24hr of Lemons gurus...I have thought of the ultimate engine swap...0_0

"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike) 05/14/2016 at 21:47 • Filed to: Fiat 126P, Citroen 2CV, 2CV, FIAT, Citroen, 126, 24hr of Lemons, Lemons, engine swap

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The engine from this:

Into this...

I mean...think about it! The penultimate in French technology meets the penultimate in Polish-Italian technology! Plus, they are both air-cooled 2-cylinders...different shapes, sure (I2 vs. Flat-2), but how hard would it be, I wonder? :O

These are questions mankind has been dying to answer....somebody needs to enlighten our race in the next Lemons Series...

TA4K > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/14/2016 at 21:51

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How about keep the air cooled 2cyl, but put some silly bike motor in it that revs to the moon and makes no torque? At the very least it would sound cool.

. . > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/14/2016 at 21:52

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Booooooooooooooo!

Berang > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/14/2016 at 21:56

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Why not a rotary

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > TA4K 05/14/2016 at 21:57

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Because that has already been done a million times to the 126p, as has V8 engine swaps.....Lemons is all about engine swaps that are pointless and ill-advised. :P

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Berang 05/14/2016 at 21:59

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Because Lemons thrives on random engine swaps that make no sense....VW diesel-swapped Porsche 911? Sure! Russian radial aircraft-engine swapped Toyota MR2? Why not!

Random stuff needs to be done for Reasons (Trademark), not just for silly things like actual performance! :P

Berang > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/14/2016 at 22:06

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But a rotary would be pretty silly. How about a big 2-stroke outboard motor?

HammerheadFistpunch > Berang 05/14/2016 at 22:13

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now this idea I like. find an old 150+ hp outboard with a symetrical lower unit bolt pattern, take it off, flip it around and have the propshaft drive a transaxle like a subaru or VW. Throw it on the back of something malaise. Win. You would need to figure out alternative exhaust routing and build a cooling system with a low pressure high volume feeder pump to compliment the built in pump, but otherwise I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.

BorkBorkBjork > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/14/2016 at 22:18

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You’ll get through BS inspections, but you’ll never see the checkered

FromCanadaWithLove > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/14/2016 at 22:19

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I’d take an engine from a 2001 Chevrolet Malibu and put it in the 2CV.

TheHondaBro > Berang 05/14/2016 at 22:36

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Because the idea is that the car will run for 24 hours straight.

Berang > TheHondaBro 05/14/2016 at 22:37

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just like my refrigerator

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > HammerheadFistpunch 05/14/2016 at 23:32

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This is the genius-ist thing I have ever heard...why somebody hasn’t done the outboard idea yet is beyond me! :O

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > BorkBorkBjork 05/14/2016 at 23:34

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I wouldn’t see why not! The 2CV engines were tested by Citroen for 100s of hours at a time at full throttle....they may not be fast, but they would get you anywhere! :)

facw > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/15/2016 at 00:57

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If you ask me, the real accomplishment would be sticking the engine from a maluch into a X1/9, thus creating your own mid-engined Polski Fiat. I mean:

+

= Awesome

right?

Extremely high-quality mspaint rending of finished Polski X1/9:

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > facw 05/15/2016 at 07:24

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This...this is a good plan....OR.......or....the 126 engines are small, why not mount TWO in an X1/9? :O