Engine in the back?

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:37 pm

Has anyone carried a petrol XM engine/gearbox assembly in the back of an XM?

I don't know the weight, but I'm guessing it'll be ok as it must be the equivalent of carrying 4 or 5 heavy passengers

. The suspension will take it but I don't want to ruin the rear wheel bearings.

Cheers

Marc

White Exec · Post by **White Exec** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 1:54 pm

You should be fine, Marc. The car was built to carry a full passenger load, a full tank of fuel, plus a permissible towbar loading of 100kg. Good idea to put a slab of board on the boot floor to spread the loading. The ride should be superb!

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:57 pm

Good stuff. It'll get the back brakes doing some real work for a change!

Post by **citroenxm** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 4:33 pm

Carried prv v6 and auto box in my v6 marc and also driven one with a 2.5 td in the boot. Made the cars handling much better

Post by **xmexclusive** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 6:33 pm

If it is an estate make sure the engine is reasonably well forward with the gearbox at the tailgate end.
Get the engine CoG behind the rear wheel centres and the steering goes a bit light.

John

Post by **Peter.N.** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 8:44 pm

I brought a 2.1 diesel engine and gearbox plus a load of other bits back from Newcastle in my 2.1 estate, and picked up a P100 diesel engine in Derby on the way back, no problems at all except it was a bit slow up hills.

Peter

MTXM · Post by **MTXM** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:33 pm

I have also transported a V6 engine and box that was tightly packed on every side with other parts. I must admit it was then necessary to remove a few items and redistribute the load as the rear end could not quite pull off the bump stops. I then drove home to Norfolk from Brum and all was fine although the handling did feel somewhat different! Regards, Matthew T.

Post by **Peter.N.** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 3:28 pm

Try and get most weight over or forward of the rear axle, that way it should lift up OK.

Peter

kingp · Post by **kingp** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:36 am

Carried 160 3kg bricks in the back of my estate and just under 3m' of wood once with the back seats down. Couldn't see out of the back 5 windows mind and very noticeably affected handling, acceleration and braking but did just fine. Also pulled a 2.6ton Range Rover 8 miles up and down hill with it and the rear end only went funny around a rust spot

onza100 · Post by **onza100** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 12:37 pm

I took a Audi 5 cylinder turbo engine, box and ancillaries to Italy in mine.
Self leveled, drove nicely and did 46mpg

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