Two Engines....in a CRX?????????
Two Engines....in a CRX?????????
Ok, check this out. So I'm talking to a guy outside my local AutoZone, and he points to his CRX sitting in the parking lot. Now this guy was fairly knowledgeable about Nissans, and our 240s. Then he tells me that he is about to put TWO SR20DET engines in it, and make it all-wheel drive. Now about a million alarm bells went ringing in my head at this point, so I just kind of nodded and said "Uh huh", but I'm about a hundred percent sure this could NEVER work. Someone tell me if something like this is even possible without tens of thousands of dollars and an engineering degree in just about every different respect. I mean, I can't even begin to list the things wrong with this idea......
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It's possible with money. I've seen a video of a 2 engine awd hyndai tibran(hell i don't know how to spell it) It was on one of the car mag sites like scc or something like that a while back. It had an engine driving the front wheels and an engine driving the back wheels.
Anyone know which video i'm talking about?
Anyone know which video i'm talking about?
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No, but there IS a twin-engined CRX somewhere in the US... When I had my 84 Si I had an article about it... Seems to me that the engines were identical 4 cyls with multicarb setups. Each had a LSD to compensate for minor diff's in RPM's...
Wish I could find something about it... I'll bet Dees remembers it.
Wish I could find something about it... I'll bet Dees remembers it.
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did no one read the ultimate street car challenge in Sport Compact Car... the hyundai tiburon that ran off two seperate menthanol burning turbo engines?!?! it was one engine in the front, and one in the back, both leading to automatics.he did the most insanely chassis destroying burnout ever... front engine in reverse, rear engine in forward, and mash the go pedal!bwah! why do so many people in here believe that there are things that cant be done? i have seen mid/rear layouts in crx's before, with all kinds of different motors. do that along with an engine in the front compartment, run custom shafts with honda outer c/v's and nissan splines. then link the throttles and balance the two engines together (its just like running multiple carbs/throttle bodies) and vwallah!okay.. granted theres no "vwallah" about it... and it would be hard as hell... requiring tube chassis and crazy customizations to the rear suspension. but possible.. deffinitlydisbelievers!-pete s
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the level of tool-potential that the autozone employee probably has is particularly high... im just sayin it could be done. and not even for that much money if the enginuity of the person in question is high enough (also thier ability to weld and acquire materials)either way... autozone/pep boys (etc) is the toolbox for rice! "excuse me.. could you point me to the lighted exhaust tips?"-Pete "rice done properly makes sleeper" S.
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ser chicken wrote:did no one read the ultimate street car challenge in Sport Compact Car... the hyundai tiburon that ran off two seperate menthanol burning turbo engines?!?! it was one engine in the front, and one in the back, both leading to automatics.he did the most insanely chassis destroying burnout ever... front engine in reverse, rear engine in forward, and mash the go pedal!bwah! why do so many people in here believe that there are things that cant be done?
Thats the video i was talking about. It was the craziest burnout cause the car just spun around like a top.
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I've seen a twin-V8 Jeep. Front engine drives rear wheels, rear engine drives front wheels. They removed the engine, tranny, transfer case, running gear, and stripped it down to the frame. Removed all motor and tranny mounts. Welded mounts front and back for two 302's with trannies. Cut the tub, to fit over the rear engine, and trimmed the firewall to fit the front. The engines were from 2X4 Ford trucks I believe... and they used the stock Ford axles and everything on the Jeep. The only real trick was linking the throtte, and trannies to syncronize, and reversing rotation on the front axle. But it was TOTALLY unstreetable!!! On pavement, the tires would chirp every few seconds, becuase they were spinning at ever-so-slightly different rates. In the mud.... it kicked A$$!!!!!!!! 44" Super Swamper TSL Boggers helped as well!
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