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Robin
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23rd Oct 10 at 13:08   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Does anyone know of a company brave enough to take one on?

My engine is getting tired and I'm planning ahead, but I want to see how much I need to give the bm a decent chunk of diesel power.

Posting on one BMW forum has got me nothing
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what do you want to do put a 3.0 diesel in instead of 2.0
Robin
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23rd Oct 10 at 13:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Probably, I think the 335d engine.

However, I'm actually after a price on a different engine, 4.4 v8 d from the 7er
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I thought your a mechanic?
Robin
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Nope. Never have been. Just know my way round a car and I'm fairly handy with tools.
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Ooo i got the impression you work for Jamsport?
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Used to, in the office, on teh phones
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pics of the BMW? isn't it quite a modern one?
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Big v8 would be cool! I reckon you'll struggle to find someone to do that for you though. I imagine modern BMW electrics to be a bit tricky
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Used to, in the office, on teh phones


That would be it then!
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
pics of the BMW? isn't it quite a modern one?


E90 320d Jim, pics in my garage
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quote:
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Big v8 would be cool! I reckon you'll struggle to find someone to do that for you though. I imagine modern BMW electrics to be a bit tricky


That's what I was thinking. Ive seen a few modern petrol swaps, but no diesel ones so far.

The main one which springs to mind was a 6l v12 in a 645i, but the name of the company has escaped me
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23rd Oct 10 at 15:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Your engine is getting tired already
Planty02
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I thought you got rid of the BM
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quote:
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Your engine is getting tired already


A diesel BM with a tired engine I thought BM's, over all other lesser cars, would last forever?
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23rd Oct 10 at 16:09   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
An 05 plate BMW with a tired engine
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must have done a million miles then.
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Quite a bit off of a million.
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Surely he means he is getting tired of the engine
mike56gte
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14mpg? not very good for a diesel?
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its ticking over

[Edited on 23-10-2010 by craig_s]
Mike GSi
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he just wants more power tbh, as for the conversion, mechanically they shouldnt be to bad simply because the whole front end will unbolt and remove. Electronics etc i would imagine to be a complete arse of a job, you would nee a lot of stuff from the donor car i would have thought, especially with the immobiliser side of things.
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I actually think you will need the WHOLE cars wiring loom.
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Tried PPC forum? Lots of weird and wonderful conversions going on there.

What about hybrid turbos etc?
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My engine is getting tired, it's done 102k miles and it's had a hard life for 45k of those, it never gets treated gently.

14mpg was after a track day.

I looked into a hybrid turbo a while ago and nothing was available, might be now, but that's not really war I'm after

The 745d engine will give 415bhp and 650lbft with a remap, my 4 banger will never get near that.

I know the engine will fit, it's the wiring which will be the issue, but there had to be a way round it, at the end of the day, it's just an engine!

 
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