Bens Mk2 Granada - Bmw 3.0D Conversion - Shows!

[benw456]

Well this is the latest of my projects.

After Completing my Sierra Cosworth build last/this year I wanted something old but with a new power plant.

This is the base - a 2.0 Granada LX in white:









I managed to find a full Granada sport trim including recaro's:



And then whipped the old pinto and type 9 out and power washed the engine bay:




Overall its a very clean and straight car. the only holes I can find are in the drivers inner wing/wing top and a hole under the spare wheel well.

I have also got a 2.8i front splitter and a rear spoiler to go on once the engine swap is sorted.

As for the engine and box, ill leave this here:



More to come.......

[AB car pix]

Love these! And I hope that's a 540!

[jordanisace]

very nice to see a mk2 granada being saved! i know of one going for spares local to you if you need any parts.

[grifterkid]

Cool, cool and then a bit more cool...!!!

[benw456]

Its a 530d manual - had a very quick measure up and I think its good to go in.

[Granadaman72]

Looks like a top project, i actually prefer the lower spec Granada's to the top ones, they look a bit "cleaner" and less fussy, not that i don't like the ghia x ones etc, plus there's more headroom without the sunroof Out of interest what did you do with the old engine and box?

[benw456]

The old engine and box is on a pallet ready for sale.

[Granadamk2]

Excellent project, will be watching this with interest.

[mongchop]

Excellent project base model mk2's ftw! Although I am slightly biased...

[benw456]

Only just got round to updating this from last weekend.

Well it was quite a productive Saturday.

The engine and box is now sat in and the rear gearbox mount is all fabricated and fitted.

The crossmember needed a little cutting:



And the rear gearbox mount was more or less in line with the old type 9 mount:



I used the old pinto rubber engine bobbins for the gearbox mounts:




Its a little tight at the back but the black bit is a cover that only needs a little notching:



And how it sits in the bay:



The only other couple of issues I came across was the housing for the old radiator needed trimming back so there was room to get a radiator in and the servo is hitting the air box on the side of the engine:



I don't know how to get round that - I might just cut into the airbox and get it plastic welded up to miss the servo. It would save a lot of work.

All in al though it fits really well, it misses the steering column and the bottom of the turbo doesn't foul anything.

I picked up 2 new Left hand engine mounts ready to make my own front engine mounts up tomorrow.

[benw456]

More work done today:

Rear crossmember in place:



New mounts for the engine - not cheap at £90 the pair! You can see the difference between the left and right old mounts - it was easier to use 2 left hand as they have threaded bits top and bottom so easier to make my own mounts up:



Mounts fitted to crossmember and plates cut ready to make the mounts up: (the second holes are for the vac pipes to run through for the engine mounts)





Eventually ended up with this:

Right hand mount:



Left hand mount:



Also sorted the servo issue out - trimmed the air box to fit it instead of going for a remote servo. Fits really well and its like the covers were designed for the brake pipes!



The white bit is the air filter - that's close to the servo but iv found a pipercoss filter that tapers in at the end so should miss once iv bought and fitted that.



Next week ill be notching the front panel to fit the radiator in and the engine should be coming back out to finish the crossmember off and remove the old pinto mounts from it.

[minininjarob]

A great engine put into a great car - chock full of win there. :-)

Should shift pretty rapidly too I would have thought??!

[DanMateX]

Awesome

[bennycw43]

I'll be keeping a eye on this one keep the updates coming

[Rob M]

Christ!!
Total genius!!
Cant wait to see this moving under its own steam.

[darrenh]

love it!

may i be so bold to suggest some triangulation between the engine plate and the tubes ? looks like allot of potential radial load available

[Mark]

This is great work, absolutely fantastic engine too!

Have you worked out the wiring yet?

[orangecords]

Bookmarked!

[concertocharlie]

how is this progressing...

[dubmonkey]

Uber Cool

My 330D manual is an animal to drive and has a great turn of speed - would be great in a car no one expects.

Def watching this with interest

Question; Why stick with the BMW intake filter design. You could fit a cone type filter and eradicate your servo clearance issues