Fantasy Engine swaps

[matthewsemple]

Hahaha. You're not seriously suggesting we buy an XJ220 and then brake it for spares are you?! You know the furore that kicks off if someone threatens to break a Maestro on this forum - imagine what the Jag fans would say if you did that ;-)

Well to paraphrase what some people say when a car is broken - my £120,000, my car, my fantasy :laugh:

[Guest]

Aim is for 150bhp and 260ftlb. Should be fun

Should be doable, plus you should be able to get about 45mpg+ doing it, something an o series owner can only dream of.

Great engine the L series only prob was cam belts need doing every 48000miles. Good luck with it

[E_T_V]

Nope, the older L series need belts ever 84k which makes them far easier to live with.

[Beaker]

Great engine the L series only prob was cam belts need doing every 48000miles. Good luck with it

83,000 on the early ones with the automatic tensioner

[Guest]

That was before they start playing with the injection timing and turbo boost. Wouldnt want to take one to 84k have seen what was left in a Freelander after 60k and the belt broke

[E_T_V]

Early L series in the 200/400/600 got auto tensioners and 84k intervals. Later 25/45 etc got a manual tensioner and 48k intervals. Belts rarely break on the 2/4/600's.

[Guest]

Going slightly off topic, whilst experencing an idle moment (one of many!), I had a thought - the letters in the word 'Maestro' can almost be applied to engine series letters that can be found under the bonnet (factory produced or otherwise!), there have been M series, A series, the R and S series were developed from the E series (a little tenuous, I concede!), T series, and O series...
As for fantasy engine conversions, theres definitely a few I would love to try, but are utterly pointless - G1A (1.3 OHV) from a Peugeot 309, with twin carb set up from a Matra-Simca Bagheera would be interesting (to my warped little mind!), I have a secret liking for the Volkswagen 1.8/2.0T engine as well, which can be used with the 020 gearbox, though I don't think it would last very long.....! I think my favourite though would have to be to strip a Calibra 4x4 turbo for it's running gear and somehow graft that into a Maestro, has to be a Calibra though as I have too much respect for the Cavalier version! Not only that, but there is a bloke that lives round here that thinks the Calibra is the best thing since sliced bread, and it would be a bit of a double whammy to have a) have 4wd and 210bhp on a Maestro (albeit mechanically challenged!), and b) to break a car that I despise so much!:laugh:

[matthewsemple]

Ricky, you wouldn't be the first - there was an MG Metro at MG Saloon Day 2006 which had been converted into a 6R4 with a bodykit and an engine in the back. Presumably the budget didn't stretch to a proper 6R4 engine so they'd used a Calibra engine instead.

[Russ]

With all this talk of GM engines and Turbo Diesels ,I thought id have a go myself. This morning I got a donor vehicle but I can quite get it to fit

Its 140 litre 3000bhp, im sure my standard brakes will be ok

[D87SMW]

Love that photos!

[John S]

Towbar, towhook and a Bugatti Veyron.