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bigger than BMW 2.5 diesel engine?
« on: 31 July 2013, 17:08:08 »

Did BMW ever make a bigger (stroked or bore) version of the 2.5 diesel engine fitted to the earlier Omegas? One that would be a straight swap.

If so why hasn't anyone fitted one?

On the same subject. Was the 2.5Dti engine (fitted to later continental Omegas) ever fitted to any production none Omega UK cars?
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Re: bigger than BMW 2.5 diesel engine?
« Reply #1 on: 31 July 2013, 17:24:11 »

3.0 and 3.5 (might be twin turbo 3.0) straight 6, possibly 4.0 v8 :-\

To answer your second question, if yes, try Landrover/Range Rover :y

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Re: bigger than BMW 2.5 diesel engine?
« Reply #2 on: 31 July 2013, 18:00:42 »

Yes, I happened to see a 3.0 BM oil burner being worked on a while back and it looked very similar to the 2.5, couldn't say whether it had twin turbo's or not but I would say it looked like it would be a straight swap.... I guess as long as you had a manual box everything would be hunky dory and just a little bit faster!!!
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Re: bigger than BMW 2.5 diesel engine?
« Reply #3 on: 31 July 2013, 20:22:14 »

Straight swap 'physically' is one thing, getting the electronics to marry is another.  :-\

Also, I believe all the more substantial BMW's used the ZF auto transmission, not the Mickey one in the Omega. (And trust me, 5 is better than 4)   ;D
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Re: bigger than BMW 2.5 diesel engine?
« Reply #4 on: 31 July 2013, 21:13:18 »

ive been asking around and to my knowledge no one has done it yet.  If the 3 ltr bmw block was externally the same as the 2.5 would it not be just the case of swapping over bolt ons and a map to make the most of it?  I know on the 2.5 v6 calibra this can be done using the 3 ltr and 3.2 of the omega
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Re: bigger than BMW 2.5 diesel engine?
« Reply #5 on: 31 July 2013, 21:23:36 »

3.0 and 3.5 (might be twin turbo 3.0) straight 6, possibly 4.0 v8 :-\

To answer your second question, if yes, try Landrover/Range Rover :y

I'm pretty sure that the current 325d/330d/335d are all 3.0 litre and that the 740d is a 3.0 as well - "marketing designations"  ::)
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Re: bigger than BMW 2.5 diesel engine?
« Reply #6 on: 31 July 2013, 21:28:09 »

3.0 and 3.5 (might be twin turbo 3.0) straight 6, possibly 4.0 v8 :-\

To answer your second question, if yes, try Landrover/Range Rover :y

I'm pretty sure that the current 325d/330d/335d are all 3.0 litre and that the 740d is a 3.0 as well - "marketing designations"  ::)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M67 ::)
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Re: bigger than BMW 2.5 diesel engine?
« Reply #7 on: 31 July 2013, 21:32:00 »

3.0 and 3.5 (might be twin turbo 3.0) straight 6, possibly 4.0 v8 :-\

To answer your second question, if yes, try Landrover/Range Rover :y

I'm pretty sure that the current 325d/330d/335d are all 3.0 litre and that the 740d is a 3.0 as well - "marketing designations"  ::)

Fair comment - but are those models actually sold in the UK?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M67 ::)
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Re: bigger than BMW 2.5 diesel engine?
« Reply #8 on: 01 August 2013, 00:07:22 »

There's one E38 7series on german ebay :-\
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Re: bigger than BMW 2.5 diesel engine?
« Reply #9 on: 01 August 2013, 08:24:15 »

All current 6 cylinder BMW diesels are 3.0's be it a 740d, 535d, or an xDrive35d/40d. Most of the 25d's are now 4 cylinder twin turbo units. Previous 740/745d's in the E38 and E65 were never available here. There's a 184 BHP version of the 3.0 Diesel from 1998 that has a fair few similarities.
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