Bike engine in a car?

"Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh" (andymcbradleigh) 07/08/2015 at 21:13 • Filed to: None

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Seems like a bad idea yeah?

Sounds cool though.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 07/08/2015 at 21:16

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People regularly swap liter bike motors into classic minis here state side. I love em

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 07/08/2015 at 21:18

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It’s no that unusual here either, I just wanted to show you guys in the US an old Ford Escort doing fun stuff :)

tromoly > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 07/08/2015 at 21:32

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Cars with bike engines are awesome.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > tromoly 07/08/2015 at 21:35

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They are, I must say I like “proper cars” with bike engines better though :)

PS9 > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 07/08/2015 at 21:35

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bad idea? Or BEST IDEA!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > PS9 07/08/2015 at 21:36

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BEST IDEA!

Sn210 > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 07/08/2015 at 21:56

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I’d do it!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Sn210 07/08/2015 at 21:56

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Hayabusa Smart? Yes please.

tromoly > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 07/08/2015 at 22:14

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The hand clutch gets annoying after a while, and using a bike clutch with a pedal doesn’t quite feel right to the foot touch.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > tromoly 07/08/2015 at 22:19

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Wait... What, these cars have a hand clutch? I always thought they had no clutch shifting.. just rev matching.

tromoly > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 07/08/2015 at 22:44

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Ah sorry, I meant all of that for a road-going car.

Yeah, all the ones I posted only “use” the clutch to get moving, there’s different systems on them so the driver doesn’t manually clutch the car to shift gears.

sdwarf36 > tromoly 07/08/2015 at 22:44

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Oh?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > tromoly 07/08/2015 at 22:48

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Seems like how I shifted in my MKII Golf GTi :P

tromoly > sdwarf36 07/08/2015 at 22:55

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Sherm, somehow I keep forgetting you post here from time to time.

How’s the hillclimbing going this year?

sdwarf36 > tromoly 07/08/2015 at 22:56

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Can I add one?

tromoly > sdwarf36 07/08/2015 at 22:58

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Any time you want.

sdwarf36 > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 07/08/2015 at 23:01

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Depends. It comes down to how the engine comes-with a cable or a hydraulic clutch. And how much work you want to do. Quick + easy is a hand clutch mounted to the shifter. (I have a pedal.) I use the clutch just to take off-flat shift from there.

speedygopher > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 07/08/2015 at 23:20

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A bad idea is a car engine in a bike. Except for the Tomahawk. That thing was awesome.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 07/09/2015 at 00:32

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How about 2 bike engines glued together in a car ?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 07/09/2015 at 04:47

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never a bad idea

;)