What would the wise heads of BS do

[Forrest 35]

So in between all my blood, sweat and tears from my project car not working properly

See here: http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....showtopic=17640

I came across this on trademe: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=206734621

My question to you is:

Do I:

1. Take all the good/new shiny stuff off my maroon car and put it into this, so its a coupe, find a manual conversion etc and go bananas.

2. Take the motor out of the silver one, put it in my maroon car (since its a bloody tidy shell) and convert etc

3. Not bother and leave my car as is.

Motor condish is questionable, but could part the car out enough to cover anything within reason and make my money back.

How easy is it to change motors in regards to mounts etc? And with me not knowing the motor age i.e PFL, FL etc changing the ECU is going to be a pain.

Advice is appreciated

(Mods feel free to move wasn't sure exactly where to put this).

Edited March 10, 2009 by Brams

[Apex 693]

TBH the M20 will still leave you wishing you hadn’t bothered if you want to go decently fast.

[e30plz 1]

What he said ^

Instead of buying that car,

Save up a bit more and buy a M50 etc.

[Forrest 35]

What he said ^

Instead of buying that car,

Save up a bit more and buy a M50 etc.

Thats idealy what I plan to do, just thought if I could snag it cheaply it may be worth it but yeah, risky.

[bravo 34]

ROFL at the n00b method of tying the car to the trailer.

[e30plz 1]

Thats idealy what I plan to do, just thought if I could snag it cheaply it may be worth it but yeah, risky.

Even better, Buy your M40B16 a late christmas present..

[_BRS_ 208]

id pass on that, keep the maroon one, finish that off to your standards, drive it and have fun!

Meanwhile, save hard, research about m50s/52s and forced induction regarding those engines, then go nuts in a few years time!

What im hoping to do myself, but time and money and priorities will tell!

[antony 0]

I'd pass on the "massive 325 engine!" and either get a m20b20 or m40b18 and build your car to race series spec.

[oscar90 0]

ROFL at the n00b method of tying the car to the trailer.

+1,

[tire 10]

Depends how cheap you could get it... do you have room for another car tho?

[JiB 0]

Option 3. Use $$$ on seat time

...But I'm not a wise BS head.

[Forrest 35]

Even better, Buy your M40B16 a late christmas present..

LOL actually was thinking about supercharging it like those ones on youtube haha.

Yeah thanks for your replies everyone, will give it a miss this time then will try and pick a motor (m50 etc) up so I can teach myself about it etc, rebuild it then transplant or just buy a better e30 when I get bored and go nuts

[Gus 5]

don't bother doing FI on the boat anchor - just M50. you can use your gearbox

[Forrest 35]

don't bother doing FI on the boat anchor - just M50. you can use your gearbox

Ha yes. Love that boat anchor call, have read it from many knowledagble sources. Does my 240 fit up to a m50? nOOBzor alert. Like for real?

Ideally want to build something like Luke (Boost Junky) is doing next.

[Andre3000 55]

ROFL at the n00b method of tying the car to the trailer.

Yeah i noticed that lol... wtf!

[Gus 5]

stick with N/A if you want to track it, you don't need FI

yep, it will. haven't tried it myself, but the bolt patterns are correct. probably won't die for a while also! although you may want to find a 325i box for if it does sh*t itself

[Forrest 35]

stick with N/A if you want to track it, you don't need FI

yep, it will. haven't tried it myself, but the bolt patterns are correct. probably won't die for a while also! although you may want to find a 325i box for if it does sh*t itself

Cheers gus, yeah think the box is on its way out soon. Will be something to look into for the future. Can just see it now, stealth as with its 316i badges on, m50 under the hood, schooling peeps. Haha