E30 Zone

after reading a couple of articles last night, does anyone know if a carlton gsi engine would fit into an e30?

I know its a case of anything is possible with the right amount of work but I'm not exactly skilled to the level of Fred Dibnah in these matters and wondered how much work would be involved?

Cheers

Disgusting idea !

Is that the twin turbo lotus engine?

nah the gsi is 24v straight six 204bhp

the lotus was the 3.6 377bhp twin tubby jobby

What would you call the result,a BMV....?

Why not chuck in a M30 engine for a bit more power and tried and tested?

That's even worse than the Ford YB idea

Ps, the red top engine is a cracking engine!!!

wtf? worst idea ever..

maxfield wrote:Ps, the red top engine is a cracking engine!!!

Yeah heads mostly and my mate had a block crack too!

Fair enough, thats that one scrunched up and thrown in the bin for a 3 pointer

chu346 wrote:

maxfield wrote:Ps, the red top engine is a cracking engine!!!

Yeah heads mostly and my mate had a block crack too!

compared to the bullet proof m20.. tut tut

Just find a roadworthy carlton GSi and drive it.

[quote="fozzymandeus"]Just find a roadworthy carlton GSi and drive it.ho ho,when did you last see one

dave525 wrote:

fozzymandeus wrote:Just find a roadworthy carlton GSi and drive it.ho ho,when did you last see one

A friend of mine had a really nice (immaculate), last of the line k-plate 24v. He bought it with an autobox fault, I rember begging him at the time to swap to manual, he spent £1200 (more than he paid for car) to have the autobox re built, after this it was never right, car went back to trans specialist 4 or 5 times, before he got fed up and got rid - lost loads of money.

Nice car to drive though (when it was working).

As for engine swap, i'd sooner drop an m50, or even better m52b28 in, at least its tried and tested - and you won't go to hell!!!

for 200bhp, id go for cosworth 24v from granada.

all heavy old boat anchors with not much power and little in the way of aftermarket power increases too.

Either toss another BMW mill in there or go jap turbo - the tuning possiblities are only restrained by your budget

E30BeemerLad wrote:all heavy old boat anchors with not much power and little in the way of aftermarket power increases too.

Either toss another BMW mill in there or go jap turbo - the tuning possiblities are only restrained by your budget

errr 24v cossie lump will see 300bhp with some tuning.

quite a bit of tuning i would have thought for a 100bhp or 50% power increase on a N/A engine, plus it's still a heavy old slug of a cologne V6 with a fancy head

E30BeemerLad wrote:quite a bit of tuning i would have thought for a 100bhp or 50% power increase on a N/A engine, plus it's still a heavy old slug of a cologne V6 with a fancy head

its still a good reliable power source, some of the TVR boys mod them instead of the normal rover v8's.

id like to play with one.

I agree, they make a lot of sense for a 2.8 Capri owner in particular

if cosworth is an option theres only one to consider with cheap easy future power increases.

fuzzy wrote:if you enjoy costly, regular rebuilds theres only one to consider with cheap easy future power increases.

mac325i wrote:

fuzzy wrote:if you enjoy costly, regular rebuilds theres only one to consider with cheap easy future power increases.

funny. if only it wasnt so true

fuzzy wrote:

mac325i wrote:

fuzzy wrote:if you enjoy costly, regular rebuilds theres only one to consider with cheap easy future power increases.

funny. if only it wasnt so true

the v6 will turbo too, again a common capri mod.

its not just about bhp, torque will be good from v6.

m-dtech wrote:for 200bhp, id go for cosworth 24v from granada.

now that really is a daft idea

those weren't even any good when brand new, not when compared to other V6s available. the later duratec V6 is very nice indeed but not that old heap. if i had a 2.8 capri... maybe. useless for anything else.

the carlton lump is actually a nice engine. but when you can just put a 535i lump in for less hassle and more power you have to ask why you'd want to go to the bother.

if you went vauxhall id go for the C2.0let (red top turbo) think phase 2 chip and mods is around 280bhp not too expensive either