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im going to start getting bits together for my turbo project and am unsure which engine to get,im loooking for 450hp and to what i can work out i will be going m50b25 hx35 turbo,vems management,im going to start building the engine now ready to swap next winter [so i can get to some meets this summer in the sport with standard engine] so does it matter if i get a vanos engine out of an e36 or am i better with the rarer non vanos engine?

it won´t matter, both will make it to 450hp easily enough.

do you still get the plug and play vems management gunni and were is best to get arp bolts and head gasket

also is there any benefits of using the m50 over my m20b25 engine i already have in?

Easier to make more power

more power is always good m50 turbo it is then!

Both engines will make 450hp if you give the old M20 enough boost that is.

should be about 1.6-1.7bar boost on a HX35.

There are no M20 PnP VEMS ecu´s, but I can get you a regular vems ecu,.

im going m52b28 i think, is there a pnp vems for this engine?

There is not.
I haven´t gotten enough free time to totally complete them.

ok mate,i will give you a shout when im ready for purchase if thats ok

moogie where in west yorkshire are you? im based in Wakefield...got an m50 in mine myself but no turbs! drop me a pm if you ever need a hand...im good with the spanners aha

this was my next question ,so with the vanos is it just the same to map etc ,im planning on just buying the full e36 car and taking the engine out so if its easier to map etc a none vanos i will just get a early one probably cheaper ,also on a side note how come people dont seem to turbo the e36`s is it a matter of space

It is a matter of space and cost basically., Mostly space