325 engine into my 316??

Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:59 pm

How easy is it going to be to put a 325 engine into my 1992 E30??
Apart from the 2.5 engine what else am I going to need??

Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:02 pm

brakes. suspension and other things, cant really think

Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:05 pm

gear box diff

have most bits here

Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:06 pm

easy enough if your handy with the spanners.im sure if you do a search there will be plenty of info on here

Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:07 pm

What sort of money am I looking at to buy everything I need

Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:10 pm

pm sent

Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:49 pm

oh yea, get an lsd from the donor car if you end up buying some clapped out 325 with decent engine

Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:08 pm

There's a lot of differences suspension/running gear wise between a 316 and a 325 saloon. (Hardly any if they were both tourings).
Best plan, if there are good reasons to keep your present car and not just sell it and buy a 325, is to buy a rust expired or crash damaged 325 and swap over the complete front suspension, subframe, engine and box as one complete unit (lift the body off), swap the complete rear beam and suspension as well, and finally swap the coding plug from the instrument cluster.
Replace any suspect rubber bits along the way, check out the rear brake lines and fuel tank while they're accessible, and you'll end up with a first class 325, plus a host of spares or ebay fodder.

Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:18 pm

Rear brakes also will probably need changing from drum to disk. Also rear anti roll bar.

Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:17 am

There's a lot of differences suspension/running gear wise between a 316 and a 325 saloon. (Hardly any if they were both tourings).

If I were to do 325i into my 318i touring, is it just front springs then engine,box,exhaust,prop,electrics,hoses,ecu. I should have rear ARB n'est ce pas? Got rear discs.

Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:23 pm

Think Im going to sell it and get a 325

Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:40 pm

bigmattpowell wrote:
There's a lot of differences suspension/running gear wise between a 316 and a 325 saloon. (Hardly any if they were both tourings).
If I were to do 325i into my 318i touring, is it just front springs then engine,box,exhaust,prop,electrics,hoses,ecu. I should have rear ARB n'est ce pas? Got rear discs.

Yes you have everything else already!