Anyone after a 525i SE for doing an E30 Conversion ??

Post Mon May 23, 2005 9:04 am

It's a cool car. Failed it's MOT on 3 tyres and anti roll bar bushes..

Post Mon May 23, 2005 9:51 am

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Post Mon May 23, 2005 12:57 pm

Ãƒ”šÃ‚£225 and a cup of tea !!

Post Mon May 23, 2005 1:03 pm

Is the e34 yours and r u intrested in some alpina reps 17" brand new tyres well done bout 1000 miles wheels as new - center caps (stolen)
Ãƒ”šÃ‚£250 and there yours bloke

Post Mon May 23, 2005 1:06 pm

where you from mate?? could be intrested in this : )

Post Mon May 23, 2005 3:33 pm

Yeah they're both mine but getting shot of the E34 as I dont use it..

Down near Pompey

Am looking for some 17" alpinas to gone on 325i Sport.

Post Mon May 23, 2005 4:00 pm

where the hell is pompey

Post Mon May 23, 2005 4:03 pm

craigieeb wrote:where the hell is pompey

portsmouth?! at least thats what their football team is called...

Post Mon May 23, 2005 4:07 pm

that will be an m20 will it not?

Post Mon May 23, 2005 5:36 pm

Yeah the M50s weren't put in until '91

Post Mon May 23, 2005 5:41 pm

The M50 is 24v right? where is the scratching head smiley

Post Mon May 23, 2005 5:48 pm

M20 2.5 is 12v, 170bhp (you knew that of course)

M50 2.5 is 24v, 192bhp =

Not really much point going from 2.5 M20 to M50 really, too much work for the extra bhp I reckon.

If you plan going 2.5 from a 4-pot though

I wonder what difference there is in the work involved in going M50 from a 4-pot rather than M20....

Post Mon May 23, 2005 5:51 pm

Not much I should think.

Post Mon May 23, 2005 5:56 pm

Hmm....considering the availability of 2.5 M50s these days, I can't see many people choosing M20 over them....think of the economy with all those valves as well

Post Mon May 23, 2005 8:25 pm

Any more details on this car mate?

How many miles? Much history?

Does anyone know....are the engines identical?

Post Mon May 23, 2005 10:43 pm

defo an M20 on that early puppy, 24v's came in 1991 ish me tinks.

I recon at a guess it might have a different sump and exhaust manifold but i can't see anything else being different?

Post Mon May 23, 2005 10:56 pm

That was something i had never thought of.

Doing an M50 instead of an M20 conversion when the time comes.

forgotten his name but doesnt someone on this site with a white 4 door M-tech II kitted E30 have this engine in?

Who else has done it?

Adam

Post Mon May 23, 2005 10:57 pm

Wil has one, and it's for sale.

Andy325i isn't it? The other one?

Post Mon May 23, 2005 11:08 pm

davetouring wrote:Wil has one, and it's for sale.

Andy325i isn't it? The other one?

Yeah.....it's not quite M Tech II kitted though

But I think he's working on it!

Post Mon May 23, 2005 11:29 pm

There are several of us on here who have done or are doing an M50 conversion in place of a M20, buts it's not quite as simple as taking one engine out and dropping the other in.
I can assure you, Zayyan, it's well worth doing for the extra horses!

Post Mon May 23, 2005 11:35 pm

Are you saying it's worth going from 2.5 M20 to 2.5 M50?

Or that 4-pot to 6-pot M50's worth it?

I reckon when insurance is reasonable I'll do a 4-pot to M50 conversion....be good to have something special (with the original 316i/318i badge on the back of course)

Post Tue May 24, 2005 12:38 am

2.5M20 to 2.5M50Tu is what I've done. Definitely worth it.

Post Tue May 24, 2005 9:22 am

The BM has 170k will full Keystone BMW service history. old mot's etc