this? You even get the benefit of getting rid of the radiator. Win win.
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11-08-2010, 03:40 PM
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Then again, so are Sooby gearboxes, and they have synchros that aren't made of polished marble.
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11-08-2010, 04:07 PM
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18psi is the official pinata ninja master. you put up your swap pinata and he knocks it down with one swipe. unless its a v8
what do u say about this?
ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_S65
Kennedy Engineered Products makes adapters to plug damn near any engine ever made into a VW or Porsche tranny. 905 gearboxes are pretty popular as they're cheap and reasonably durable.
Then again, so are Sooby gearboxes, and they have synchros that aren't made of polished marble.
Then again, so are Sooby gearboxes, and they have synchros that aren't made of polished marble.
does the reverse exist? I would like to put a vw tdi motor in my miata. i would need a 300ft/lb capable gearbox that could fit a vw.
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11-08-2010, 04:26 PM
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Hey, has anyone thought of an air cooled VW engine swap? Front engine, rear drive, stock Miata transmission, adapter plate and at approximately 60hp it sounds like a real win. Seriously, why has no one ever thought of a swap like this? You even get the benefit of getting rid of the radiator. Win win.
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11-08-2010, 07:30 PM
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While you can manipulate images and really change **** around in Adobe Photoshop, if it can be done in MSPaint, it can be done in real life.
Proof that the boxer engine will fit in a Miata:
After proving the boxer engine will fit, I went a head and tested a couple other theories I had in mind:
Proof that the boxer engine will fit in a Miata:
After proving the boxer engine will fit, I went a head and tested a couple other theories I had in mind:
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11-09-2010, 12:24 AM
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yer goin about this all wrong boy. ya gotta rotate that thing. 90 degrees or so. then you can get half the plugs while under the car, and half when you open the hood.
18psi is the official pinata ninja master. you put up your swap pinata and he knocks it down with one swipe. unless its a v8
what do u say about this?
ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_S65
does the reverse exist? I would like to put a vw tdi motor in my miata. i would need a 300ft/lb capable gearbox that could fit a vw.
18psi is the official pinata ninja master. you put up your swap pinata and he knocks it down with one swipe. unless its a v8
what do u say about this?
ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_S65
does the reverse exist? I would like to put a vw tdi motor in my miata. i would need a 300ft/lb capable gearbox that could fit a vw.
Could get it done better and cheaper with an LS (and I hate LS engines).
I remeber back when the M5 V10 first came out all the ricers where loving it because of the 100hp/liter ( ricer math
) but the LS7 was both lighter, smaller, simpler, cheaper, and provided a better torque curve. It was more power dense.If you wanted a similar power band to the M3 V8 do a small cube LS and optimize it for 6K-8K rpm. And dont say an LS based enigne cant take the RPM, there has been a 408 at over 10K rpm. (fastest N/A T56 car)
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11-09-2010, 01:09 AM
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Hey guys I wanna put an iron duke in my miata because I heard non-counter balanced cranks are super light, so it should be able to rev high? do you think it wil fit.
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11-09-2010, 10:59 AM
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i'm wondering if it could get it done on the s65? (or the f20c for that matter)
Could get it done better and cheaper with an LS (and I hate LS engines).
I remeber back when the M5 V10 first came out all the ricers where loving it because of the 100hp/liter ( ricer math) but the LS7 was both lighter, smaller, simpler, cheaper, and provided a better torque curve. It was more power dense.
I remeber back when the M5 V10 first came out all the ricers where loving it because of the 100hp/liter ( ricer math
) but the LS7 was both lighter, smaller, simpler, cheaper, and provided a better torque curve. It was more power dense.i would also highly recommend to anybody to go to see the 24hrs of le mans. standing on the side of the mulsanne straight as the v8 powered cars went by at about 215 was really effing amazing. u can even get crepes and watch the race
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11-09-2010, 12:07 PM
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i'm with ya, but i'd say this here deserves an exception
SPECIFICATIONS H1V8:
* 75° odd fire V8
* 2.8 LITER, 170 cu. in. displacement (3.0 liter optional)
* 84mm Bore X 63mm Stroke (67 stroke optional)
* 4 cams, 32 valves via internal silent chain
* 530mm wide x 485mm long x 530mm high
* 400HP @ 10,000 rpm with stock street cams (higher spec. is available)
* 245 ft-lbs torque @ 7500 rpm
* 200 lbs engine weight
* Billet nitrided steel 180° crank
* 4340 H-beam con-rods with ARP bolts
* Billet 6061-T6 aluminum crankcase
* Dry sump 0il system with 4 stage pump
* 7.25" or 5.5" Twin disc clutch
* DTA S80 full sequential ECU
* Unique cylinder offset and cam drive arrangement yields a compact design- Patent No. 7,168,405
ref: http://www.h1v8.com/page/page/1562069.htm
SPECIFICATIONS H1V8:
* 75° odd fire V8
* 2.8 LITER, 170 cu. in. displacement (3.0 liter optional)
* 84mm Bore X 63mm Stroke (67 stroke optional)
* 4 cams, 32 valves via internal silent chain
* 530mm wide x 485mm long x 530mm high
* 400HP @ 10,000 rpm with stock street cams (higher spec. is available)
* 245 ft-lbs torque @ 7500 rpm
* 200 lbs engine weight
* Billet nitrided steel 180° crank
* 4340 H-beam con-rods with ARP bolts
* Billet 6061-T6 aluminum crankcase
* Dry sump 0il system with 4 stage pump
* 7.25" or 5.5" Twin disc clutch
* DTA S80 full sequential ECU
* Unique cylinder offset and cam drive arrangement yields a compact design- Patent No. 7,168,405
ref: http://www.h1v8.com/page/page/1562069.htm
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11-09-2010, 10:41 PM
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What I want to see is a car with horizontally mounted motors, one for each wheel. Plus one for suction ala chapparal (sp). Plus one for lift so that way you can have zero weight which = infinite accelleration zero to sixty in zero seconds.
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