E-30 Engine Transplants

from what i can remember rover v8's produce 150 bhp in carb form and 190 bhp in injection form, a 4.4 bmw v8 produces 286 bhp as does the e28 m5 engine "out of the box" or other mpower engines are even more powerfull, i also think the rover bellhousing is too large to fit in the transmission tunnel without serious surgery.check out www.e30.de for some bmw based transplants.....unless you allready have a WELL tuned rover engine and box i think you would be better of with a 335 "big 6"conversion or other bmw based engine. hope this helps

BMW V12 will fit which gives indication of scope available. However bear in mind with any much larger engine the weight/balance/handling is seriously affected. I agree that if you want a cursory look around, check out www.e30.de.

I have a similar set up to e30gumball, I run a Hartge H27 cabrio which is putting out around 210bhp, the straight six is a much lighter lump than some of those mentioned and is plenty quick enough for great driving.

Only adavntage with the rover over the heavy bmw six is the weight as its an alloy engine so its much lighter, i used to be very much into the off roading scene and the engines some people put in land rovers etc are rediculous in some cases but the rover v8s were always alot quicker obviously tuned ones but the weight helped the balance aswell as the speed.  go to www.rpiengineering.co.uk for rover v8 information.

fat bloke, are you getting mounts from e30.de? im going to do e28 m5, have more info if you want it..

Just a thought on V8/big straight 6 conversions, has anybody ever considered a TVR tuned Rover V8 or one of TVR's home brewed motors? There must be written off TVR's all over the place! I also seem to recall in Car and Car Conversions sometime ago an E30 M3 with a highly tuned Rover V8 that once propelled a Range Rover, Sacrilige I know, but sounds interesting, doesn't it?

i think aman has engine and box