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    You dont need to do too much to the motor but also depends on what you idea of a rebuild is?

    You can get away with stock compression and pistons depending on the power leave your after 200ho isnt hard to do, a good mls head gasket and caps screws for head bolts pull them down to 65 ft/ib you can use the stock cam without an isssue.

    As for the exhaust manifold "j" pipes work well and cheap to do the chinese manifolds work ok also Scarles carry them, keep with the stock intake for ease of the throttle etc change the vacuum valve for the booster their a pain in the butt and leak use one off a late model japper doesnt need to be turbo.

    Change pump to a evo 1-3 or any aftermarket also change to a larger fuel filter easy job repco carry a good selection, as for injectors if you use the ones from a m42b18 they are lucas high imp 240cc and x6 will support 300hp and will drop straight in.

    You can keep the stock ecu/dme and afm to which you can suck through or blow thru the easiest would be suck thru they will also voltage cut at 4.8 volts you can put a bolt stop inside then and set it to 4.7, no need to touch the ignition they dont run a lot of advance so need to retard it for up to 10psi which is over a 50% gain in power.

    to control the injectors use an apexi AFC works great easy to use oil feed tee's off the oil sender switch oil return can run around the front of the motor to the high side of the sump use a -3an line and 19mm return.

    If you chose to intercool its whatever you can fit into the front doesnt need to be massive anything at this power level is better than nothing keep the piping to 2-2 1/4 inch's for response sake, its easier to use a turbo with a built in waste gate like a evo 2-3 or GTST RB25/20 due to the room issue and external makes things hard.

    This a brief over view of ones ive done on a budget if you intend to spend more then aftermarket ecu etc adds to the cost but you should be able to do the whole turbo setup under 2k.

    You dont need a bunch of power in the car to wake it up my m42b18 e36 admittedly has good stuff inside the motor but still runs a stock ecu with a mapecu3 piggy back and makes a lazy 270hp and makes fools out of m3 e46 ( well it did the other day the owner got a bit p.i.s.s.e.d was bloody funny) i can add much much more but most like the basic stuff hope thats some sort of help.

    Crunchy..... I would just like to say your the f***ing man!

    Wish i could be this knowledgeable. Was also considering doing this and that is everythingish i need!

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    I will have a mint blue/green (not a standard BMW colour, kinda like lagunengrün-metallic but still a different shade/ more blue in it) 1991 bmw manual 320i completely original done about 210,000 thou kms which will be for sale in about 3weeks if your interested in waiting (Just cleaning her up and replacing bits, getting her in sale condition). Will be looking for around $4000 cash but can be talked down. It does have a few little chips on the bonnet and will come on bottle tops, half a black leather interior with a recent service. Belts, thermostat, water pump done recently and have receipts. 1-1 end drive ratio awesome for cruising on the motorway and long drives, will come with factory diff as well. Pm me with your details if your interested and i can send photos.

    Cheers

    Sam

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    Still haven't sold the engines yet so the bank balance is quite empty :(

    Ok, the other engine is striped appart from the manifold, head and block.

    So basically the fl loom will attach to all the pfl plugs on the engine??

    André3000: I have thought about it but i'm really looking for the easy way to do it as i'm trying to sell the car but if it doesn't sell there will be an m50 going in :D

    P.S

    (But if anyone is interested in a m20 b25 engine I have two which I can sell (1 mint other needs new piston rings)

    PM if interested would like around a 1g for both.)

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    I have a FL e30 325i with the piston rings starting to go and I have got a spare m20 b25 but its PFL...

    Is there any differences between the PFL and the FL m20s? Or do they just swap right over?

    If so what are they?

    Any info would be awesome as im on break for 2 weeks and would love to get this done asap!

    Cheers

    Sam

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    turbo is out of the picture too many people have done it its a personal choice too.

    price hmmm well not like 4k but im kinda flexible yet try to work efficiently.

    i have some idea of prices for both but i would like to know what the experts think is reasonable and what parts they would suggest to someone just starting.

    1.5g should get you all the parts for an m50b25 swap, its just doing the swap that will be the hard part.

    Pretty sure brent (on the form) has or will have all the parts.

    Turbos are so much more fun tho...

  24. Posted · Edited by Euro_M325i · Report reply

    I did one similar to the advance 1 in my mums mini cooper s. Awesome fun! Very surprised at how well the mini handles in the wet and on the skid pad.

    But I agree with apex, the track day would be better bang or buck. But if your looking of a few tips and a bit of a laugh then it could be quite fun.

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