how to differentiate-325is 2.5 from325is 2.7

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khakhi
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Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:51 pm

bmw junkies
my cuzin just bought a 1992 bmw325is and says its a 2.7 because it has the original alpina air-flow metre, but robot-to-robot its going head to head with bmw2.5 engines.
how can we distinguish the proper engine capacity?
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Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:29 pm

check to see if its got alpina chip. If it has its probably 2.7
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