WTB: bmw motor - United Bimmer Community

**d.maczko** · 06-14-2006, 06:34 PM

the only motors i have found to swap in are from the states and it would cost me about 550 us to ship it up here, and thats with an auto tranny

so im looking for a motor, bare minimum of an e30 'i' motor m20b25 i think the code is.

thanks all

cheers,

Dill

i want my bmw back on the road, help a buddy out

**celsdogg** · 06-14-2006, 06:39 PM

good luck with ure search! what happened to your previous M20?

**d.maczko** · 06-14-2006, 06:54 PM

oh its still in the car, its got some bad compression numbers and cyl 5 is way too low, i dont drive the car daily so its just sitting waiting for a motor.

**Bimmer_5er** · 06-14-2006, 07:29 PM

check out the classifieds on maxbimmer.com, most of the guys are in ontario and iv seen quite a few engine like m50's and m20's on that site for sale

**d.maczko** · 06-14-2006, 08:11 PM

what would you guys pay for an m50?

where can i find specs on all these motors?
thanks for the quick replys guys

**celsdogg** · 06-14-2006, 08:26 PM

for the M50:
http://www.bmwworld.com/engines/m50.htm

M52:
http://www.bmwworld.com/engines/m52.htm

and just for kicks, the M20:
http://www.bmwworld.com/engines/m20.htm

**Dudesky** · 06-14-2006, 08:28 PM

M50>m52 & M20

**d.maczko** · 06-14-2006, 09:21 PM

its the m50 for sale on e30tech.com

its out of a 325 though, not a 5 series so i cant find specs

nick_318is · 06-14-2006, 09:25 PM

^they should be the same specs, same engine.

**d.maczko** · 06-14-2006, 11:16 PM

is it 150 hp or 192 hp?

edit: woo oilers!

**celsdogg** · 06-15-2006, 07:38 AM

the 2.0 liter was 150hp, the 2.5 was 189. i dont know about canada, but the 2.0 wasnt sold in the states.

the M52 was 190hp, but u said it was an M50, right?

**d.maczko** · 06-15-2006, 09:09 AM

yeah its a us motor though,

its this one

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25683

**Bimmer_5er** · 06-15-2006, 10:01 AM

The m50 is the same motor in the 5 series and the 3 sereis, but only if the 5er is a 92 + 525i

**d.maczko** · 06-15-2006, 02:13 PM

lol its a 1994 motor, so i dont know what the numbers are on it

**d.maczko** · 06-15-2006, 06:35 PM

the lowest he will go is 1300 us shipped

which is like 1450 canadian

do you guys think its worth it?

**celsdogg** · 06-15-2006, 07:13 PM

sounds decent to me. i thought they were over 2k. plus it has less than 70k miles on it.

**d.maczko** · 06-15-2006, 07:21 PM

which is around 110000 kms, not bad

hmmmmmmmmm i want it so bad

i wonder how long it would take to get here

**d.maczko** · 06-15-2006, 07:50 PM

i emailed tunerworks if they had any motors in stock but they said no,
i then asked if they knew anyone with a motor they said to contact dave at affordable? what is affordable, its in calgary also

any one tell me?

**VintageBMW** · 06-16-2006, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by d.maczko

i emailed tunerworks if they had any motors in stock but they said no,
i then asked if they knew anyone with a motor they said to contact dave at affordable? what is affordable, its in calgary also

any one tell me?

http://www.affordable-autoparts.com/

**d.maczko** · 06-16-2006, 02:14 PM

wow, thanks man, i dreamed of a place like this

anyone know some of their prices for motors?