when do m20s wear out?

Wed May 09, 2007 10:57 am

munky30 wrote:
blatantarrogance wrote:
pnd wrote:m20 's may last a long time but before we get carried away lets remember not many get to 200k without an expensive new head ergo there are tougher motors out there made by bmw and others.

blatant wrote:They wont wear out so long as an m42 is sacrificed to the BMW Gods every once in a while. It's why the 4 pots were built.
The m20 breakage is down to lack of sacrifice. More m42's and m40's need to be killed off to appease to Gods of M20's.
I sacrificed an M40.

The result was a swift death for my M20.

I think I angered the bmw gods.

I then sacrificed the dead M20 for a new M20 which has issues.

I dont believe your sacrifice rule. Either that or I have angered the bmw gods by using wheels that aren't BBS and smoking my lights.

Sounds like you needed the sacrificial lights and wheels.

What was your mode of sacrifice? Perhaps you needed to sacrifice mroe m40s?

Wed May 09, 2007 11:03 am

I let it sit in my garden with grass growing in it.

I have recently given it to someone in exchange for some wheels though, he's using the manual box and the rocker and inlet so maybe I haven't performed the sacrifice in the correct manner... parts of it live on... its like christine!

Wed May 09, 2007 11:04 am

The M20 suffered a similar fate. I stripped it of bits and sold them, then offered up the block and head to the harbingers of the bmw gods, the scrap merchants.

Wed May 09, 2007 11:15 am

munky30 wrote:I let it sit in my garden with grass growing in it.

I have recently given it to someone in exchange for some wheels though, he's using the manual box and the rocker and inlet so maybe I haven't performed the sacrifice in the correct manner... parts of it live on... its like christine!

Death by fire in the sacrificial pit known as the engine bay!!

Should have dropped the oil out of it then red lined it in 1st!!

Wed May 09, 2007 9:48 pm

munky30 wrote:
ed325i wrote:
roughly how long do they last before performance drops off?
I bet there is not many 325's making 170bhp.
How dare you?!

These angines are built by bmw... therefore they will never break, run low on power, or change in any way from the exact spec they were when they left the factory. They ARE the best engines ever made, ever.

Brian's stolen Munky's log-in!!

Wed May 09, 2007 9:52 pm

Firefly2005 wrote:
munky30 wrote:
ed325i wrote: I bet there is not many 325's making 170bhp.
How dare you?!

These angines are built by bmw... therefore they will never break, run low on power, or change in any way from the exact spec they were when they left the factory. They ARE the best engines ever made, ever.
Brian's stolen Munky's log-in!!