Rev-D motor swap

[McMatty]

Hi all, I recently had a thread going on about repowering my Rev B Bh5 and I've decided to go with swapping a Rev-D motor, loom and ecu in, so I'm just wondering is there anything I should know before starting the swap? Is it just a straight swap or is there some fiddling to do? Anyone have a rough estimate of cost etc.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

Big job. Need dash and dash loom too to make things a little easier.

Still, massive job as its a total front end rewire

[ReubenH]

No it's not, my dads BH5A has a rev D motor I put in it. No re-wire required. What you gotta do is whip the intake manifold off the Rev-D engine, and slap on the car's factory manifold. Essentially what you're doing is only using the rev-D block, but everything else about it is factory. You also need to swap over the timing cam pulley, and crank sprocket, as the timing marks differ between them.

If you want to make use of the pink injectors, tough. Easiest way will be to get a link, then you can use what bits you feel like, and no re-loom required. Maybe a re-pin of the rev-d engine harness or something if you make a hybrid setup.

[Leufkax]

Links don't like the sequential twin turbo system apparently.. If swapping just the engine there's pretty much no point. If you're doing the complete swap it's a massive ***** to do, pulling the dash is not something to be taken lightly

[GorGasmSpecB]

Cheaper to sell and buy a rev d to start with.

[ADIKT]

Saw the title of this thread and thought it must be Clint chucking the 2.5 in already. but then I realised it wasn't posted by him