Night Train Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 This may need to be in the classifieds so it may need moving please. I have had an offer that is making me think about a project to work on. I'm not sure if this will be a vapour build or a real one as I also have two jobs, an MSc course and a house renovation to deal with as well. I was just wondering roughly how much I would need to spend to get a good running 200 or 300 tdi with an auto box and transfer box and all the bits needed to make it run for transplanting? My ideal starting point would be a six pot diesel with an auto but it would need to big, modern and clean running as well as high reving but I figured that this would be beyond my means unless anyone has a better suggestion. Priorities for an ideal engine would be clean running, economic, designed for torque rather then power, not electronic, cheap source of spares, hydraulic engine mounted pump for steering and winches, cheap. Has anyone thought of using, or has any experience of, electric traction motors for vehicles? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Cheap way to get an engine/box could be to get a knackered Disco.... then you have lots of other spares to play around with as well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 Hmmm, very true. I was hoping to find a way not to have more then one vehicle in bits on the drive though. Perhaps I may not have a choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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