e30is......e36is.......swap ?

[bubba]

The engine in my e30is baur is almost dead, have been told i can fit an e36is engine by swapping a few bits about, sump, manifolds, mounts ect. Is it that easy or would i have to change the ecu, wiring ect ? cheers JB.

[maxfield]

What's an E30is and what's an E36is?

I'm assuming it would be 318is??

[bubba]

Yep 318is................

[maxfield]

E30 318is baur extremely rare car!

The early E36 is will fit straight in as it's the same engine (M42) the later car with M44 is much more trouble.

[Brianmoooore]

The early E36 is will fit straight in as it's the same engine (M42)

Not without several bits swapped over, it won't!

[dodgem]

As bubba mentioned in his first post, he knows he'll need to swap the manifolds, sump, and mounts.

I can't shed any light on it other than that as far as i know, it's a fairly simple swap since you already have an e30 M42 to donate the parts that need changing. And i only know that because i saw Brianmoooore write it not long ago and remembered it because my M42 engine has done 204,000 miles now and i'm thinking i would be prudent to keep an eye out for a low mileage engine from an e36 scrapper ;)