the best 1.8 engine?

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WEEMANDANBRITTON
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Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:07 pm

i have been told that there is one of the 1.8 16 v engines that has forged internals as standard but i would like to know which one?? is it the e30 18 is?? the e36 1.8 is or 1.9??

could some one please advise?? i would like to know for a future project when i have finished my 020b25 tourer.

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Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:24 pm

E30 1.8 aka M42
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Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:34 pm

Cheers chu, so I need the is e30 lump, what sort of psi can you safely go with a turbo conversion on the standard internals!? Wat I want really is my tourer to be a weekend run around and then get a 2 door coupe with a 4 cylinder turbo lump as track day beast on a trailer that the tourer can cart around!!
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Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:41 am

Atleast 8psi totally standard or 14psi with non-stretch head bolts.
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Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:01 am

GOT MYSELF AN IS M42 COUPE NOW, JUST GOT TOGET THE TOURER BACK UP AND RUNNING THEN THE M42 TURBO STARTS!!!! WATCH THIS SPACE..................
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Sat Dec 08, 2012 2:29 pm

WEEMANDANBRITTON wrote:4 cylinder turbo lump as track day beast on a trailer that the tourer can cart around!!
The towing capacity of an E30 is too low to be able to tow another E30 on a trailer.
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