Hartge 2.1

Post Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:13 pm

hi,

i'm only drivin a 316i

can i put this engine in mine? with the same gearbox?

Post Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:25 pm

I dont want to ruin your post......but sweet jesus!

DRIBBLEE

Post Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:43 pm

it's a 318is from A a E36 , so it should fit

christmas is coming very early this year

Post Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:34 pm

That is one hell of a nice M42 - I don't think that it will bolt onto your M40 box though.
Mind you M42 boxes aren't difficult to find.

Post Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:23 pm

I hope you know that's an empty block?

Post Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:09 pm

my 4pot wrongness sense is tingling, I like it

That'll probably need an M42 specific box, prop and mounts as well as the correct ECU but everything else should be ok.

Post Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:52 pm

My god!!!

that will be a nice 316!
Lucky fecker to have a LHD so you'll have no problems with the manifold either.

Post Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:33 pm

Asserti wrote:I hope you know that's an empty block?

That one in the picture is, but these aren't (even though they're M44s):

2.3 4 pot wrongness with 190bhp? Nice

Post Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:03 pm

Oh that H2.3 would be nice in a E28. Four pot but nice.

Post Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:49 pm

I wonder what crank and piston combination is giving 2.3.

It must still be on one throttle body otherwise it should be over 200bhp. They have made it a lazy engine almost, doesn't look like it really revs going on where maximum power is. Certainly would be nice, but realistically an m3 is always going to be a better prospect in terms of parts and overall power.

Post Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:52 pm

Jon_Bmw wrote:I wonder what crank and piston combination is giving 2.3.

It must still be on one throttle body otherwise it should be over 200bhp. They have made it a lazy engine almost, doesn't look like it really revs going on where maximum power is. Certainly would be nice, but realistically an m3 is always going to be a better prospect in terms of parts and overall power.

I'd imagine it uses fully custom internals as I've never heard anyone stroke an M4x to over 2.1L. Even the Metric Mechanics motors are 2.1, but rev to over 8k producing somewhere between 200-220bhp and that's still on one throttle body. Expencive stuff though, over $8000 for their "rally" spec engines, and that's not the best one they can make