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[Elite Pete]

is the 3.0 Vauxhall V6 engine, anyone know?

[MikeDundee]

is the 3.0 Vauxhall V6 engine, anyone know?

I believe its very heavy indeed , need more than one person to lift it ...think you'd need one of those engine lift thingy's...

[Elite Pete]

is the 3.0 Vauxhall V6 engine, anyone know?

I believe its very heavy indeed , need more than one person to lift it ...think you'd need one of those engine lift thingy's...

I know its bloody heavy, it took me, Loo Knee and another bloke who bought an engine off us to sort of lift it into the back of his Punto, the Punto aris was onr the floor

I considering the V6 for an engine transplant in my MX5 but I love the sound of the V8

[MikeDundee]

is the 3.0 Vauxhall V6 engine, anyone know?

I believe its very heavy indeed , need more than one person to lift it ...think you'd need one of those engine lift thingy's...

I know its bloody heavy, it took me, Loo Knee and another bloke who bought an engine off us to sort of lift it into the back of his Punto, the Punto aris was onr the floor

I considering the V6 for an engine transplant in my MX5 but I love the sound of the V8

  ..could'nt resist I'm afraid ...

Why you want to put a V6 or 8 in the hair dryer it's fast enough as it is already  .........as long as you can find a short enough airstrip of course

[Elite Pete]

is the 3.0 Vauxhall V6 engine, anyone know?

I believe its very heavy indeed , need more than one person to lift it ...think you'd need one of those engine lift thingy's...

I know its bloody heavy, it took me, Loo Knee and another bloke who bought an engine off us to sort of lift it into the back of his Punto, the Punto aris was onr the floor

I considering the V6 for an engine transplant in my MX5 but I love the sound of the V8

  ..could'nt resist I'm afraid ...

Why you want to put a V6 or 8 in the hair dryer it's fast enough as it is already  .........as long as you can find a short enough airstrip of course

There's no such thing

[MikeDundee]

is the 3.0 Vauxhall V6 engine, anyone know?

I believe its very heavy indeed , need more than one person to lift it ...think you'd need one of those engine lift thingy's...

I know its bloody heavy, it took me, Loo Knee and another bloke who bought an engine off us to sort of lift it into the back of his Punto, the Punto aris was onr the floor

I considering the V6 for an engine transplant in my MX5 but I love the sound of the V8

  ..could'nt resist I'm afraid ...

Why you want to put a V6 or 8 in the hair dryer it's fast enough as it is already  .........as long as you can find a short enough airstrip of course

There's no such thing

What short airstrip .....anyway the car too slow now, that why you want a bigger engine, not drying your hair quick enough like it used too

[Kevin Wood]

I've heard around 160 Kg from somewhere IIRC. :-/

That seems plausible.

Kevin

[Kevin Wood]

.. which is actually about the same weight as a Rover V8. But the V6 is the better engine for an MX IMHO. You could always keep the heritage correct and fit a Mazda K series V6.. or even a rotary. I've always (sort of) fancied an RX-5. 8-)

One of my mates who was touring with us in Ireland had a Westfield running a X30XE. Very nice it was, too. 8-) Pictures to follow...

I also saw my first Westfield TDi. Not so impressed with that but apparently 0-60 in sub- 6 seconds and 60 MPG.  .. with the added bonus that you don't need a gearbox. It pulled like a train from standstill to 105 MPH in 4th gear and I don't mind saying mine was having a "medium workout" keeping up through the gears.

Kevin

[Elite Pete]

.. which is actually about the same weight as a Rover V8. But the V6 is the better engine for an MX IMHO. You could always keep the heritage correct and fit a Mazda K series V6.. or even a rotary. I've always (sort of) fancied an RX-5. 8-)

One of my mates who was touring with us in Ireland had a Westfield running a X30XE. Very nice it was, too. 8-) Pictures to follow...

I also saw my first Westfield TDi. Not so impressed with that but apparently 0-60 in sub- 6 seconds and 60 MPG.  .. with the added bonus that you don't need a gearbox. It pulled like a train from standstill to 105 MPH in 4th gear and I don't mind saying mine was having a "medium workout" keeping up through the gears.

Kevin

This company is just down the raod from me and have done some interesting conversions like a Vauxhall V6 into and RX7 and a Rover V8 into an MX5
http://www.wgtautodevelopments.co.uk/

[Elite Pete]

is the 3.0 Vauxhall V6 engine, anyone know?

I believe its very heavy indeed , need more than one person to lift it ...think you'd need one of those engine lift thingy's...

I know its bloody heavy, it took me, Loo Knee and another bloke who bought an engine off us to sort of lift it into the back of his Punto, the Punto aris was onr the floor

I considering the V6 for an engine transplant in my MX5 but I love the sound of the V8

  ..could'nt resist I'm afraid ...

Why you want to put a V6 or 8 in the hair dryer it's fast enough as it is already  .........as long as you can find a short enough airstrip of course

There's no such thing

What short airstrip .....anyway the car too slow now, that why you want a bigger engine, not drying your hair quick enough like it used too

At least i've got some to dry

[MikeDundee]

is the 3.0 Vauxhall V6 engine, anyone know?

I believe its very heavy indeed , need more than one person to lift it ...think you'd need one of those engine lift thingy's...

I know its bloody heavy, it took me, Loo Knee and another bloke who bought an engine off us to sort of lift it into the back of his Punto, the Punto aris was onr the floor

I considering the V6 for an engine transplant in my MX5 but I love the sound of the V8

  ..could'nt resist I'm afraid ...

Why you want to put a V6 or 8 in the hair dryer it's fast enough as it is already  .........as long as you can find a short enough airstrip of course

There's no such thing

What short airstrip .....anyway the car too slow now, that why you want a bigger engine, not drying your hair quick enough like it used too

At least i've got some to dry

There's no need to get jealous about it now

[Elite Pete]

is the 3.0 Vauxhall V6 engine, anyone know?

I believe its very heavy indeed , need more than one person to lift it ...think you'd need one of those engine lift thingy's...

I know its bloody heavy, it took me, Loo Knee and another bloke who bought an engine off us to sort of lift it into the back of his Punto, the Punto aris was onr the floor

I considering the V6 for an engine transplant in my MX5 but I love the sound of the V8

  ..could'nt resist I'm afraid ...

Why you want to put a V6 or 8 in the hair dryer it's fast enough as it is already  .........as long as you can find a short enough airstrip of course

There's no such thing

What short airstrip .....anyway the car too slow now, that why you want a bigger engine, not drying your hair quick enough like it used too

At least i've got some to dry

There's no need to get jealous about it now

Jealous about what, that my 1.8 hairdresser's car is faster than your tuned V6 or i've got a full head of hair

[Kevin Wood]

This company is just down the raod from me and have done some interesting conversions like a Vauxhall V6 into and RX7 and a Rover V8 into an MX5
http://www.wgtautodevelopments.co.uk/

There's lots of heartache down the rotary path but on the occasions when they're running without issues, they're.  8-)

Having seen how compact the X30XE looked in the Westfield I would go for it. Only issue I could imagine in a MX-5 would be getting the exhaust downpipes out underneath. IIRC, the engine bay narrows quite a bit towards the rear thanks to the deep inner wheel arches so maybe that's a good excuse for some custom tubular exhaust manifolds?  8-)

The chap with the Westfield used a Borg Warner T5 gearbox with an adaptor plate originally designed for a C20XE instead of the Omega box due to better choice of gear ratios. (Omega's 1st gear would be way too short for a light car IMHO). That gearbox is a bit chunky though!

IIRC, the MX has a silly final drive ratio as well, so you might need to find a longer ratio diff. :-/

Nice project though.

Kevin

[Elite Pete]

This company is just down the raod from me and have done some interesting conversions like a Vauxhall V6 into and RX7 and a Rover V8 into an MX5
http://www.wgtautodevelopments.co.uk/

There's lots of heartache down the rotary path but on the occasions when they're running without issues, they're.  8-)

Having seen how compact the X30XE looked in the Westfield I would go for it. Only issue I could imagine in a MX-5 would be getting the exhaust downpipes out underneath. IIRC, the engine bay narrows quite a bit towards the rear thanks to the deep inner wheel arches so maybe that's a good excuse for some custom tubular exhaust manifolds?  8-)

The chap with the Westfield used a Borg Warner T5 gearbox with an adaptor plate originally designed for a C20XE instead of the Omega box due to better choice of gear ratios. (Omega's 1st gear would be way too short for a light car IMHO). That gearbox is a bit chunky though!

IIRC, the MX has a silly final drive ratio as well, so you might need to find a longer ratio diff. :-/

Nice project though.

Kevin

I've been reading quit a bit about different engine transplants in the MX5 and a common diff to use is a BMW 323 diff.

[MikeDundee]

is the 3.0 Vauxhall V6 engine, anyone know?

I believe its very heavy indeed , need more than one person to lift it ...think you'd need one of those engine lift thingy's...

I know its bloody heavy, it took me, Loo Knee and another bloke who bought an engine off us to sort of lift it into the back of his Punto, the Punto aris was onr the floor

I considering the V6 for an engine transplant in my MX5 but I love the sound of the V8

  ..could'nt resist I'm afraid ...

Why you want to put a V6 or 8 in the hair dryer it's fast enough as it is already  .........as long as you can find a short enough airstrip of course

There's no such thing

What short airstrip .....anyway the car too slow now, that why you want a bigger engine, not drying your hair quick enough like it used too

At least i've got some to dry

There's no need to get jealous about it now

Jealous about what, that my 1.8 hairdresser's car is faster than your tuned V6 or i've got a full head of hair

No and Yes ........anyway stop changing the topic, are you gonna do a transplant ...................