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Moving Engine to Rear 900

posted by  someone claiming to be Ryan on  Thu Jan 2 13:28 CST 2003 [RELATED]

Hey everyone...I am attempting to move everything under the front hood of my car to the rear, in the trunk. Anyone have any ideas as to how I could move the engine to the rear?








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    Moving Engine to Rear 900

    posted by  james_a_sousa on  Fri Jan 3 18:03 CST 2003
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    Mount the engine backwards and use a V-drive from a drag racing boat.

    I think that this is what they did in the "Hemi Under Glass" drag racing demonstration Dodge van. There should be ample information available about this fameous truck, even a scale model.

    Better yet put a big V-8 hemi in!
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    3 8s & 2 7s 725,000 miles total








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    Moving Engine to Rear 900

    posted by  TONY H on  Fri Jan 3 06:32 CST 2003
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    Take a Toranado engine/trani/axle, Rotate it 180 degrees, weld up the steering knuckles and drop it in the back seat. I pondering doing this to a first gerneration VW BUG.

    I know you weren't talking this radical.

    --
    '75 Jeep CJ5 345Hp ChevyPwr and two motorcycles: it wasn't Volvos safety , it was Longevity that sold me








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    Moving Engine to Rear 900

    posted by  someone claiming to be Orian Bliver on  Thu Jan 2 18:03 CST 2003 [RELATED]

    It would be easier to put in a "third seat" and arrange all your driving controls from there, and then go everywhere backwards.








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    Moving Engine to Rear 900

    posted by  Matt L on  Thu Jan 2 14:31 CST 2003
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    Go to Discovery Channel's monster garage. While you at it, turn the car into a rocket launcher, or maybe add a front end loader.

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    Matt L. -- Cary, NC -- '91 740 wagon








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      Moving Engine to Rear 900

      posted by  Aye Roll on  Thu Jan 2 18:07 CST 2003
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      Yahh! VOlvo makes some cool construction equipment! (destruction equipment too!) Personally, I'd buy an 850 parts car, and do a mid-engine swap, stuff it all right in the back, like a Fiero or a Renault R5 Turbo (anyone remember those?)

      Or go for the 4X4 look and be a real redneck:
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      Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: 86 244DL, 87 244DL, 88 744GLE, 91 244: 808K total









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    Moving Engine to Rear 900

    posted by  someone claiming to be Ryan on  Thu Jan 2 13:31 CST 2003 [RELATED]

    I should also mention it is a 940 Station Wagon








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      Moving Engine to Rear 900

      posted by  Steve on  Thu Jan 2 14:08 CST 2003
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      Buy a Corvair.








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        Buying a Corvair 900

        posted by  pilkguns on  Fri Jan 3 01:11 CST 2003
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        I'm not sure what performance gains you are looking for, but Steve's is excellant advice, Whatver your looking for is already there, and why mess up a good brick.

        I have always considered the bricks and the vair's to be very close twins, excellant longterm reliability, toughness,good gas mileage/power, better than average handling, better than average accident survivability (yes, read Ralph Nader's book Unsafe at Any Speed, he even thought the '65+ vairs were some of the safest cars coming out of Detroit). My only complaint with the vairs is there is not enough room to haul the stuff that we do, and its kindo of rouhg on the aerodynamics to suff the trunk of a Vair to overflowing

        My dad is appalled that I am leaving tomorrow for 2 months military duty in Maryland and am drivng my Corvair powered UltraVan, and leaving 3 Volvo wagons at home. But he does'nt know that Corvairs excel in an area that Volvos seem to have the worst reputation in, driving in snow and ice.
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        '88 740T 161K, '90 740T 231K, '95 940T, 71K plus a few Corvairs http://pilkguns.com/fotouv.htm








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