750I 850I manual gearbox options? brian moooore?

[320ise]

the 540i has a getrag s6s 420g and the 850i has a getrag s6s 560g are these interchangable as i have plans to v12 my e34 as somthing different with a v12 howell! i have found the engine for £100! but dont wanna really go down the auto road.

if the above is not going to work is there any american or other makes a similar box was used on that may fit? is i dont have v12 manual money at the min!

[gareth]

i've always wanted to build a E34 550i!

having had a E32 and E34 sat alongside each other, it looks soooo similar and must be fairly easy... (famous last words!)

[320ise]

it all bolts up well aparently but allot of people say its a crap conversion due to weight etc but i just wanna here that v12 noise! you might get allot with the m engines but not that!!!!

[320ise]

gearbox is the main issue!

[Ziggy]

i've always wanted to build a E34 550i!

Same here! I'll never do it, as a 540i would be a better car in all honesty (as well as being rather easier!). Would be ****ing cool though!

[gareth]

the gearbox is what stopped me lobbing a V12 in my last E34.

put a LPG kit on it, leave it as an auto and you'll have a very nice, economical daily bruiser. ideal for towing a track car etc also!

bet you could have a nice one on the road for sub £1k, but automatic.

[320ise]

i would not have an auto it would have to be manual do getrag do any other boxes that are compatable? can a box be made to fit? what is the actual problem?

[gareth]

afaik, no other gearboxes fit.
i don't know the exact reason, be it bolt pattern or otherwise.

[320ise]

brian moooore??? maybe the bmw genius knows he is like an encylopedia for bmw mantainance!

[whipsey]

if you decide against the swap i'll have the engine off you mate

[e21Jason]

Bmw 850csi box, 2-3k second hand bolts on.

probably cheaper to get a cut and shut bellhousing onto a m60 manual box, or a 265 box

Jason

[whipsey]

Bmw 850csi box, 2-3k second hand bolts on.

probably cheaper to get a cut and shut bellhousing onto a m60 manual box, or a 265 box

Jason

do you mean a getrag 265 from an m20? or have i just confused myself

[e21Jason]

265 is the e30m3 e28 535/m5 box with a removable bellhousing easier to modify

Jason

[whipsey]

so would an m30 one handle it?