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I also like the idea of a 330D lump under the bonnet of an E30 but I think it would be just too complicated to fit... Wiring would be a nightmare!

I sold a 200BHP Rover 620 Ti (2.0 Turbo) for £300 before buying my E30... At the time I was fed up with trying to figure out the power delivery problems associated with the turbo but with hindsight, £500 probably would have sorted the car out completely. The Rover even had an LSD as standard althoug...

Oh yeah, I forgot about the new exhaust that I want!

So, maybe £1500 for recon engine and £2000 for the Rotrex Plus mapping and the other bits I need to do. This is looking like £5000! Too much to spend on this car I think. It's a shame, but whatever way I look at this, it ends with me selling the car for what I can get and buying another car with hig...

Being sensible, the M50 swap will probably see you at about £700+ on the road.

That's pretty cheap mate, although I would still be swapping one used engine for another used engine, and would be way short of 250BHP minimum.

I don't wanna spend more than £3500 total on the following: A reliable 250BHP minimum to last 100k miles. Limited Slip Diff Rear arch and valence respray EBC brake discs, Ferodo DS2500 pads and Goodridge lines. Is it do-able for that sort of money without being a mechanic? I've got workshop access t...

Any ball park figures?

Yeah but what is the total cost for a 24V swap? Surely more than a rebuild with all the labour and extra parts?

Well since the head cracked, or warped or did whatever it did to leak coolant into the oil, the car has been off the road. I decided that I would either: 1. -Sell the car and cut my losses, but I couldn't quite bear that. 2. -Fix the head and wait for the next problem to arise. 3. -Follow my mate's ...

Thanks mate, will have a look.

Commas are fun!

£2000 for a new engine! I thought it'd be double that. I'll have a look into it. Not sure how much a full recon on my current engine would cost in comparison to buying a new V8 lump. Too much to think about tonight!

Thanks for your help guys.

Can't believe somebody hates Marmite that much by the way...

Chevy V8 is not expensive engine at all gives you power, torque, economny, looks and sound in one package

I'll have to read some back issues of PPC Magazine cause I'm sure there was some V8 info in there. Any idea what V8 you get for what kind of money? Just want to look at all the options.

The only feasable way of doing it is to buy a running oil burner, strip it and transplant everything over from clocks, looms, and all the electrical gubbins into the E30 next to it plus a few thousand in labour and misc parts which no doubt adds up to be false economy when you work it out in miles ...

It's not just the economy... It's the torque I want!

The best of both worlds...

I've been searching everywhere but I can't find anyone who has done a 330d engine into an E30. I'm going away for 6 months serving Queen and country overseas and will come back with some cash saved up. I was in two minds about keeping my E30 since she needs some work to bring her up to standard, and...

bazeebond wrote: The M5 looks fantastic. Engine bay's immaculate and I love those seats! Mind you, if I was going to spend £12k+ on an old BMW then I might be tempted to throw 4 Grand at this: http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/690134.htm Wow! You knew I'd fall for that if you look at my sig! Is th...

Either way then, my K&N induction choice was a bad one!

So today's lessons are either:

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

or

You get what you pay for.

Have you considered an M50 swap? Will probably cost you less than an engine rebuild and will definitely be cheaper than a turbo conversion. Yeah, a mate of mine is always saying I should do an engine swap and the M50 would be the obvious choice even though the power is only about 20 BHP more. Altho...

OK, thanks for some really good answers there especially Stubeedoo. You know it's hard to come to terms with the fact that you've wasted 60 odd quid on something that actually makes your car run worse but I'm afraid, it sounds like I wasted my cash! Luckily I kept the old airbox so when I next get t...

Why would BMW spend so much money on developing their airbox if it didn't work properly?

BMW developed that airbox in the 80's, technology has moved on a lot since then.

I know everyone says they're crap but what I want to know is why?

What about some evidence?

I've had my 325i E30 over a year now and it's fitted with a K&N 57i induction kit. I fitted it instead of a new air filter thinking I would get more power and to be honest, I haven't noticed the difference because it was fitted along with other mods... (FYI, I also fitted H&R suspension kit, H&R ARB...

The M5 looks fantastic. Engine bay's immaculate and I love those seats! Mind you, if I was going to spend £12k+ on an old BMW then I might be tempted to throw 4 Grand at this:

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/690134.htm

And by old I meant classic!

The M5 looks fantastic. Engine bay's immaculate and I love those seats! Mind you, if I was going to spend £12k+ on an old BMW then I might be tempted to throw 4 Grand at this:

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/690134.htm

Firstly, I like the idea of people working for their dole money... Good idea. I think a lot of this economic meltdown is due to the government throwing money at any Tom, Dick or Harry that wants to come and live in this country but isn't able to work... Not to mention the "free" health care they rec...

4A all the way...

Hmmm, M52 B28 Engine conversion.... I hear those voices talking to me again! How complicated is the conversion? So, back to my E30 adventure! Having changed the oil we ran her in the workshop for about 2 - 3 hours today, checking the levels now and again to see if there was any coolant loss or any b...

M30 engine eh? Never thought of fitting one of those... Looking at the wikipedia guide, they are the old engines from the 80's but the larger ones chuck out some good horsepower... I wonder what availability and price are like though? Any ideas? I got a pressure test done today and she doesn't seem ...

Hmmmm, I would love to fit an M50... An engine conversion doesn't sound very easy though mate... Is the M50 a fairly straight forward swap? I mean, if it's a pain in the ass to swap then why go for an M50 when you could fit an S50? I guess the price would be considerably different... Any rough ideas...

Cheers Gizze, was searching for some Diff advice last month and decided a 3.64 would be the best compromise for my 325i SE daily driver. Some good points there.

Just need to locate a good condition one though... Although, there's always a brand new Quaife!

Don't forget, that if you put the motor in a ditch or something, someone with a mini will give you Ã‚£300 for that A+ engine and box and they're getting rarer! 5years or so ago same engine and box would've been Ã‚£50 odd, low mileage ones go for Ã‚£500 on ebay now!!! Bloody hell, Ã‚£500 eh? It's on...

Exactly what I had, many years ago, before I discovered BMWs! I'd always driven Minis (real ones), and the Metro seemed a logical replacement when the then recently aquired Mrs embarked on a breeding program. If your Metro has a hydraulic clutch, swap the lid of the resevoir with the one on your BM...

Why not get it highly polished by a professional polishing company... A mate of mine mentioned a company he'd seen in a classic car magazine charging around Ã‚£300 for a machine polish and buffed up to the max. He said the previously dull car looked fantastic. I'm thinking of getting mine polished o...

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