Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 09:17:29 +0100 From: "Mayhem" <havocmannopsamail.com> Subject: Re: Supercharge, hot-rod etc....
I was actually starting to think along the same lines, maybe drop in a large V8 chevy engine or something...... I will keep everybody posted on how this brainwave is going to ramble on.... Evert. Gav. McNett wrote in message <358ECACC.5529D611nopsamtt.org>... >Well, what if one just enjoys the challenge of rodding an old 900? I've got an >8-valve '85 myself, and I've had some thoughts lately of swapping the engine >for some crazy unit like a Jag XK (one of which I've run across for cheap). I'm >convinced that it's theoretically possible, although I haven't thought about it >seriously enough to consider weight issues, possible tranny swaps, and the >like. Of course, sense tells me I should just get a beat-up XKE or something. >Which is perhaps the only time "sense" has ever said something like that to me >or anyone else. Fun project though, don't you think? > >Tim Ricketts ,Wales, UK . wrote: > >> I don't wish to get involved in one of the the many NG "spats" i read >> one this NG,but my advice is valid - there is nothing sensible you can >> do.Anything you did to increase power output by any reasonable amount >> would in any case eat your pinion bearings on an '83 900 . >> You should be able to pick up a GOOD 900t for not much more cash than >> what it would cost to make your 900 "super fast".Take my advice in >> the spirit in which it was intended,like most of the advice on this ng; >> from a friend to a friend. > > >