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M50b20 into m3 swap fail

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The good news is the 323i did leave the factory as an M-Sport car, with the 337 M-sport pack built on it. This would by why it has the M door trims, etc. they weren't added. It would have had a 2.5ltr detuned M52 in it, the previous owner may have got a bit confused about the M-Power engine?? Again, this is still a pretty good specced car, for an E36.

With the E34, it left the factory as a 520i. Whilst Schnitzer are a post-production "tuner" and add their bits on outside of BMW, I believe that they would tend to start with a fairly potent model, ie 540i and add their parts onto that, so it's unlikely they would have started with a 2.0ltr to build on. Plus it looks like it was a car that went to Japan where they have a fondness for sticking Alpina / AC Scnitzer / Hartge / Racing Dynamics badges on anything with four wheels.

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End of the day, bog stock standard 323.

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thanks to the people who answered my questions you have been alot of help and as for the stupid question above this i now have a mspec e36 running for $400 bucks its got a full black leather interior and a lsd also has race suspension and alot of aftermarket hoodickies on it too, iv also got manual gear to go in it so officialy i think i have the cheapest mspec e36 car in new zealand so that is why i have done it plans r to put 328 engine on the manual box which is on a friends garage floor doing nothing and will only cost me a further $400 an throw it in once i have blown this $150 m50b20 and gearbox up. Also stock standard means nothing to me when ive got a set of $10 ac snitzer series 1s 17z to throw on it to top it off jelousy much or wat???

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az for the e34 well thats kind of sux but with the stock m50b20 in it i kind of thought it mightve been just a bodykit

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The good news is the 323i did leave the factory as an M-Sport car, with the 337 M-sport pack built on it. This would by why it has the M door trims, etc. they weren't added. It would have had a 2.5ltr detuned M52 in it, the previous owner may have got a bit confused about the M-Power engine?? Again, this is still a pretty good specced car, for an E36.

With the E34, it left the factory as a 520i. Whilst Schnitzer are a post-production "tuner" and add their bits on outside of BMW, I believe that they would tend to start with a fairly potent model, ie 540i and add their parts onto that, so it's unlikely they would have started with a 2.0ltr to build on. Plus it looks like it was a car that went to Japan where they have a fondness for sticking Alpina / AC Scnitzer / Hartge / Racing Dynamics badges on anything with four wheels.

the 520i is missing a LOT of parts that the 525i and above have, so i would definitely agree with you on this.

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the 520i is missing a LOT of parts that the 525i and above have, so i would definitely agree with you on this.

Yea thought that might have been the case with the 520 should i add my flatmate got this for $250 as well. However with the M-sport e36 i am happy to say it has a sunroof :D and loved the sound it made running straight of the extractors well behind the end of the gearbox when i first got it started last night.

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Yea thought that might have been the case with the 520 should i add my flatmate got this for $250 as well. However with the M-sport e36 i am happy to say it has a sunroof :D and loved the sound it made running straight of the extractors well behind the end of the gearbox when i first got it started last night.

Thanks

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Oh sorry who do i talk to about that?

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Oh sorry who do i talk to about that?

B R A V O, Hybrid could help you there...

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This is truly awesome, how did I miss this?

Kiakaha bro well done!

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