e020518
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 posted on 27/1/04 at 07:21 AM |
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6 cyl inline engine layout?
I was just wondering if anyone has a layout of a 6-cyl inline engine (cad is nice). I don't have a special engine in mind, just thinking about
how much more space it requires. I searched through this forum and did not find what I'm looking for.
Much obliged / Jon
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ed_crouch
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| posted on 27/1/04 at 08:18 AM |
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Ive found that most of them are prety long, and unless its a 2 litre or sthg with quite a small bore, and close bore pitch, it is difficult to make it
go in the standard locost. You could, of course, build the engine bay 6 inches longer than normal or so. If youre going to do this, i would recommend
getting a copy of either Maya, or 3DS Max, so you can model the chassis up and make sure that everything works. either that, or if you're a 2D
CAD-phile, make VERY sure that 2 bars aren't going to collide or anything boring like that. VERY boring to find out that the design
doesn't work when you've cut steel!
I know what you mean abotu the 6Cylinder though. I almost got hold of a 6Cyl out of an E46 BMW 323. Its a beautiful engine, VVT, Bosch Motronic,
Smooth as the proverbial kashmir codpiece, and IIRC about 180 BHP and the torque (thanks to the VANOS vvt) to match. ALLOY BLOCK: 'bout 140
kilos IIRC.
Anyway, i'll stop drivelling on now!
In summary, go to a scrappy on the pretense of getting an engine, measure it up, and make a basic bounding volume (box) in CAD. If it fits, great, if
the corners poke out, then investigate further.
Ed.
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timf
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| posted on 27/1/04 at 08:32 AM |
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have a look at jack collins chassis plans http://www.fordsix.com/locost/Collins.pdf
he is running a ford 6cyl
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zetec
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| posted on 27/1/04 at 08:54 AM |
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The later E36 had the same engine, known as m52, must be a few knocking about in salvage yards as same block used for 2,2.5 and 2.8ltr. suspect
getting it going in a kit would be OK it you could get the original ECU working, might need to trick it into thinking it's still connected to
traction control/aircon/ignition key etc. Would be OK if it wasn't for the VANOS which is under ECU control.
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