I was looking for some input on an engine swap in a small ex or ek that I will hopefully be doing within the next few years. Heres the breakdown:

In august Ill be moving to Daytona beach to attend Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, where Ill be majoring in Propulsion engineering, ie. building/designing jets. Exciting no?

The Bell helicopter jet turbines, similar to the rolls royce turbines used in the Y2K (I believe), drive a geartrain, thus allowing the bike to be driven without a vectored exhaust. I have read about other projects involving thrust oriented jets, similar to the ones used in airplanes, but never (to my knowledge) has someone done something like the Y2K with a "sport compact" car. I am hoping to be one of the first to do a Bell turbine swap in a small Civic coupe or hatch, depending on which shell I can find cheaper. I havent yet decided if I should keep the FF layout, or convert it to an FR for simplicity's sake regarding the drivetrain. I will be keeping the interior clean and stock, save for the gauges, which will of course be changed to suit the needs of a turbine. From what research Ive done, these small turbines push out about 350 hp, and god awful amounts of torque, so it should be a fun ride once the build is finally completed.

Any input and/or corporate sponsorships *wink wink* would be greatly appreciated.

 

Why does it have to be a civic? there are a million of them and everyone wants a fast hatch. Why?

 

i say u do a rwd drive car mustang , 240 idk just my input

 

not that i wanna be dumb or anything but what was the car in back2thefuture
the delorian or whatever its called wouldnt that be called jet powered if it were real

 

just buy a SAAB "Born From Jets" lol

 

id just buy a g4 haha fuck it ill buy delta and cheap ass spirit airlines and be a baller haha

 

Its gonna be a honda hatch to freak people out. Whenever the annoying ricers at the car meets get loud, you spool up the turbine and scare them off.

 

nice idea...

but you'll never do it

hope that motivates you to prove me wrong...























but you'll never do it

 

ROFL! repped.

 

do you have pics of this turbine or y2k? rwd would be better imo but whatever floats your boat. i think you should do it in an old odyssey (before they had sliding rear doors) and paint it yellow like a school bus w/handicap stickers on it and call it the short bus!