crank from 525e question

[bigdek]

Does it matter what year of car its comes from for the 2.7 conversion

[chu346]

No.

[Widge]

The cranks are all the same, the year may only affect the car if it is an 87-88 super eta, in which case the pistons and the head are different to normal eta's. These super etas have very similar piston and combustion chamber shapes to a 2.5 so they make good 2.7's

[bigdek]

sweet just bought 1 for Ԛ£30

[Widge]

Damn you I thought I had the cheapest ETA crank in the land!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's the plan with it, cos it won't just bolt in !

[bigdek]

Not sure yet m8.

New it was a bargain so scooped it immediately.

thinking of buying another sport or an se thats needing work done to it and use the head and block , 320 rods , shrick cam ,bbtb, zone chip , manifold , exhaust.

As i said not sure though as i'm just gathering info on what i need and how to do it.

Not in a hurry so hopefully can pick up a few more bargains and keep the cost down

[Widge]

You'll need to deck the block by 3mm (approx) and have the skirts of the 2.5 pistons machined so they clear the counterweights on the crank. And you'll need a vernier pulley to set the timing right after you have decked the block.

[bigdek]

yeah read that somewhere already m8

Not too big an isssue though

[Widge]

I have been told by my local machine shop that machining pistons it not cheap as they are quite fiddly and require a lot of setting up so they are all identical.

[bigdek]

got a m8 who is a cnc turner so he can do that bit for me

[Widge]

Lucky bugger