The Elio thread made me realize that a lot of people do not realize how many companies there are selling engines that are available to purchase for your package. Now almost all of these are advertised for off-highway use as they are sold for "industrial" application but most have highway roots or versions.
Feel free to add ones I have missed.
Piaggio
Rotax
GM
Ford
Suzuki...You gotta love global sites.
Fiat
There's always this monster: http://www.mercuryracing.com/automotive/
700 lbs, 9 liters, 1650 hp 
rslifkin wrote: There's always this monster: http://www.mercuryracing.com/automotive/ 700 lbs, 9 liters, 1650 hp
Somebody already put one of those in a stick-shifted, carbon-fiber-bodied Pro Touring '70 Charger. It's bananas.
NickD wrote:rslifkin wrote: There's always this monster: http://www.mercuryracing.com/automotive/ 700 lbs, 9 liters, 1650 hpSomebody already put one of those in a stick-shifted, carbon-fiber-bodied Pro Touring '70 Charger. It's bananas.
I bet that has some swagger! Why did you not post a link? Do you hate us?
In reply to Flight Service:
Suzuki links to Ford?
stroker wrote: In reply to Flight Service: Suzuki links to Ford?
fixed
Who says you can't have DOHC and monster cubes?
Flight Service wrote:NickD wrote:I bet that has some swagger! Why did you not post a link? Do you hate us?rslifkin wrote: There's always this monster: http://www.mercuryracing.com/automotive/ 700 lbs, 9 liters, 1650 hpSomebody already put one of those in a stick-shifted, carbon-fiber-bodied Pro Touring '70 Charger. It's bananas.
How aboout Jay Leno driving it? https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ts0Z030mucc
That's the first step. Next we need to form a company composed (comprised?) of GRMers to build and sell ultra efficient vehicles to prove that it can be done. :)
rslifkin wrote: There's always this monster: http://www.mercuryracing.com/automotive/ 700 lbs, 9 liters, 1650 hp
Engine, less ECU, turbos and wiring harness, $68000.
Toyman01 wrote:rslifkin wrote: There's always this monster: http://www.mercuryracing.com/automotive/ 700 lbs, 9 liters, 1650 hpEngine, less ECU, turbos and wiring harness, $68000.
Yeah, it's a little pricey. But from what their marine info pages say, you can make 1350 out of those 1650 hp on pump gas, so that's a pretty damn impressive package! And being marine derived, it should be insanely durable in a car, considering it was designed around running at 75% or more throttle for hours on end.
Toyman01 wrote:rslifkin wrote: There's always this monster: http://www.mercuryracing.com/automotive/ 700 lbs, 9 liters, 1650 hpEngine, less ECU, turbos and wiring harness, $68000.
That's not bad. Consider one of the 900" nitrous pro mod mills... They are $100k and basically last about two to three races before they need a refresh....
They were originally offshore powerboat motors. Nothing accossiated with them will ever be cheap.
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