Newbie with a serious tuning disorder.

[Grumpyowl]

keep teasing

 

[Stevie.w]

 

[LukeMace]

DAMN that's nice!!

What's the fit like? Is there much main bodywork mods to be done to shoe horn it in?

 

[Stevie.w]

It's just placed in and sitting on alloy blocks. Gearbox drops straight in, prop not sure yet.

 

[Dangerous-Dave]

I looked into a swap like this for my Z, but the only thing I could find was a write up on the E46 M3, but the amount of work modifying the subframe and steering rack alone scared me off looking into it further so I'm very keen to see how you get arond those.

I'd be keeping an eye on this thread for sure to see how you get on albeit it's reassuring that the lump has 'dropped in' as straight forward as it has so far..... I can see my bonus gong somewhere other than the kitchen the wife has planned

 

[BMWZ4MC]

Very interested in this. I'd love to fit this engine in my ///M (and try to squeeze the S54 from the Zed in my Westfield :evil: ).

 

[Woots]

I'm so hard right now...

 

[Stevie.w]

Another couple of teasers.
Remember this is only just dropped in. There's masses to do to convert.

 

[Dangerous-Dave]

Have you taken the sump off in the pictures above? That's what I believe interferes with the subframe

 

[aquazi]

Wow thats great progress.

Tight squeeze but fits pretty well!!


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[metal licker]

That's going to be fecking awesome !
Good work

 

[Bing]

Looks ace

You're going to need some more heat shielding though

Will it fit under the standard bonnet with the covers on ?

 

[Grumpyowl]

Looks ace

You're going to need some more heat shielding though

Will it fit under the standard bonnet with the covers on ?

Jonny Essex will advise on bonnets :wink:

 

[Bing]

:lol:

 

[andrewr]

Great work so far. Subscribed

Andrew.

 

[Stevie.w]

Thanks lads. Today just been shifting the motor about to see what works best and requires least mods. In these latest pics there's lots of modifying involved.
These photos show how low the engine needs to sit to clear the bonnet, this produces major headaches. Crossmember , steering rack, anti roll bar, mounts, gearbox mount, gear linkage and probably a good few more need mods to work.
Now what I want to try is push the engine further back and eliminate some and defiantly produce a way better handling car.

 

[Stevie.w]

This pic shows how far the engine is from the bulkhead when the gearbox is factory mounted.
There's way more room to push the engine towards the bulkhead and gain room in the crossmember area,

 

[Hadies]

Serious skills man

 

[Dangerous-Dave]

Looks good sitting there though...

Don't forget, you want to be able to produce a repeatable mounting kit :evil:

 

[aquazi]

That looks right at home there!

Stupid question but in those last pics whats keeping the engine in place? I cant see a trolley on the bottom so can only presume it on the engine mounts, so what allows you to move it about if its mounted?


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