engine transplant for kitcar
Discussion
Hi, planning a kit build (sebring) and thinking about engines etc. was considering an engine from a bmw 335i 2008 onwards. looks capable of 300hp and nearly 300lbft, all alloy with direct injecn, regenerative breaking etc, and 31mpg combined. if i could fit all that in, can anyone think of any technical reasons it can't be done??
to be able to afford it i'd probably look to a car that's been written off, so presumably should be aware of critical damage to engine etc.
if i wanted to try and make best use of as much of the clever electrical wizardry like e diff, abs, dsc etc, are there any technical probs with this? eg would wheels have to be same diam at original car for dsc to work etc are all speed calculations relative to other wheels instead??
also does anyone know if the ecu etc would complain if certain original parts weren't used eg refuse to work because couldn't detect parts for abs, dsc, ediff etc etc?
come to think of it, is it the ecu that controls all that stuff or does it just control the engine itself?
any advice gratefully accepted!
Ta
to be able to afford it i'd probably look to a car that's been written off, so presumably should be aware of critical damage to engine etc.
if i wanted to try and make best use of as much of the clever electrical wizardry like e diff, abs, dsc etc, are there any technical probs with this? eg would wheels have to be same diam at original car for dsc to work etc are all speed calculations relative to other wheels instead??
also does anyone know if the ecu etc would complain if certain original parts weren't used eg refuse to work because couldn't detect parts for abs, dsc, ediff etc etc?
come to think of it, is it the ecu that controls all that stuff or does it just control the engine itself?
any advice gratefully accepted!
Ta
Hi, thanks for the encouragement;) !!
If you had to chose an engine for healey 3000 replica, what would you choose. V8's seem a little on the loud side, and do drink a fair bit, but would be easy drop in and drive - LS3 new is only 4k and a standard engine. I like the idea of a revvy 6...
If you had to chose an engine for healey 3000 replica, what would you choose. V8's seem a little on the loud side, and do drink a fair bit, but would be easy drop in and drive - LS3 new is only 4k and a standard engine. I like the idea of a revvy 6...
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