323i vs 325(885 head) cams PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!

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Post Tue Apr 05, 2016 12:51 pm

hi guys I have located a 885 head that's had 10hrs of porting and polishing but I was wondering if a cam out of an m20 320,323i,325e,325i,325is etcc.... are interchangeable?
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Post Tue Apr 05, 2016 10:36 pm

yes
E30 325is with M20B31
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Post Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:06 pm

thanks do you know whats the biggest and best cam for a 323i, extractors, BBTB throttle body and long extrude intake, stock jetstonic, auto.
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Post Wed Apr 06, 2016 9:44 am

You don't want a 'big' cam with an auto box . Less low down grunt than stock and a crap idle will make the car horrible to drive and a real stone around town.
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Post Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:35 am

pacerpete wrote:You don't want a 'big' cam with an auto box . Less low down grunt than stock and a crap idle will make the car horrible to drive and a real stone around town.
can you get kits for the 4 speed auto?
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Post Wed Apr 06, 2016 8:08 pm

Guys I've just found an M3 in a farmers barn PLEASE BELIEVE MEEEE!
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Post Wed Apr 06, 2016 8:13 pm

Andyboy wrote:Guys I've just found an M3 in a farmers barn PLEASE BELIEVE MEEEE!
pic's or it didn't happen (not ebay links either) demz da rulezzzzzzz winkeye
if it's got t*ts or wheels it's bound to be trouble...............prove me wrong.
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2016 12:56 am

has it got the s14?
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2016 12:59 am

M30, running on 7 actually. I've seen the custard test
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Post Thu Apr 07, 2016 1:36 am

just ask those m3 3.5s are bloody hard to find but remember the old saying "money talks bullshit walks"!!