really scary engineering, twin engine idea

[lrickert at covad.net]

11/1/02 17:37:25, james accordino <ssgacc at yahoo.com> wrote:

>I "saw" in a mag. a few yrs. ago a VW Golf with twin
>engines.  Both cross mounted.  The stock one and
>another in the "boot".  I "think" it was labeled as
>some rally variant?  Anyone else remember seeing this?
>
>Jim Accordino
>

It was built for Pikes Peak, I don't remember when probably around '86 would be
my best guess.

I just did a search, SJM Auto-Technik says the Dec 1985 issue of VW & Porsche
Magazine.

Twin engine cars are if not exactly common, certainly out there. I imagine most
of them are done with auto trannies, since it makes controlling shifting much
easier. There was a twin engine Hyundai Tiburon in SCC a year or so ago, turbo
motors 627 hp total at the wheels. I seem to remember it was quick in a straight
line.

There is of course the totally nuts twin engine Suzuki pikes peak special with
twin twin-turbo V6's, although it is not quite as fast as Rod Millan with a
single 2.1 liter four (ok so it makes a piddily little 1000 hp)

Twin engine cars, aside from being really complicated are heavy and are unlikely
to be as fast as a fully developed single engine car. Interesting, but not worth
the trouble, (then neither is a mid engine awd home built car)

interesting stuff anyway

Luke