3.8 V6 into brumby? Is it possible

Brumby91 · Post by **Brumby91** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:14 am

What do you think? Is it possible? If an adapter plate could be manufactured do you think it would work?

I know it's out there , but hey what if????

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:07 am

revmax · Post by **revmax** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:48 am

WAYYYYYYYY to heavy.

Post by **Alex** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:42 am

No

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steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:16 am

Don't worry about the nay sayers - give it a go! Just a trial fit by dropping it in the engine bay will give you clearer idea of yay or nay

discopotato03 · Post by **discopotato03** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:20 am

Long/wide/heavy/god help the gearbox .

A .

Post by **TOONGA** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:36 am

Gannon wrote:

you can try it but be prepared to re-engineer the complete front end of the car to stop it from being twisted off completely. you would probably loose 4WD as well because you would need the box that the motor came with.

TOONGA

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:51 am

IF you could get everything to work. I reckon you could.
That thing would FLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

shuffbag · Post by **shuffbag** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:35 am

there is a guy in sa with a v6 brumby! But i think its also just a brumby body on a toyota frame.

Post by **Alex** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:40 am

i love how this comes up every few months.

go buy a commonwhore.

ej20turbo would shit all over a v6.

coupe · Post by **coupe** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:24 am

Its possible. I have seen a 3.5 rover motor in one with four wheel drive.

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:25 am

discopotato03 wrote:Long/wide/heavy/god help the gearbox .

A .

not that long - no longer than an EG33 which I belive has been put in a Brumby before.

certainly not wide - especially compared to a boxer engine.

heavy - definitely

god help the gearbox - depends on which box - an EJ auto would probably work well.

I put a V6 and auto into my Mitsubishi Starwagon 4WD van a few years back - made for an awesome conversion. Heaps more power and torque than the standard 2.4l 4 cyl and it used LESS fuel (I guess because it wasn't working as hard??)

Definitely doable but as Alex said - an EJ20T would poo all over it for power, economy and refinement. Even an EJ25 would probably eat it for breakfast.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:53 am

If you were really keen to do this without the use of a hilux chassis or some other 4wd of the like, look into mating the gearbox with a transfer case, lift it 6 inches or so and use a rear diff up front and rear like a conventional 4wd.

This will allow you to do some funky things like move the engine further back for better weight distribution etc.

The only thing that would make this worth doing is the torque of the V6 when offroad IMO. That said I've not dropped a V6 into a brumby but would imagine if it was a circa 2000 unit it would go like shit off a shovel - my wife's VT gets up and boogies when you want it to and gets pretty good economy when cruising so dropping it into a brumby I don't see why this performance or better wouldn't apply. Torque twisting of the body would be an issue though.

Cheers

Bennie

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:27 pm

A VS V6 ecotec motor makes roughly 147kw, exactly the same as early WRX EJ20G.

Why bother going to all the hassle of making a big, useless motor fit into a space where a much better designed motor will fit with very little work.

sven '2' · Post by **sven '2'** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:00 pm

Alex wrote:i love how this comes up every few months.

go buy a commonwhore.

ej20turbo would shit all over a v6.

It sure does. Wonder why?

There was one on ebay a year ago - on a hilux chassis.

H6 FTMFW anyways

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:13 pm

Haha im thinking about attempting this but to an L... With solid axle front and rear

Brumby91 · Post by **Brumby91** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:37 pm

Look I did say it was out there and it was a " What if" so relax on the negativity please! Lol, at the end of the day it fired everyone up ha ha

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:52 pm

sven '2' wrote: H6 FTMFW anyways

Yeah I'm thinking about putting my H6 in the Brumby instead of my Outback