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Post by bryan on Sept 18, 2020 20:10:12 GMT
Yup in the ST it is about 180bhp, the other is the BMW/mini 1.5 triple which again can chip up from its stock 136bhp quite easily
I like a triple, better sounding than a 4, it's a potential swap one day for the Lotus Isuzu engine
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Post by Blarno on Sept 23, 2020 9:23:47 GMT
Project is go!
Aygo goes up for sale this weekend and with any luck it'll sell quickly. Transport has been arranged for the Mazda via a friend through work - I donated and mounted some tyres for his Mini Challenge car and he will collect the Mazda on his flatbed. I will have to grab the spare engine, box and bits, but I have several mates with vans or pickups who can do that.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2020 10:58:46 GMT
Sounds like a dedicated thread or blog like Mark's on the way.
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Post by Blarno on Sept 23, 2020 14:52:50 GMT
A dedicated thread will be started. I'm currently looking way into the future and browsing various stronger gearboxes for the (possible) engine swap. BMW Getrag units seem to be the most plentiful and cheap, but will need bellhousing adapters to work with anything other than a BMW engine. I could just dump a 328i engine and box in it.....
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Post by Blarno on Sept 24, 2020 20:06:37 GMT
In a weird twist of irony, I sold the Aygo today.....to my niece. The same niece who is helping me to rebuild the MX5. The same MX5 that is replacing the Aygo on the drive.
With any luck the MX5 will be here in a couple of weeks.
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Post by michael on Sept 29, 2020 11:22:36 GMT
Free. It's in Christchurch.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2020 11:29:13 GMT
^, oh dear.....
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Post by Blarno on Sept 29, 2020 12:57:12 GMT
I don't think the low loader is long enough to fit that on!
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Post by Martin on Sept 29, 2020 13:06:45 GMT
I don't think the low loader is long enough to fit that on! I'm sure most of it would fall off as soon as you moved it.... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2020 14:32:58 GMT
MX-3 V6 sounds ace on throttle bodies.
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Post by Blarno on Sept 29, 2020 15:09:40 GMT
MX-3 V6 sounds ace on throttle bodies. The only trouble with the MX3 V6 is that it offers no more power and little more torque than the 1.8 already in there. If I'm going to the trouble of an engine swap, it will at least have to have more of both to make it worthwhile. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2020 15:35:00 GMT
It'll sound better and you can turbo it later on. I bet the Yanks do kits, they have one for most Jap motors.
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Post by Blarno on Sept 29, 2020 16:05:58 GMT
I like a challenge! I don't want something that's easy or has a readily available kit, I'll get no sense of satisfaction from that. I bet the V6 is like rocking horse shit as well.
My main thought process surrounding the T5 idea is this:
- They are plentiful and reasonably cheap, especially in 2.0 180bhp flavour.
- They sound awesome.
- They are very strong, reliable and tuneable.
- They need very little work to mount longitudinally.
- Nobody, to my knowledge, has ever put one in an MX5.
The difficulty comes in finding a suitable gearbox to mount to it. The standard 5 speed in the Mazda won't last long with 200+ lb/ft burning through it and relevant Volvo 960 box is rarer than hen's teeth and has a shift action like a Victorian railway siding, but it will bolt straight on with no modifications. That leaves me with 2 obvious options:
- The 6 speed unit from the RX8 231, but I am unsure of its torque capabilities and it will need a custom bellhousing or an adapter plate.
- The 6 speed Getrag from any diesel or 6 pot BMW. These are cheap as chips (£100) and plentiful, will hold more torque than I will be pushing and they have a great shift action. Again, the bellhousing adaption is an issue, but they have been mounted to T5 engines in some 740s and 940s by the drift boys, so I know it is possible. I think there may be adapter plates available from the USA.
I'm doing a lot of research into this right now. I have a different outlook on life since my breakdown and I just want to do things for the sake of it now.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 15:45:57 GMT
I'll bow out here then. I thought it was a project to teach your young Padwans spannering, not building a rocketship neither of them will be able to drive...
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Post by Blarno on Oct 5, 2020 20:27:06 GMT
In the first instance it will be to teach spannering. It currently doesn't run and needs work to make it run, so they will help get it into running order. The engine swap is a good while away (I have to find the money first)
If I can get it running properly first, we can trackday it or do autotesting.
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Post by ChrisM on Oct 6, 2020 7:45:26 GMT
Get an old XC70 AWD, T5 engine and do an MX5x4 ;-)
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Post by Blarno on Oct 6, 2020 10:08:08 GMT
A good idea but it wouldn't work as the XC70 uses a transverse engine, gearbox and transfer case. Sadly, the larger capacity T5 engines are quite pricey, whereas the 2.0 is usually under £300. Unless I buy a whole car to break, which will likely end in divorce.
I've broke cars before and the ultimate reward is very little. You end up with a rotting shell sitting on the drive for ages because nobody wants any parts and you lose your rag and scrap it.
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Post by LandieMark on Oct 6, 2020 15:51:12 GMT
I've broke cars before and the ultimate reward is very little. You end up with a rotting shell sitting on the drive for ages because nobody wants any parts and you lose your rag and scrap it. I refused point blank to buy a donor vehicle for the Cummins build. The last thing I wanted was a rotten DAF lorry sat on my drive. It was a lot easier to buy the engine and gearbox at a slight premium. |
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Post by Blarno on Mar 1, 2021 16:02:31 GMT
Buggeration. Thanks to covid and numerous lockdowns, I have been unable to collect the MX5, resulting in it going for scrap. So now I either have to reach into my pockets and actually buy one, or change my mind and do something else. I want to go down the MX5 route because I have an extension plan in place, namely that of an MX5 based kit called the GBS Zero, which is a Caterfield type vehicle using the Mazda drivetrain: www.greatbritishsportscars.com |
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Post by LandieMark on Mar 1, 2021 17:52:59 GMT
Bugger.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2021 18:58:15 GMT
^Ditto, however, the MX-5 is in plentiful supply so you should still be able to acquire one to suit. I hope so anyway.
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Post by PG on Mar 2, 2021 7:53:21 GMT
As mike said, there must be plenty of MX-5's about that are rusty / MOT failures / scrap. Hopefully on will find you to be re-born.
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Post by Blarno on Mar 2, 2021 9:44:50 GMT
I think the original MX5 project (The one we cut the body off to fit the fibreglass shell to) is still languishing in my mate's garage in Manchester. That's a known running car, it just has no bodywork, so would be an ideal donor.
There's just the small issue of space and getting the idea past the wife.
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Post by michael on Mar 2, 2021 10:06:38 GMT
My neighbour has a W124 coupe with a suspected blown gasket, otherwise in reasonable condition. Knowing him as I do he'd probably pay you to take it off his hands.
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Post by Blarno on Mar 2, 2021 12:13:50 GMT
Could you enquire for me please? I'd have thought being an E Class it would be at least a 3 litre.
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Post by racingteatray on Mar 2, 2021 12:33:09 GMT
There was a range of 4-cylinder W124 coupes as well - anything badged a 200CE, 230CE, E220, all of which date back to when the number matched the displacement.
If it's a 300CE, 320 CE or E320, it's six-cylinder. The nicest cars are supposedly the 300CE-24vs, but that's hearsay - I've never tried one.
It had occurred to me that a 4-cylinder W124 coupe or convertible would make an excellent base for an electric drivetrain conversion. The engines are uninteresting and the cars are wafters anyway, so no loss in replacing the engine with electric gubbins.
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Post by racingteatray on Mar 2, 2021 12:39:00 GMT
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Post by Blarno on Mar 2, 2021 12:45:27 GMT
I forgot about the 200s and 230s. I'd love to do a big juice OM606 diesel engine in one, but those engines are getting popular for modifying and therefore expensive.
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Post by michael on Mar 2, 2021 12:52:18 GMT
It's a 220CE. Have I mentioned before how he came to loose his Winnebago?
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Post by Blarno on Mar 2, 2021 12:54:58 GMT
220 will make a decent project.
Dare I ask how the Winnebago was lost?
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