would it work?

[sasquatch]

i have been so bord latley... yesterday i built a procharger out of pvc piping and bloted it to a briggs motor :roll: it worked to :shock: no boost but it improved the throttle response. anyway... i was looking on craigs list and found a new project...

http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/car/538351086.html

i was thinking of taking that briggs and making a adapter plate and then bolting it to the stock tranny. i talked to the guy and he said he can get a tranny for me. i saw a guy did it with a festiva and a v twin. also in one of the stores around hear there is a 10hp diesel motor, kind of like a big briggs. 10 hp dose not seem like a lot but it will have tons of torque. what do you guys think, will it work? i think it will and then ill have a nice little toy to beat on and if i brake anything i have spare parts ( i had a old chevy sprint... same crap) and he said the front end is in the car

[FB71]

why not?

[sasquatch]

how much hp do you think i will need to make it be fun to drive. i was thinking about 20 hp. i was thinking of getting a 10hp or bigger and then getting a chevy sprint turbo and boosting the briggs motor with that. i also got told if you stick a dirt bike carb on them the throttle response and hp go up like crazy, is this true?

[FB71]

I had a 15mm Mikuni VM rounslide on a 5hp briggs, with a 2 foot long electrical conduit header, and that thing screamed! Use a 25hp Briggs v-twin with a 28mm carb and an open exhaust, and that thing should be a hoot!!!

[sasquatch]

im kind of worried about how im going to mount the clutch. got any ideas?

[GenevaDirt]

this was posted back in may of 2007 by safetyguy

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11704&highlight=diesel+motor

[sasquatch]

i want a push pedal clutch. i want it to look like a regular car and then when i pop the hood all the people just shake there heads cause the just got beat by a briggs turbo :x

[Axlander9289]

So you're thinking briggs turbo in a Festiva? If it has enough power to move it down the road well enough, you'd probably get crazy fuel economy, especially if you get a small diesel. Sounds like some Smokey Yunick voodoo.

[sasquatch]

i can get this 10hp diesel briggs and then turbo it, and you all know what happens when you turbo a diesel... :twisted: but the only down side is that it is 800 bucks with out the turbo :cry: but if the briggs dose not work ill just put a cbr 600rr in it

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/metro/0/50507d32-c126-4d6e-893a-d5bb34ac203a.htm

[monkeyracing]

Just curious: What exactly do you mean when you say you built a procharger out of PVC tubing? From my experience ProCharger is a brand of belt driven supercharger. How does this apply here. I gotta know.

Jim

[sasquatch]

ill go get a pic

[sasquatch]

i cant figure out how to make them photos on the screen so you will have to click on the link. can some one show me how please.

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i havent got the housing secure so i have to hold it but it works
and the melted stuff on the exhaust is pant leg from when it was in a mini bike

[Maxtiva]

[jglutz]

To Cool...thanks for the idea...my Wheelhorse will never be the same....17HP Kawasaki.

[ejp2fast]

A revolution!! PLEASE keep us posted on this.... this could be a breakthrough!