vauxhall powered e30....

[BeemerShmeemer]

after thinking about building a 2.5 turbo, why not use a turbo vauxhall engine i have sat in the garage. i only need pistons and gearbox(and another prop )

has it been done? i want to be a 1st to do somthing!

it should put down about 300bhp and wiegh less....

[mikekean]

do it cant be too hard. vauxhall motor is common on escorts as well as the cossie and people have put cossies in e30's so should go in. i was thinking about putting a 2.0 ford duratec in mine but its not been done before so dont know what issues i would of come across but i say go for it.

[stonesie]

O/T but 1 issue you might have with the ford duratec is that it's crap, theres little flaps in the plastic inlet manifold that are known to come adrift, not good for the engine at all.


On an old clarkson DVD theres a blue E30 with the C20XE vauxhall lump so its deffinatly possible to use the LET, which is vertually the same engine

[mikekean]

i wouldnt of dared putting it in with the plastic manifold. throtle bodys all the way.

[stonesie]

Your a sick man, but i like the sound of TB's

[dobbie82]

I think you may need a bit of luck skill and a shoehorn... but it is something different

I have a 2.2 diesel turbo and the thing looks like its been squashed into the engine bay, I presume e30 engine bays are smaller?

good luck

[chu346]

I presume e30 engine bays are smaller?

You shouldn't presume luv If you can fit a 5.0 v12 in you can fit a poxy 2.2 diesel or 2.0 4 pot in there.

Vauxhall and ford are rubbish 4 pot engines why would you want to ruin a bmw with one, please don't do it.

This thread is all about wrongness and people who do such a thing should be given a fine, 3 points and 10 days to remove it

[BeemerShmeemer]

This thread is all about wrongness and people who do such a thing should be given a fine, 3 points and 10 days to remove it

lol i cant afford 3 more points. but i also cant afford to turbo a bm engine, so why not use the vauxh 1 i have..... thats the only reason i'm thinking of using vauxhall. as i know alot about them + its cheaper for me.

[appletree]

Why not sell the vaux lump then uase the money to turbo the BM


All in jest...

[march109]

Meh we got a cossie powered e30, a alfa powered e30, a few jap poered e30's why not a vauxhall one?

[321gazza]

hi beemershmeemer, do it do it do it,i have a red top turbo in my e30 as you said i had it in my garage from my opel manta, sold the manta shell kept the engine and wanted something better to put it in and hay presto bmw e30.would put pictures up but cant for the life of me do it shame thou

[johnl320]

Do it and post loads of pics up

[fuzzy]

go for it.if you have it sitting there it would be rude not to use it.

[jaistanley]

Damn right....

Though before buying the S50 I seriously toyed with the idea of fitting a Nissan SR20DET from an S14 200sx.I quite like the idea of a 2.3 Duratec on TB's too in a stripped out racer type affair. In a road car its all about te torque though...

[321gazza]

Are you going to do it man, mine should be running soon,i have not yet heard of this engine swop before thou,so i can be the uks first vauxhall powered e30 but this engine is only to set the car up as i might be putting a saab 2.3 turbo in as it bolts up to my vauxhall omega gearbox good times ahead aaahhh yea

[jaistanley]

Those Saab engines are awsome. How does the sump orientation and manifolds suit the E30?

All steel internals and very good pistons from factory. Internals are said to easily be good for 500bhp in an engine you can pick up at the breakers for pennies!