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Aye.

This is a medium case right?

How old are you? If youre under 24,you may not be able to insure a turbo car. Get yourself a quote at the least. At least you will know what youre in for.

Na,just age.

I spend more time working at work than anything else. Sad,I know.

So anyway... Thanks for answering the initial question Conrod. If theres nothing inherantly(sp) wrong/weak with the ali block then all else is academic. Thanks for all the other sugestions(I think)Gus deserves a special mention Will be keeping this car

Nice set of cobwebs

I wasnt moaning about the price I was comparing it to a different purchase,but thanks for your input all the same. (Price was for engine only too)

Why bother with a supercharged Lexus 4l when an Ls1 will do it in its sleep?

Looks mint! Cant wait to see it too :thumb:

For the e36 Andrew. I agree they are all good sensible points,but... If I was being sensible,I wouldn't be mucking around with cars $12000 for an engine!Dosn't really stack up against your purchase

Im exploring my options.400 hp is a rather arbitory figure,as you probably know. Options are :m52 na. screamer.Head work,weber patern ITBs etc.300 odd horse?? m52 forced,pref supercharged.400 odd horse?? 4.4l V8 conversion,too heavy?? 400 odd horse?? Ls1 V8 conversion.Light,lots of power,compact.But I dont know weather I can bring myself to do it Shitloads of horse power. Any other ideas?? S54 would be nice,but availability is a question. Car is intended to be a weekend warrior as it were,not a daily driver.Not too disimilar to yours or Andrews,the odd club event,a targa or two later on.

Wasn''t there mention of someone trying to build an s50 replica from a m52?? Do I want to be a guinee pig??? Ls1 solves all problems

Only in the States. Forgot to mention its also Nicasil(sp)

Question is....How strong is the m52 ally block? There has been some sugestion that it would suffer under high power,by Conrod. Can you elaborate on this? Looking to turbo or supercharge for the desired power output ~400 hp. Would prefer to keep this block/engine for weight reasons,but if its not up to it, will have to look at something else. Thank you for your time and patience :jap: (Jeez,I hope theres no sp mishtacks.)

Thats porn not bling. Try harder.

wtf is a close ratio diff

2nd best colour for a 36 Nice,V nice.

Shot in the dark... Manual?

The M3 was to be called the M323i .This was the same time as the M535 was around

Once more :thumb:

Im sure Ive seen a 325i test somewhere.Will try to dig it out. Also some 5 series M635csi e36 m3???

Ditto.My first PM. So proud!(hope it worked)

Ooooooooo s54? :love:

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