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Unusual Engine Swaps
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:19 pm
by GrindCulture
What's the most unusual engine swap any of you have seen for an E30? Anyone got any plans to put any non-BMW motors in their cars?
Re: Unusual Engine Swaps
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:30 pm
by march109
I heard some sick perverted deviant once put a cossie engine in a e30 - and its awesome!
Also Alfa V6, and some other ford turd posted the other day on another thread, pinto iirc.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:32 pm
by GrindCulture
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:37 pm
by tomtomiS
christ alive!!
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:46 pm
by Silverfang
Someone on a forum over in the land of down under (New Zealand...) apparently is putting a RB26 from a Skyline GTR in theirs
Re: Unusual Engine Swaps
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:55 pm
by fuzzy
march109 wrote:I heard some sick perverted deviant once put a cossie engine in a e30 - and its awesome!
what sort of freak would desecrate a bmw with that sort of sh1te?
Re: Unusual Engine Swaps
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:06 pm
by Colonel Sanders
one of the boys on here has a skiline motor in his.
Re: Unusual Engine Swaps
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:50 pm
by dannyboy759
Fix Or Repair Daily engine with a hair dryer in a beloved E30 lol what ever next!
bet it goes like shite off a shovel though
Re: Unusual Engine Swaps
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:13 pm
by ROC
Re: Unusual Engine Swaps
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:02 pm
by drifty325i
Ive got a Lexus V8 in mine that's pretty unusual
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:09 pm
by GrindCulture
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:11 pm
by agent006
I still have back-burner plans to put an Audi 5 cylinder turbo engine into an E30 at some point.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:15 pm
by Ray268
I have a S2000 honda engine in mine, just finishing the wiring and plumbing now.
Regards
Ray
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:20 pm
by maxel
GrindCulture wrote:
MORE INFO!
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:31 am
by GrindCulture
I have no idea about it, I just saw it on the Pod slide show thingy on You tube. All I know is a) it's a purpose built racer, no idea what class it runs in etc. and b) it's got "375" on the back
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:32 am
by GrindCulture
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:33 am
by maxel
Shiii... I luv it...
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:17 am
by Onz
Ray268 wrote:I have a S2000 honda engine in mine, just finishing the wiring and plumbing now.
Regards
Ray
Mmmmmm perfect blend of car and engine! let us know how it gets on
SR20DET from a 200 sx turbo is a nice swap too
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:27 am
by Dan318-is
agent006 wrote:I still have back-burner plans to put an Audi 5 cylinder turbo engine into an E30 at some point.
Best idea i have heard on this forum for months. Hero
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:23 am
by Onz
Dan318-is wrote:agent006 wrote:I still have back-burner plans to put an Audi 5 cylinder turbo engine into an E30 at some point.
Best idea i have heard on this forum for months. Hero
That engine would be awsome in an M3, and you would have the arches to match!
SUPER
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:28 am
by casper8r
Someone really should put a SAAB 2.3 turbo lump in e30 - now that would be unusual and piss off the traditionalists more than Fozzy's Ford lump
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:41 am
by rob0r
I've seriously considered it for my E21. Apparently around 1993, they bolt up to the GM RWD gearboxes...
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:52 am
by casper8r
rob0r wrote:I've seriously considered it for my E21. Apparently around 1993, they bolt up to the GM RWD gearboxes...
Go on, you know you want to!
A few weeks ago I drove a SAAB 9000 2.3FPT auto... my goodnes that thing shifts and it had 3 passengers. The e21 would FLY with that engine!
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:33 pm
by jmc330i
Hands up, who here has been reading PPC??
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:47 pm
by casper8r
jmc330i wrote:Hands up, who here has been reading PPC??
Guilty as charger Your Honour.
The gearbox compatibility has been mentioned there quite a few times in different issues.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:35 pm
by nzracer
Ray268 wrote:I have a S2000 honda engine in mine, just finishing the wiring and plumbing now.
Regards
Ray
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:02 pm
by Onz
casper8r wrote:jmc330i wrote:Hands up, who here has been reading PPC??
Guilty as charger Your Honour.
The gearbox compatibility has been mentioned there quite a few times in different issues.
me too
even made me think about an omega with a saab lump ;)
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:57 pm
by fuzzy
Ray268 wrote:I have a S2000 honda engine in mine, just finishing the wiring and plumbing now.
Regards
Ray
there was a zoner in contact with me a couple of years ago when i first joined up on here who was also doing that conversion. i cant remember his name and i dont know if he ever finished it
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:52 pm
by davidt
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:56 pm
by capri_rob
davidt wrote:
Good grief ! I like old Ford's but surely thats a backwards step !
A nicely sorted BMW six cyl motor is a much nicer drive than any pinto....
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:58 pm
by casper8r
capri_rob wrote:
A nicely sorted BMW six cyl motor is a much nicer drive than any pinto....
Pah! A nice Ford lump is a much better, indeed foolproof way of getting a nice customized member description unlike the rest of us newbies etc
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:06 pm
by fuzzy
casper8r wrote:capri_rob wrote:
A nicely sorted BMW six cyl motor is a much nicer drive than any pinto....
Pah! A nice Ford lump is a much better, indeed foolproof way of getting a nice customized member description unlike the rest of us newbies etc
i dont know what you mean?
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:07 pm
by capri_rob
casper8r wrote:capri_rob wrote:
A nicely sorted BMW six cyl motor is a much nicer drive than any pinto....
Pah! A nice Ford lump is a much better, indeed foolproof way of getting a nice customized member description unlike the rest of us newbies etc
lol - I have had this "member description" on ebay and various other sites for many Years....like I said I like old Fords but BMW build better engines......My old 325i would have wiped the floor with my 2.8i Capri...
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:08 pm
by capri_rob
fuzzy wrote:casper8r wrote:capri_rob wrote:
A nicely sorted BMW six cyl motor is a much nicer drive than any pinto....
Pah! A nice Ford lump is a much better, indeed foolproof way of getting a nice customized member description unlike the rest of us newbies etc
i dont know what you mean?
Cosworths are different.....in a rip out your eyeballs kinda way......
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:10 pm
by pac1982