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3-Series (E21, E30)Chat relating to the BMW 3-Series from 1975-1983 and 1984-1991 line. Specific models: BMW 315, BMW 316, BMW 318, BMW 318i, BMW 320/4, BMW 320i, BMW 320/6, BMW 323i, BMW 320i. E30 Family models include: BMW 325e, BMW 325i, BMW 325is, BMW 325ix.
///M3 engine? That's what I'm going to do, but only because I want a sleeper, and I like the E30 body style a whole lot. It's financially prohibitive, though...
__________________ '86 325es (TURTL3): PJ peetsa hawler
'87 535is (BADWATER): almost done... really.
'86 325e (GRN HLL): DD/show/rocket
'04 x3 3.0i: Wife's Bimmer (manual, woot!) My BMW Blog
///M3 engine? That's what I'm going to do, but only because I want a sleeper, and I like the E30 body style a whole lot. It's financially prohibitive, though...
I was going to suggest a S52 swap or something to him, but I assumed he wanted to keep it somewhat cheap ... hell, with a engine swap anything can be made fast, but it's gonna cost out the a$$.
No, seriously, i read somewhere that a 525e crank will fit. Upgrade the injedctors and a few other things, and it puts down like 275 rwhp. Dunno for sure, i'll look into it.
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