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Nice work Alun, keep the updates coming. I'll be very interested to see how it performs going up the hill. Are you going to run standard management? Any details on the rest of the car (brake/suspension etc) Hi Theo, Yes, standard Nissan management to begin with. As regards suspension, the car is al...

My mate, Andrew is going to tackle the wiring. He runs the garage I mentioned earlier in this thread. His dad is an auto electrician too, so hopefully it'll be ok. The plan is to strip the loom back when the car is off in the body shop being painted. The motor went in with no issues at all. Sits in ...

The more i think about this swap the more it makes sense 8) Lightweight engine with plenty of power. How hard is the wiring on this swap, that would be the biggest headache for me :( We're lifting the whole loom from the Nissan donor car and cutting it right back to the minimum needed. The car will...

Please ignore the scruffy looking engine/bay. This is just the first "dummy" fit. Everything will be spruced up and shined for the final fit. Also, apologies for the darkness of the pics. There's so little sunshine in Britian right now! My E30 is being converted at my good mate's garage and work on ...

Yes, scrap - every panel bent. He's now building a Cosworth powered Gilbern Invader Mk3.

Sorry for off topic too.

AJ

Jon, I agree, the Pug was easy for anyone to drive very fast straight off the bat - Mi16, "short" 4:4 final drive, KAAS LSD, Gazz shocks and sticky Dunlop X22s made it a barrel of laughs! I was mainly up against other 205s, Mk2 Astras with tuned Red Tops fitted, Renualt 5 GT turbos (1.4 with a turbo...

I've competed in the Trident Welsh Sprint and Hillclimb Championship since 2005. I was road modified class champion in 2005 in a pretty close to standard 205 GTi. I went on the develop the car into a 200 bhp Mi16 engined Mod Prod car and won the Modified Production class in 2008. I then sold the car...

I'm planning to do the whole car Alpine white - including the engine bay - after we've dummy fitted (and then removed) the SR20DET that is.

A potted version of the project so far... Starting point: rusty Q plate 318is bought for a song. http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/alunowenjones/bmw004.jpg Rust problems addressed. http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/alunowenjones/BMWafterwelding009.jpg Got married - project put on ice for age...

Cheers Theo,

I know that I've asked you this before, but do you have any measurements/templates for the mounts you fabbed for your conversion?

Regards,

Alun

Thanks Geoffbob, My father in law has just put a Cosworth YB into a Gilbern Invader Mk3 - he more or less follwed the procedure you set out above. I was looking to save time with the k-conversion stuff, but I'd rather have my own ones made for piece of mind. I'll keep you all updated. Many thanks Alun

Cheers Guys.

I'll keep clear and get some made up locally.

AJ

Hi, I'm currently doing a SR20DET swap and was wondering if any zoners had come across or delt with a Thai company called K-conversions. I'm thinking of ordering some engine/gearbox mounts from them. Here's a link to their site... http://www.k-conversions.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath...

Sure. Will do, no worries.

Cheers - Alun

Well after much procrastination, I hope to follow in Theo's footsteps. This time the Nissan motor will go into a lightweight dedicated track car... http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/alunowenjones/BMW005-1.jpg Donor car: 200SX. I bought the complete car, which was a daily driver when I bought it....

Thanks Theo,

We really do hope to make a start on the conversion soon.

Alun

No worries mate, The Nissan S14 is still sitting in one piece in my mate's garage and my E30 is still waiting for it's new motor. We have all the bits and pieces we need, but not enough time in our lifes to make a start! Just out of interest, what ratio diff would you recommend to mate up with the n...

Cheers - I'd really appreciate your help on this.

Regards - Alun

Hi Theo, Thanks for you reply - I just saw it. I've been off here for a while cause my wife had a baby and things have been frantic. Car looks awesome. I still have my S14 sitting on in my mate's yard waiting for the E30 transplant to begin. Did you manage to get hold of some engine mount templates/...

Hi, I have a Mini Cooper S road car and I'm building a track E30. I was wondering how difficult would it be for me to take the Mini's 17inch wheels and alter them to fit my E30 - I belive the PCD is the same, but centre bore + offset might be wrong? My E30 has M3 replica arches and SPAX coilovers so...

Hi,

I'm about to do this conversion myself. I have a complete 200 SX donor car that has 250 -300 bhp and I'm very excited about the swap. I'm after a pattern/measurements for some engine mounts - can you help?

Thanks - Alun

Well, I've gone for the deal. I sold the bike on eBay and handed over £1300 for the whole 200SX. I can have any part needed for the conversion before my mate breaks the rest of the car.

I have to agree with the last two comments.

I put a Sparco cage into a Pug 205 Gti and nearly every pipe had to be cut and rewelded to fit the shell properly. My E30 has an OMP cage, and again many many pipes didn't fit that well. Don't bother with the profiling and get someone handy to fit it.

AJ

PZero,

I've just struck a deal to put a Nissan SR200DET into my track 318is this morning. I've still lots of bodywork to do before we start the conversion, but I will let you know how I get on.

The engine is currently in a road going 200 SX and is an absolute rocket!

AJ

I forgot to say in my original post, I can have ANY part I need for the conversion from the 200SX before he breaks the rest of the car.

Hi, It's a bit of a long story but... A garage owning friend has a Nissan 200 SX SR20DET in stock that he's used as his daily driver for a while. He recently bough an Evo8 and wants to turn the Nissan into profit. i have an old Suzuki Bandit 600 that I never use and he's dead keen on doing his bike ...

Hi, I've only used very soft V70s on a 205 Gti and they stuck like glue. Unbelivably good, as good if not better than the Dunlop X22 Super Soft Moulded slicks I moved onto. The down side is that the conventional block tread pattern on the V70 lets the tread move around a lot. They can get very hot a...

I'm going to wide arch the back of my E30 this weekend with two rear M3 fibreglass wings. I was wondering if anyone here had already done this job and had any advice/tips.

Cheers - Alun

"i ran 8x15 et25 all round, infact i have a set going spare................. "

What are they and are they for sale?

Cheers - Alun

Hi, I have a week off next week and intend to wide arch my E30 with a fibreglass M3 kit. I'm looking for advice on how to fit the rear wings/arches. I want to cut off the existing steel OEM arches before fitting the wider M3 ones. I'm doing this to let me get a wider track with spaced out wide wheel...

Yep,

My mate, David ran 8X15s on the back of his 325 with ET 13.

AJ

Hi Jonny,

Sounds good. Do you have any photos?

Thanks - Alun

Hi, I'm building a track E30 and have had bespoke wide arches made from steel to widen my car. Trouble is, I'm not at all happy with the look of the rear arches and have decided to bite the bullet and cut them off to fit fibreglass M3 replica ones. Can anyone tell me where I can buy them? I only nee...

Rich, My previous track car (Mi16 205 GTi) had base mounted Corbeau seats. I took the seats and the existing standard seat sliding mechanism to a local precision engineering shop and they fabbed up something from the Peugeot OEM sliding mounts to suit the Corbeaus. I raced 5 seasons in the car(inclu...

"Alun, I thought you had to use a block that was specific to the model?" Hi Rich, If I was to run the car in Modified Production, then yes you have to stick with a block that BMW put in the E30 shell. The Welsh Championship and South West Championship have Rally Car classes that allow any kind of en...

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