Fiat Ducato 2.8 engine query.

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Just a purely hyopthetical question, Can a Fiat Ducato 2.8 engine fit into a fiat Brava 100SX 1.9 JTD?

 

[Tom]

Seriously doubt it, but remember the 2.8 JTD only has about 120BHP. Its designed for lots of torque.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes, but can't it be tweaked to give a differend BHP/Torque ratio?

 

[Tom]

Not really. Its just not designed to rev and make BHP.

 

[Anonymous]

you could however put in the 2.4 JTD out the diesel marea, you'd have to widen the front end and stuff but would be interesting.

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Drives: Bravo HGT 155 Nov 2000 - Vroom Yellow
Family: Punto JTD ELX 2001 - Met Red - Volvo S40 2.0 TS 2002 - Red
Old: Brava 80sx 1999 - Red - Punto 60sx 1997 - Red

 

[Buzz]

interesting is a car that tracks alot wider at the fron than at the back... taken to an extreme and the effect you've got is a reliant running about backwards all the time... You'd be better with a 2.4 20v JTDmjet engine from the new alfas. A standard remap will see almost 250bhp, or with a couple of grand thrown at it (and lets be honest, if you are going to spend a few grand on the donor engine etc you might as well spend a couple more) you could bag yourself a 300bhp JTDm engined motor.

Buzz
The champion of the Bravo 1.4 & now ex owner of a Bravo 1.8

 

[Tom]

Most cars have a wider front track than rear.

 

[mountainmachine]

And Buzz i was meaning wider as in HGT, 2.4 JTD as they have a different set up over the other's in the range.

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Drives: Bravo HGT 155 Nov 2000 - Vroom Yellow
Family: Punto JTD ELX 2001 - Met Red - Volvo S40 2.0 TS 2002 - Red
Old: Brava 80sx 1999 - Red - Punto 60sx 1997 - Red

 

[Tom]

Engine bay is the same size though.

 

[mountainmachine]

Yup, just wider wings and different running gear iirc.

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Drives: Bravo HGT 155 Nov 2000 - Vroom Yellow
Family: Punto JTD ELX 2001 - Met Red - Volvo S40 2.0 TS 2002 - Red
Old: Brava 80sx 1999 - Red - Punto 60sx 1997 - Red

 

[g5een]

a 20vt would be better

 

[mountainmachine]

It would for performance, depends what your after.

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Drives: Bravo HGT 155 Nov 2000 - Vroom Yellow
Family: Punto JTD ELX 2001 - Met Red - Volvo S40 2.0 TS 2002 - Red
Old: Brava 80sx 1999 - Red - Punto 60sx 1997 - Red

 

[Buzz]

sorry Tom, my english perhaps wasn't up to spec, but let me highlight:

'interesting is a car that tracks alot wider at the front than at the back'

anyway, i still think a 300bhp JTDm is what you want

Cheers buddy

Buzz
The champion of the Bravo 1.4 & now ex owner of a Bravo 1.8

 

[Tom]

Its only 40mm difference between HGT and non.

Look at a morgan 3 wheeler

 

[steve]

Don't let Donny Lad read this thread.

He will be wanting to chop the rear of a Suzuki Hayabusa (turbo'd and nitrous'd of course ) onto the front half of his Bravo next

 

[Tom]

And it would run like a dog

 

[g5een]

id rather a 300bhp 20vt

 

[Anonymous]

bah! you petrol purists... whats wrong with oil
(dont answer that)

 

[Tom]

Its great in the sump of my engine

Having said that I've been driving round in a JTD doblo all day.

 

[Buzz]

and you loved it.....

Buzz
The champion of the Bravo 1.4 & now ex owner of a Bravo 1.8