BH repower

[illsub]

Ok, so i\'ve done a bit of searching but cant find exactally what i\'m looking for.

So i baught a tx BH about a year ago, not wanting to buy someone elses problems (a thrashed POS), but am getting frustrated with how gutless it is. The car is really tidy and i\'m not really keen selling it to buy a turbo leggy.

What i want to know is what engines would bolt straight up to the trans and use the same engine mounts? Its an auto, i do alot of stuck-in-traffic driving, and i want to keep the \'box if possible. I know i\'d obvesouly need a new loom and ECU so i would be looking at a front cut/repower-package. So my question is which engines would bolt up? Ie bellhousings match the SOHC NA auto box. And also will the auto \'box work with an engine (and ECU) designed to run with a manual/triptronic trans? I work with euros and know the engine ECUs are auto/manual specific as the engine and trans computers communicate.

Ps. Im looking at turbo engine swaps, and prefurrably single turbo.

Thanks guys!

[Marky]

 illsub']

i\'m not really keen selling it to buy a turbo leggy.

There\'s your first problem

[quote name='illsub said:

Ps. Im looking at turbo engine swaps, and prefurrably single turbo.

There\'s your second

You have the worst base - an auto non turbo - which youll be swapping both trans and engine, then still be left with waterbed spec suspension & brakes and need to still go get it certed

For the $ you could just buy a good BH turbo, swap the manifolds to single, and you\'re done

(edit - whoops didnt read the "I want to keep it auto" bit - that makes the argument even stronger, auto legacies are a dime a dozen seriously)

[illsub]

Yeah, i get this, but figured if it could be straight foward i\'d look into it.

Or keep it standard and just buy a new bike insted...

[DRFVDR]

As said any and all engine swaps require a cert, to have this car fitted with a turbo engine you will also need the suspension/brakes of a donor car ( the stock NA stuff will not be big enough)

[nickmcgill]

As above, the trans won\'t take it the N/A boxes have half as many clutch packs as the turbos and will get ripped to shreds.

[illsub]

Cool cool, thanks. Thats the info i was after! The cert is no problem but knowing the NA auto box is different to the turbo one makes it too much hastle to worry about!

[Marky]

Man the gearbox swap would probably have been the easiest part of the job haha

[illsub]

Yeah, but then i was thinking about if the axles, driveshaft, mounts, shifter cable etc. would also match up

[Guest]

This is the sort of conversion they do over \'merica way coz they dont have options on cars like we do. You could sell your car for 3k odd and pick up a GT-B for similar money. Its gonna be 10x the car and going from what you have now it probably wont need single turbo or anything else to make you a whole lot happier.

[SWAGGN]

the NA box has a torque converter that is 25mil smaller and doesnt match up, found that out last week. the Engine will drop straight in. doing the gearbox change with the motor is a piece but make sure your diff is matching to the gearbox. the axles are all matching for all BE, BH chassis as long as the box is out of a BH/BE. there is a whole and any needed whole already on the firewall. also when the conversion is done there are some wires that are needed for the turbo so get a full loom to match the motor and ECU

hopefully that helps. im going through a similar conversion just with a fully built motor and 6 speed box