Ok name me some good, readily available engines for about £500-£700

I was thinking of a Vauxhall V6 3litre, but what else is there?

 

vauxhall 2.0 16v (c20xe) volvo T5 motor

 

can think of a fair few.

Honda B series vtec engines.
Mazda KLZE engine.
Vauxall c20xe and c20let engines.
Toyota 5FVE engine not sure thats right, the v8 out of the ls400.
And ofcourse the GM V8 ls400 (engine model number, not the car above lol)

 

To go in what? M46 M3 engine can be found for that...E36 easily so.

 

I thought e46 m3 engines cost £2k upwards?

RW

 

Thats the thing, not sure. Dont want to do a project and have no good engines from the manufacturers stable, would rather build a car round a good motor

That said, any engine will fit any car

 

Would you keep said engine standard or are you looking for big power? Would've thought if you're after big power options become (without checking prices):

Toyota 1/2JZ
Ford Windsor
Nissan VQ35DE / VQ36HR (350Z engines)
E36/46 M3
Jaguar AJ30 (on which the ST220 engine is based, or vice versa depending on which web page you read!)
VAG 1.8T

Chris

 

vx xe engine has to be the cheapest but has awesome tuning potential.
my last 356bhp engine block cost me £10

 

Rover V8

 

dont aggree


saab 2.3 engine is 300 quid and 400bhp capible without touching inside the engine

fantastic engines

 

shut up ya fool
they xe virtually anyway ain't they ? don't know shit about them

 

Crap std outputs and you have to spend a fortune to get good results. That and the cams wear quickly and you tend to be looking at a rebuild every 60k! Combine that with various problems with cooling depending on the model you pick and it looks like a fairly poor choice. Kit Car Magazine did a 4 page article with the idea of 'celebrating' it and still didn't manage to make it sound like a decent engine! About the only thing going for it is being light.

 

SR20DET as in Gtir engine. 220bhp standard, 300bhp a piece of piss and also 400+ capable without touching the insides if it's mapped correctly.

It also give you the option of 4wd or fwd depending what box you bolt on.

 

Saab 2.3 gets a vote from me aswell

 

1jze would be top choice, only negatives would be maybe at hard find at 500pounds and possibly its size

 

1uz, downside is lack of available manual boxes on the cheap

 

Or rwd?

Tempting....

That the tt version? Size isnt a huge issue though, 6cyl, V8 etc

Yeah thought that too, fucking ace engine, might be a possibility. Would a porsche transaxle box fit it without enormous cost??

 

Its been done, i dont know the cost though as I havent done it myself

 

Doubt its cheap though.

The idea was: if say a BMW engine was the pick, then build a BMW engined something (M3 engined compact or whatever is cheap) etc. Could go one of 2 ways: keep original idea, or sling a ridiculous engine in something small ie 2JZ in an old school starlet.

This could get very expensive

 

VR6 engine?

 

I'm not sure if the Gtir engine will go rwd due to it being a transverse engine in the first place. It might be better to use the RWD S14 engine which is slightly different and probably nearly as good.