Tell me more on m40 engines

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Emm3
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Sat May 28, 2011 4:20 pm

I've got an I.s and I had a 316 lux, rattly old thing it was never thought much about the engine but since that time I've read quite a bit about them and there's even some turbo ones I hear can this engine be tuned up and what sort of power can you get
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Sun May 29, 2011 3:24 pm

How much money and skill have you got?
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Mon May 30, 2011 12:18 am

bit of both i'd say
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Mon May 30, 2011 11:21 pm

Hi Guys

New memeber from NZ. . I am lookin at gettin a 318i M40 as a run around. . But I would like a little more power :D My questions regarding the M40 are:

1 Will the Getrag 260 bolt up? (What gearbox do you recomend?)
2 How do these engines react to a small turbo? Would like to install turbo on stock engine & preferably with the head left on. .
3 Also how hard is it to convert the small case Diff to medium 3.64 LSD? ( what diff would you recomend ?)
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