C10CoryM wrote:
Yeah, flat engine would be neat too. Maybe a Goldwing motor?
Cheers.
Say, now THAT'S a
great idea!! GW motors are light, torquey as heck, essentially bulletproof, available in 1000, 1100, 1200, 1500, and 1800 cc (the latter are 6-cylinder Boxer motors) variants, are liquid cooled, have inline shaft-drive & sequential 5-speed transmissions already. Most of the 6-cylinder motors (GL1500 and GL1800) even have reverse!!
I have a GL1500 and trust me, it has serious grunt. With the two of us on it, and the bike fully loaded for travel, it's around 1100-1200 lbs., and it's still plenty fast. In bone-stock form, it has 100 bhp & 110 lbs/ft of torque (the GL1800 has 118 bhp & 123 lbs/ft of torque). The GL1500's are carbureted, so will run without an ECU, right out of the box. They're very compact motors, and very short top-to-bottom, which would be a boon in a small car like that.
Just as an example, here's a link to a complete GL1500 engine, once of the most expensive ones I found, for $1095, with just under 60K miles (bear in mind these engines normally go 1/2 a million miles without anything more than minor service), dyno-tested & guaranteed.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1993-2000-Hond ... SwmeRZ6BfK
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