bike engined Seicento

Most. Im beginning to think gear actuation sounds like a PITA - currently thinking some form of electrical actuator there. Plus cramming heat management gear into a useful space (with adequate vent air) also looks hard!

If you can use cable operated actuation, it's "just" a matter of making up longer cables, otherwise, time to get the thinking cap on.

For heat management, rad up front, water by copper/aluminium pipes. For intercooler/oil cooler, (well meshed) duct to exit through Abarth rear bumper (one of the Novitec cars seems to have this) or through rear hatch. In the Warner "Street Turbocharging" book there's an MR2 (type 1) project that might give you some ideas.

One day I might build a Fiyota.....................

Main reason Im thinking is cramming heat management pipework, g/c cables in the same place under the car - I dunno whether there's enough space available. MOving the G/C linkage and cables inside the car would solve that though if you can turn the cables through the necessary radius without impinging on their operation

i need a way of getting the car to work to weld it all in because i dont really want to mess aout on my drive. and you allways never have the right tools. i had a small box tralier so i started cutting it up to amke a car tralier. it the right wheel base so it prob will not get used after this lol. heres a pic before and after painting.
adam



still got a bit to do and ive gotta buy some straps to tie the car down.

See if you can get a peek at one of the stratos replicas: IIRC, the gear linkeage is inside, more or less straight back, the pipework down the sills. Sounds daft, but they're about the same size (although the Strat has bigger overhangs)!

ive drilled the gear lever on the engine. and iam making a plate so i can fix the gear shift cables to it with a rod end screwed to the end of the cable fixed to the lever. so it should sort out the gear change but still use everything thats allready there.for the clutch on the bike engine ive got a rear brake cylinder of a bike. and iam fixing the clutch cable from the car to a plate with a lever to push the rod on the cylinder. iam just trying to use whats already there to make things easy. heres a pic of the shocks ive got iam going to mod them to fit so i can play
adam

Nice

What the shocks off? Are you ditching the trailing arm suspension on the rear while you are there?

most important......stick as many pics up as you can ... and stick then in the FF gallery or upload to the thread. That way, as long as this thread exists, the pics will. There's nothing more annoying than reading a good thread without pics

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Cheers,

Kristian

these guys will make one for you http://www.zcars.org.uk/ get them to put an engine in the front and back should get 1000bhp woosh.

i ordered the wrong size spocket for the diff so ive had to reorder. the cars being trailered to my factory this weekend so the fun will begin. the engine that i pulled out was a 55k i think. ill have to have a good look its got full service and run mint before it was pulled out. anyone want it collection from telford.
adam

heres a pic of me getting it to the factory on my new tralier



the ramps worked ok



just made it a bit small i got the wheel base off the net but i dont no if i red it right lol

have you checked out 16vminiclub.com

Shame you painted the trailer..............

But looking good. What end is the engine going in (you may have said, but I can't remember).

iam going to put the engine in the front and bypass the fuel pump so i can use the fuel lines that are already there. and ive made the loom up so i can just drop it in. it all sounds to easy lol. ill wait and see. the engine should be in by next week.
adam

Out of interest - what size and W/T of steel box section did you use?

i just used what we had spare at work but if was to make it again i would use 50 box for the lot. the car didnt have a engine in and the tralier was prob on the limit lol.
adam