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astina_hardtop97 24-08-2011 05:52 PM

L3 (2.3 duratec) conversion
 
with damaged cars now worth nothing, would it be posible to put a 2.0 or 2.3 duratec L3 engine, box, brakes into a BA astina? an sp23 can be had for about $1500 now as a stat write off this seems like a good opportunity to do an engine swap...
anyone done this at all?

marcs_sp20 24-08-2011 09:35 PM

Not worth it IMO, and for starters the engine is facing the wrong way to start with.

70NYD 24-08-2011 11:16 PM

The engine is way too big to clear the bonnet and or ground lol
I looked in to this :( (ba anyway) I wanted to tinker with the idea of a mzr in a ba :)

project.r.racing 25-08-2011 06:21 AM

even if you could make it fit. the money spent on custom engine mounts, driveshafts and loom/electrics, you might as well put a bpt in.

the $5.5K minimum you'll spend fitting it and the 100s of issues you have with the c-bus electrics from the sp23 loom, all for a 30kW again.

engine $1500
fitting $1000+
engine mounts $2000
driveshafts $1000

you might as well spend $600 on a old bpt, $2000 rebuilding it with quality parts, and another $1000 fitting it. and gain 47kW for $3600.

70NYD 25-08-2011 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by project.r.racing (Post 269264)
even if you could make it fit. the money spent on custom engine mounts, driveshafts and loom/electrics, you might as well put a bpt in.

the $5.5K minimum you'll spend fitting it and the 100s of issues you have with the c-bus electrics from the sp23 loom, all for a 30kW again.

engine $1500
fitting $1000+
engine mounts $2000
driveshafts $1000

you might as well spend $600 on a old bpt, $2000 rebuilding it with quality parts, and another $1000 fitting it. and gain 47kW for $3600.

This man speaks the truth :)


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