Diesel engine swap thoughts?

BOOMER · Aug 31, 2014

Probably an unusual question and having searched and not yet found an answer I thought I'd ask the gurus on here

Is it possible to swap out the standard 2.5 BMW diesel engine and fit a 3.0 BMW diesel engine??

Some more ponies under the hood would be nice and I'm not keen on piggyback ECUs, I'm fairly sure early 3.0s were pre common-rail so wondered if this could work....would it be a virtual 'swap the relevant bits across and plug n play' or would it be significantly more in depth

wammers · Aug 31, 2014

Can be done but worth the effort i think not. Chip the 2.5. M57s are common rail.

Datatek · Aug 31, 2014

wammers said:
Can be done but worth the effort i think not. Chip the 2.5. M57s are common rail.

As above the M57 would mince the ZF4HP22 box but it has been done. lots of electrickery to sort out.

Grrrrrr · Aug 31, 2014

Would the manual box take it? That's supposed to take 380nm of torque, isn't it?

Of course, not sure how long the clutch would last.

zen · Aug 31, 2014

LR boxes (manual) are under rated.it will take it as will the clutch.. (clutch though is easy uprated)
ie i run 400 hp+ though a lt85..used to run 6 pot 3.3 diesel 2 bar boost with lpg though a lt77..it gave me 50k trouble free miles.

Hairy · Aug 31, 2014

I have a 330D to go in sometime next year, gota sort a gearbox out yet but an X5 box is on the cards for me, cant give any more info as I don't know myself yet till get the rest of the car sorted then will look into it and get the ball rolling.

Diesel engine swap thoughts?

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