E30 Zone

New to the Forum, joined up as i am planning on fitting an M20b25 into my E28 and have been doing alot of research. Also purchased a Wild Chip from Speedtouch thanks to recommendations on here.

My question is whether i can use the prefacelift cooling system (as found in my E28 520i) on a Facelift engine (The one thats going in) as i dont think i will be able to move the Coolant tank to the opposite wing.

Will it get in the way of the Distributor?
Are there any disadvantages to the older system?
Should i try harder at moving the tank?

Thanks in Advance

Chris

I think that it will work if fitted with the older M20 style water pump. Only based on older E30 engine fitting to newer E30 water system, I just changed for the later pump. From memory one less outlet on the newer pump (but may have got that back to front).

From looking at RealOem the early water pump has an outlet on it that goes to the coolant tank.
I think i can still use the metal pipe that runs across the front of the block aswell.

The early system uses a radiator with feed/return on the nearside of the car. The latter system has the cross pipe and has a through -flow (I.e. one side to the other). I used the latter system when using an e39 5 series rad for my turbo build. The water pumps are indeed different and the early one has one less port.