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posted on 24/7/13 at 10:19 AM
^^ diesel's are almost always bigger & heavier
(and BMW petrols arn't small to start with...)
the moden ones might be good in a tin-top, but do you really want a low reving turbo'd engine for a sports car ?
and even if you do - you've then got to deal with the modern ECU and varible geometry turbo (and all the other complex bis that seem to be the
cause of 90% of breakdowns these days) or you junk that and go back to the old fashoned diesels with lots of turbo lag or only a small boost...
quote:Originally posted by mcerd1
Diesel's are almost always bigger & heavier (and BMW petrols arn't small to start with...)
the moden ones might be good in a tin-top, but do you really want a low reving turbo'd engine for a sports car ?
and even if you do - you've then got to deal with the modern ECU and varible geometry turbo (and all the other complex bis that seem to be the
cause of 90% of breakdowns these days) or you junk that and go back to the old fashoned diesels with lots of turbo lag or only a small boost...
Neither of those sound easy or fun.
That said a 330d BMW engine would be good if it could be fitted n wired up. The torque is immense
Well ill stick to running diesel tin tops n try get my tiger finished then.
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posted on 24/7/13 at 10:44 AM
quote:Originally posted by jossey
quote:Originally posted by mcerd1
Diesel's are almost always bigger & heavier (and BMW petrols arn't small to start with...)
the moden ones might be good in a tin-top, but do you really want a low reving turbo'd engine for a sports car ?
and even if you do - you've then got to deal with the modern ECU and varible geometry turbo (and all the other complex bis that seem to be the
cause of 90% of breakdowns these days) or you junk that and go back to the old fashoned diesels with lots of turbo lag or only a small boost...
Neither of those sound easy or fun.
That said a 330d BMW engine would be good if it could be fitted n wired up. The torque is immense
Well ill stick to running diesel tin tops n try get my tiger finished then.
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posted on 24/7/13 at 10:53 AM
quote:Originally posted by blakep82
Benzine on here is doing it! And it works great
and fair play to him
I'd never say 'it can't be done' especially when you look at what some folk on this site have achieved already...
but personally I didn't even waant to deal with the bog std. EFI on my pinto, so I junked all of it and buoght some bike carb's
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posted on 24/7/13 at 11:03 AM
quote:Originally posted by mcerd1
quote:Originally posted by blakep82
Benzine on here is doing it! And it works great
and fair play to him
I'd never say 'it can't be done' especially when you look at what some folk on this site have achieved already...
but personally I didn't even waant to deal with the bog std. EFI on my pinto, so I junked all of it and buoght some bike carb's
Same here. I stripped everything electronic off my vauxhall x20xev and went for simplicity. Its got 2 sensors on it now, and that it
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posted on 24/7/13 at 11:13 AM
quote:Originally posted by jossey
That said a 330d BMW engine would be good if it could be fitted n wired up. The torque is immense
another way to look at that is a light weight car with the right gears shouldn't need that much torque
take a light weight engined car producing the same power to weight but probably with alot less torque,
with the right gearing could give you very similar performance in a strait line, but when it comes to breaking and cornering the lighter car will have
the advantage in most conditions...
but then changing gears all the time in traffic with the leight weight car could get a bit tiresome - at the end of the day its just the one that
suits you best
Not sure the quattro gearbox would be much good for a middy, but otherwise something I've very much been thinking myself for a little while
now.
Nice audi v8 in a group c le mans type car... mmm
