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That's the motor, they have the same cast iron block as the '83-'91 E30 sixes, but have a twin cam head and better flow capabilities.

By memory the 83-91 SOHC is called an M20, the 91-97(ish) E36 DOHC sixes are called M52.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M20

http://www.bmwworld.com/engines/m52.htm

Like I said if you've got the cash, you could do the E36 M3 motor (think it's a S52B32 designation), but the later evolution motor in 3.2L is better.

u could do a half half motor, 323i head and 325i bottom end. gives a 2.8lt. just goin from memory here could of been 2.7lt. and cause ure car is an 85 it dosent have a cat (well mine didnt and it was an 85 as well) so get a nice exhaust system if u havent already cause m20's sound shit hot.

my opinion 2jz

i thought he wanted to be different? :(

thought about 1uzfe? strongest production engine in the world= potential potential potential, totally alloy engine and wouldnt ruin the dynamics of the car

ehm, not quite. i think i said it earlier in this thread. VH41DE > 1UZFE

find some pics of the bottom end of both and make you own judgement.

i can post some if you want.

vq35det? now that would f**king hammer

theyre turbo now? i thought they were only DE? or are you talking about the new gen stagea motors? i think theyre VQ series turbo engines. but only 3.0? and arent they AWD anyway?

unless youre talking about turbocharging a DE motor, in which case twin turbo would be easier. i wonder if the VG gear would fit...

1gzfe? (think thats the engine code) toyotas 6.0 v12 :drool: out of the century's if u could get a hold of one that is.

LOL. Good luck.

that is all.

i reckon look for a alloy block 6 or 8 and then u can have the best of both worlds

IMO, go an 8. then supercharge it maybe. or see if any production turbo bits'll fit. like CA/SR manifolds and the like.

id say go a VH41DE.

yeah i like the bmw, but damn parts are expensive for them. I think i might still stick with the SR20DET or some sort of rb im not between now and then i could just ditch the whole idea!!!

thanks for help guys and actually bringing to light the real potential of this car

cheers

darryn

u could do a half half motor, 323i head and 325i bottom end. gives a 2.8lt. just goin from memory here could of been 2.7lt. and cause ure car is an 85 it dosent have a cat (well mine didnt and it was an 85 as well) so get a nice exhaust system if u havent already cause m20's sound shit hot.

nah, that's not quite right.

you want a 325e with the eta crank and bottom end that gives 2.7L, then the 235i head for better flow. O/size pistons and you've got a 2.8 that actually revs to 7K unlike the 325e that died at around 5K.

That's what my white one in the post above had in it (and a reground cam, etc etc)

Yeah i might be liking the bmw angine more now as Qld is getting new laws in saying poeple with their p's are not allowed to drive turbo'd car, supercharged or high performance vehicles. But they will be finalised in the next month or so.

Does anybody know of any good bmw wreckers that sell engines or front cuts??? Cause up here their is no one lol!!!! or know of a good website???

cheers

darryn

Ok their all good ideas, but until then i wanna do my engine up a bit, its way to slow!!!

I only wanna spent about $1000 or under so give your best bang for buck ideas and give me a rough estiamate of costs??? dont go to insane lol!!!

cheers

darryn

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Ok their all good ideas, but until then i wanna do my engine up a bit, its way to slow!!!

I only wanna spent about $1000 or under so give your best bang for buck ideas and give me a rough estiamate of costs??? dont go to insane lol!!!

cheers

darryn

your going to have to commit a bit more money than that to this project

a 1JZGTE is prob your best bang for buck engine and that will cost you $3000 for a front cut (giving you engine,gearbox and most things needed for conversion) then add labour

a 2JZGTTE will cost more like $4500 for a front cut plus labour to install

a SR20DET will cost not quite $3500 for front cut

a VH45 (nissan V8) approx $2800, a 1UZFE (Toyota V8) around $2000

in fact you wont find a decent motor (front cut) for under $2000 then you gotta add the costs of puting it into you BMW

so like i said your gonna have to be prepared to spend a little more than 1000 bucks, actually most of your budget will be taken up by the engine conversion

sorry to be the messenger of bad news

RellikZephyr

a VH45 (nissan V8) approx $2800, a 1UZFE (Toyota V8) around $2000

the only thing the VH45 has over the 41 is the 400cc's.

the VH41 is a tougher and better designed engine.

cheaper too.

540 cubic inch Indy Max alloy V8 with some nice alloy Hemi heads, efi & two turbos. Lighter than cast iron six block setup from either toyota and nissan and makes all the previously mentioned motors look like nerd conversions....

OR

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