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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:17 pm

Mutant,

someone has taken the M30 AFM thing a bit too seriously i think 8O

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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:18 pm

Its not the old e21 323i engine is it?
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:31 pm

dunno looks M20 with a complete M30 inlet system fitted. Can't see no turbo either!
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:33 pm

Ok Bert
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:46 pm

Looks like someone's converted an M20 to Bosch K-Jetronic mechanical fuel injection.......for some reason.
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:06 pm

that looks... different!
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:10 pm

Turbo-Brown wrote:Looks like someone's converted an M20 to Bosch K-Jetronic mechanical fuel injection.......for some reason.
It was the mechanical fuel injection that made me think it was the old e21 323i lump
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:34 pm

is it an Early M60 then? i thought it looked like a M30 inlet manifold!
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:36 pm

the distributor cap has been relocated hasnt it?

M6x are V8s arent they!?

weird one!
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:38 pm

i think its definately an m20, but with the m30 manilfold. i'll have a poke around at work tomorrow and see if i can find anyhting that would suggest what it might be...
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:41 pm

i think its an m20 (wrongness) unit. the position of the thermostat housing etc also looks the same, is it not different on the m30?

whats that silver pipe going around the right side of the 'bay!?
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:43 pm

318-is wrote:
whats that silver pipe going around the right side of the 'bay!?
Its the servo pipe.

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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:43 pm

that is fucked up!
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:45 pm

its either a 323 or a 325 engine with the old 323 injection system.
Same as on the 323.
it uses a mechanical fuel distributer instead of an ecu to fire fuel through the injectors.Same as the k-jet stuff on mk 2 golfs and xr3i's.
I think its all standard 323 stuff but with the airbox modded and a late m20 rocker cover.
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:46 pm

318-is wrote: M6x are V8s arent they!?

weird one!
No, What was to become the M20 engine was the original M60.

M60 (old) 2.0 M60- /B20 M60 (old) - 2.0L SOHC-12v/L6
M60 (old) 2.3 M60- /B23 M60 (old) - 2.3L SOHC-12v/L6

Data from http://www.bmwccbc.org/resources/teile/enginecode.html
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:52 pm

Engine from E21 323

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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:59 pm

so we're sorted then!!!
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:24 pm

thats not an e30 either, just noticed the bonnet hinge, looks e21
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Post Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:27 pm

kam-325i wrote:
318-is wrote: M6x are V8s arent they!?

weird one!
No, What was to become the M20 engine was the original M60.

M60 (old) 2.0 M60- /B20 M60 (old) - 2.0L SOHC-12v/L6
M60 (old) 2.3 M60- /B23 M60 (old) - 2.3L SOHC-12v/L6

Data from http://www.bmwccbc.org/resources/teile/enginecode.html
so there are two types of bmw m60 engines? how confusing can you get!
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Post Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:25 am

That engine if from the E21 323i!!!
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Post Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:13 pm

yeah it's just the k-jet 323i m60 engine, nothing from an m30 there :mad:
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