what cars did m10 engines come in??

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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 3:55 pm

not strictly e30's,

im after a gearbox and flywheel mainly for a conversion on an m30 engine but the engine to rebuild and later drop into an old 02 winkeye

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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:12 pm

M10's range from 1961 to 1987
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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:41 pm

Neu Klass, '02, E21, E30, maybe E12?
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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:10 pm

uuuuhuh........which one is the most pwerful then??? lol
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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:23 pm

si- wrote:uuuuhuh........which one is the most pwerful then??? lol
The M10 that pushed out 1000Bhp.....
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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:02 pm

This might help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M10
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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:19 pm

Ideally you'll want a 2002tii engine. They made 130bhp as stock or 170 in the 02 turbo. Expensive & pretty fragile though tbh.
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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:38 pm

kam-325i wrote:
si- wrote:uuuuhuh........which one is the most pwerful then??? lol
The M10 that pushed out 1000Bhp.....
witty...... lol

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Post Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:40 pm

I read somewhere that the e28 m10 lump had bigger valves and ports and made more power but may be wrong
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Post Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:25 pm

Auto m10's used the same bigger valve heads too iirc
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Post Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:26 pm

Auto m10's used the same bigger valve heads too iirc
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