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Hi Guys,

I have been toying with the idea of an engine conversion for some time now and there is an M52B28 out of a 328 Tourer on ebay at the moment at £200 with no bids.

It includes gearbox, wiring loom and ECU.

Does this sound like a good buy?

Auction closes in 30 mins!!!

sounds good but its a gamble with an engine you havent seen or heard running.

worth a punt imo!

Does the fact it's out of a Tourer matter? (Gearbox I mean)

no its the same box

make sure all the ews wiring is with it and a key if it has ews which i think most if not all m52's have but im not 100% on that.

Thanks Wullie, will ask the question now!

Lost it! It went for £350!!

Oh well.

plenty more out there

In fact there's another one with a day to go currently at £225

Just out of interest is the M52B30 much quicker and how available are they?

231bhp iirc but will cost more than a b28 and dont see as many knocking around.

pm danthe he is usually ball deep in 24v motors lol.

maybe 241bhp cant remember but its in that area.

The one in lancashire will go up by another £100 at least, 14 bids and an apparent 79k miles?

No such thing as an M52B30, unless you build one yourself, M54B30 is not worth considering, only thing to do with one is pull the crank for a conversion

Buying an M52 off the floor is a complete gamble, there are so many shagged ones out there its unbelievable, even engines with warranty replacement steel liner blocks end up as light iron, as e30bmlover knows

tell me about it dan... there is no way on this earth i would by a m52 without hearing it running... it just wouldnt happen! i got in touch with several people.. a couple sent me a video... yeah the engine is sweet bla bla bla.. dan gave the vid the once over and the vanos was @ucked... its a mine field out there! people will try and sell you @hit for top dollar and not even bat an eye lid.. it @ucking angers me!!!!

DanThe wrote:The one in lancashire will go up by another £100 at least, 14 bids and an apparent 79k miles?

No such thing as an M52B30, unless you build one yourself, M54B30 is not worth considering, only thing to do with one is pull the crank for a conversion

Buying an M52 off the floor is a complete gamble, there are so many shagged ones out there its unbelievable, even engines with warranty replacement steel liner blocks end up as light iron, as e30bmlover knows

i just assumed he meant m54 dan.

what is the bhp of the b30 as i cant remember?

231 for a standard M54B30

can you use an m54 crank into an m50 b25? making an m50 b30?