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man i have now stared at this engine and gearbox for a week now is this job impossible or is it a straight fit....... what probs am i looking at??????

lots of swearing and tea and lots more swearing and it should go well

Have u got a new prop and diff aswell??

Did u get th eecu and wiring loom for the new lump to?

Have u considered doing the cambelt pumps etc before fitting the new lump??

suspension will need changing . for the 6 cylinder stuff

316 as in the 1800 cc carb engine?

If so dont forget the fuel tank/lines/wiring

i have the car and the engine so what should i strip off it before i ditch it??

man i have now stared at this engine and gearbox for a week now is this job impossible or is it a straight fit....... what probs am i looking at??????

Just so i am sure in my mind can you please , tell me again what you are doing but in english lool

i am dicthing my tiddly little beemer 316i engine, and am going to replace it with a 325i engine cam kit, turbo and all the rest of that sort off nice stuff. i have an awesome shell in great condition and the donner car for parts just want to know what to keep before i send it to the scrappys. this is my first real project bit nerous

BRGreen wrote:i have the car and the engine so what should i strip off it before i ditch it??

If you can, keep hold of it until you've finished the conversion. you'll need a lot more off the 325 than you think.

Springs
shocks
diff
ARBs
rad
engine loom
coding plug
prop
gearbox
engine ( obviously )
expansion tank
Gear linkage
exhaust

Bound to be more

john

Save yourself loads of hassle and keep the 325 and weigh the 4 pot turd !

agreen wrote:

BRGreen wrote:man i have now stared at this engine and gearbox for a week now is this job impossible or is it a straight fit....... what probs am i looking at??????

Just so i am sure in my mind can you please , tell me again what you are doing but in english lool

Are you two related?

Are you two related?

What are you talking about now .

agreen wrote:

Are you two related?

What is that meant to mean .

Errr green

johnl320 wrote:

agreen wrote:

Are you two related?

What is that meant to mean .

Errr green

Ah yes! Well spotted John

|Yes yes thats right . . .

Me , greeny , this guy we are all brothers

Just like you , dan 318is are hey ? ? ?

is that not how it works . . .

No, Dan is his first name

john

I am doing the same conversion. 316 M10 Carb 1800cc to M20B25(from 325i)

The problem is.. I don't know what to do with the C101 Connector.

Any help please?

Thanks a lot!

For a start, that's the diagnostic socket,not the C101!
I'll come back to this thread when you lot have finished smoking whatever it is you're smoking.

Yeah I corrected my post now. Sorry!

1) I think in certain cases it might be best to either find a tutorial there are loads on the web, so you can go though at your own pace.

or
2) Sell your little beemer and buy a 325i, the market is flooded at the moment with the fuel thing going on, even buying a 320i would save 50% of the work.

or
3) Get a local garage to do it, this isnt cheap but in the long run it might actually save you money.

In my opinion it's not really worth swapping the engines around, the 325i has more over the 316i than just a bigger engine. Sell/scrap both and buy a complete 325.