1.6td d24t bolt pattern

[sootyperry]

I have a silly project in mind. I have a 1967 bmw 1600 that I plan on swapping a diesel engine into. I was considering using the bmw 524td engine and bmw five series five speed but the added weight and length of the 524td engine made it seem like a bad choice considering the weight distibution and the fact that old bimmes are tail happy allready. i came across an old 760 volvo with the vw based d24t in it and it made me wonder if the 1.6td/1.9aaz blocks had the same drilling for the bell housing and if so I could put a 4 cylinder td in the bimmer with either a volvo 5 speed or a toyota celica five speed/ ford t-5 with an adapter plate from www.v-performance.com. 130 hp td in an 1900lb rear wheel drive car would be lots of fun.

[Turbinepowered]

Short answer, no.

The D24, D24T, and D20 engines (Six, six and five cylinders respectively) do not share a bolt pattern with the 4-cylinder 1.6 and 1.9 engines. 1.5, 1.6, 1.6TD, 1.9, 1.9TD, and 1.9TDI engines are all of the 4-cylinder VW bolt pattern, common to all VW 4-cylinder engines from the seventies through the late nineties (I think they changed a few of the bolt patterns and blocks in the late nineties and early two-Ks, but they were all gas engines). The 5 and 6 cylinder engines use the VW/Audi 5/6/V6/V8 bolt pattern.

[sootyperry]

that's too bad I guess an adapter plate wouldn't be the end of the world, the suzuki guys have worked it out for themselves.

[Dr. Diesel]

put the 524 td engine in. If you're not autocrossing it, any degradation of turn-in performance probably would go unnoticed.
The old alpina and Hartge 'big six' E21 3 series cars had an even bigger lump up front, and they still handled well enough.

[sootyperry]

hell yeah keepin it bimmer. Alot of m20 conversions are out there and they perform very well. No auto-x plans. the diff is a 4.11:1 way too low, diesel drag bimmer

[Dr. Diesel]

I'm actually about to do an M30 swap into my E21. If you'd like a 5 speed for your 1600, I can supply you with my E21's 155000km Getrag box. I'd like to use the E28 rear end in the swap, and if that's successful, the E21 (non-lsd) diff would also be available.