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dead beemer turbo

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  • 11-09-2007 2:47pm
    #1
    e30turbodied
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    Has any one fitted v8 to e30 beemer,


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    bucks
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    Not in this country anyway.....


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    E92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭E92


    BMWs M70 engine(5.4 litre V12 as fitted to the E32 750i and E31 850CSi) can be put into the engine bay of an E30. So a V8 should have no problems going under the bonnet of an E30.

    See here: http://www.bmw-power.de/Fahrzeuge/E30_350i_stelze/roberts_350_uebersicht.htm


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    bucks
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    Yeah a V8 should fit no prob;

    Check out the link below, a V6 Alfa engine fitted to an E30 here in Ireland

    http://e30owners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2435


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    S.I.R
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    it fits easy just adjust the engine mounts.... all the tuner company's are doing it now... ruins the e30 imo


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    Gerry
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    Sorry to hear the engine died. How bad a state is it in? PM if you are interested in getting rid of it.


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    E92
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    A V8 takes up less space than a straight 6.

    OP why not just put in one of BMW's newer straight 6's into your E30?

    The M50B25 is a common engine conversion(that engine is the 24V 2.5 engine(with 192 bhp) that came when they introduced the E36) for an E30.

    Or maybe the M54B30 with 231 bhp(01-05 530i, 330i/Ci)? Or better still the S30B30(original E36 M3 engine) with 286 bhp?

    As for putting in a non BMW engine, well that is just about the most ridiculous thing you could do. Thats like saying I like driving a BMWs so long as there is as little to do as possible with BMW when I'm driving it.

    Like that E30 with the V6, its an insult to BMW's M division, puitting an Alfa(I hope it starts, if can do that much it will have achieved a lot) engine into it, and then painting the car in BMW's M colours?


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