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turbo m42b18 light plenty of go and not nose heavy with a 6 in it

Got the parcel today, Fitting tomorrow can't wait

http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20140507-bmw-goes-ballistic yum yum give me one.

Damn wrong on both occasions haha! ah okay! i saw your car front the front and was like Heyyyyyy what a minute... reversed up... Ahhhh that V8 goodness

You could follow the well published M5x route, M52B28 would deliver the best all round package for the money. Given that you're starting with a 316 you'll need to factor in suspension and brake upgrades if you want it to be safe & legal. Speak to Ray or Brent for a conversion package (engine, ecu, loom & trans), they'll be able to give you a realistic idea on pricing. You'll probably need a custom exhaust fabricated to suit, too. If you used a conservative estimate of say, $2500 for a complete drivetrain package, $500 - $1000 for the exhaust fab, $xxxx for a reasonable suspension upgrade to match the increased weight in the engine bay, cert costs, bigger rubber and probably wheels to put your newfound power to the road, $300 - $1200 for the right diff............................. Even with an M52, the cost could easily break 5 figures. If you were to use an S50B30 you can add at least another 4k to the 2.5k for the 2.8. 1UZ / M60 conversions would easily cost the same by the time the custom engineering is taken into account. And if you plan to pay someone else to do the install it'll be exponentially more costly. I'm not trying to scare you off, but unless you can do nearly all the work yourself you could be better off looking around for a car thats had everything you want already done. For inspiration take a look at Hybrids "Operation : Weapons Grade". All 40+ pages of it, there's some really good info. Granted, his project is quite possibly one of the most comprehensively reworked E30s in NZ, but it'll give you a good idea of whats involved in doing a swap like this properly Happy hunting!

Oh so you have seen me! lol probably not too much better than hearing me screaming down Amaru Road....

Spent the later half of day Cut and Polish... Many hours later, and with the boot and Bonnet complete; results are amazing! Thanks to 'Attention to Detail' car services for the amazing product & detailing equipment to get my car looking top notch! Some photos... She is practically swirl free on the two places we did! Popped Masking tape and the second photo was result

Put a rotor in it, that's something different

Selling both wagon and my ute to buy a chev truck haha. Asking 8k as is but will take adjusties, camber arms out and spacers off and sell for about 7k

For me the M3 was more a hobby than a driver so I need a replacement hobby. It will be a BMW but older with late model running gear. Really admire Westies work (and yours Josh). I am looking for inspration.

Holy sh*t that's rad.

knowing now the S62 fits i think has made the e31 even more desirable as I always had questions about the power & reliability of the V12 in these. Man how epic would a tweeked S62 with manual box go in that 840. wow. dream car alright. I hope it works out for you. More 8 series rolling around in NZ the better i say.

Tonight Brendon and I converted the MSS50 ECU to South African software flash. This deletes the Secondary Air Pump software as we removed the SAP and blanked it off with the SA OEM blanking plate when we put this motor back together. Also the car in now coded to a SA S50B32 E36 instead of a 318ti when we first coded the car aligning the EWS with a donor EWS ... my ego feels a tad better haha Cold starts will now be smoother. It also drive a tad smoother now which is nice. yay

Did some driving with the paddle shifters. Quite fun... though on a cosmetic note I do need a centre piece for the steering wheel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVdK3h3KUxI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

mine went off road once...

Well, that makes two that I've heard of. Best I've managed so far is splitting the carrier pin on a 750mm breaker bar trying to loosen the hub nut on an old turbo Startlet. End result was a large bump and a couple grazes from where I used my head to break my fall.

Cracked a Stahlwille 1/2" on my e36 caliper carrier bolt. Nothing is more devastating. Especially because it feels like you've just loosened the bolt.

This, people, is how you sell a car.