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E36 General discussion and technical help for 1992-1998 3 series cars.

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Old 02-23-2008, 12:54 PM   #1
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well folks jus a question for use? am thinking of changeing the engine in my 318tds am thinking of a 2.5 or a 3 litre but am not sure of which engine would fit straight in? dose anyone no which one would fit straight in? or has anyone ever done this conversion before??
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Old 02-24-2008, 12:35 AM   #2
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It's not a straight forward drop and bolt in job despite the same body and chasis. After the engine, there's the electronic conversion. Then there's the new HVAC that has to be outfitted. Finally when the front end is done, the tranny needs to be swapped to get the gear ratios to match the power output of the engine. In between those major items, there's a whack load of little things that needs attention as you go along.

I considered converting m44 to 3.0 once but ended up buying the M3 instead because it was just plain less expensive.

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Old 02-24-2008, 04:10 PM   #3
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so dose that mean there is no other engine i can get just to fit straight in without messing wit the wireing loom
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Old 02-24-2008, 07:12 PM   #4
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unless you drop an identical motor in there, every engine will require messing around with electronics. The more different the motor, the more messing around is invovled.
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Old 02-25-2008, 05:29 PM   #5
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ok sounds like a big job i think ill forget about that is there a bigger turbo i can get my yoake is really slow???
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