Did Twiggy get a new car when we wernt looking

[Cotty]

[maxfield]

Yes should of kept your eyes open glad he finally got one can't wait till he gets it finished

[Cotty]

lovely colour, feel like it need some colour myself

[Bob_S]

I hope he's putting a real M50 in it and not a 2.5

[DanThe]

I hope he's putting a real M50 in it and not a 2.5

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[gazm3]

He got it from Manchester?.

[DanThe]

Or the Zones first 2.0 M50 E30

[Bob_S]

2.0 :S

I always thought the point of an engine conversion was to have a bigger engine, say 2.8 or above? in an e30 anyway! Well my opinion anyway, I'm sure the 2.5 goes well but it puts out 170bhp as per the m20 though does it not?

[DanThe]

The 2.8 is an M52

The M50 was 192bhp when it left the factory, mines got a lighter flywheel, cats removed, full Scorpion exhaust and pulls 60 in just over 6 seconds

[Chris-W]

...and does sound awfully nice.

[panesar_e30]

should be nice when its complete.

[DanThe]

...and does sound awfully nice.

[treble_c]

Yep, the 323i was infact a 2.5 litre car which was detuned using the same inlet manifold that the 328i used, with a more restictive downpipe and exhaust, detuned ECU and put out 170bhp. This is so the 328i's output of 193 looked a little better as the "old" 325i which was made up until the 323i and 328i came out in 1995 was actually 192bhp, only 1 less than the 193bhp of the 328, which was also restricted from the factory to comply with German tax and insurance laws

[FBF]

why aint none of you guys playing with the 4.0 V8's? i dont get why theres so much love for the 2.7

[maxfield]

Because it's so much cheaper and easyer than 4.0 v8s

[DanThe]

i dont get why theres so much love for the 2.7

Maybe because it is an E30 engine?

I use my car everyday so fuel consumption was a big part of my engine conversion. Otherwise like you say a V8 would have been good for the job