320i ? What ?
I was talking about the 325i & 328i (200bhp), 325i Sports Evolution (240bhp), M3 (280bhp), M3 Evo (320bhp).
The 320i has a measly 150bhp, and isn't a match for the 200bhp Vauxhall
6-pot.
Me too.
Me too - as above, there are any number of factory-produced E36 3-Series with 200bhp and over.
E36 BMWs : 325i & 328i (200bhp), 325i Sports Evolution (240bhp), M3 (280bhp), M3 Evo (320bhp).
Nope - although I can probably find some in your ass if you'd like me to ?
Nope.
Er, either of those, funnily enough ! Or you can have a none-Evo M3 lump making 280bhp.
ROFL
Or you could just buy a none-underpowered BMW in the first place ! See above for a list.
Engine transplants ? What ?
BMW already put proper engines in their cars ! See above for a list !
Engine transplants (to and from completely different manufacturers at that !), and their associated insurance costs afterwards, are most certainly not cheap !!!!!!
Yeah, and then there's the 325i and 328i, both making about 200bhp as standard.
Cos you're on about sticking a 200bhp Vauxhall engine in a BMW !
There are ALREADY 200bhp BMWs from the factory ! And there are also BMWs with lots more than 200bhp from the factory !
Eh ?
200bhp Carlton lump vs 200bhp 328i lump seems like a fair comparison to me ?
Who cares ? None of that has any relevence to anything !
53.
You're missing the point here - 3.0 Carlton lump into a BMW isn't exactly trivial !
AND, it's gonna cost a packet to both convert and insure, and the end result won't be as good as the standard 328i !
What on earth is the point ?
Sure, you said that. Now do it and keep the bills.
Tom De Moor
Oooh, any idea how much they'd want for it?
Peter
-- "The truth is working in television is not very glamorous at all. I just go home on my own at night and sit alone and eat crisps."
He did have, and it had the steering wheel where it was originally designed to go (often known in this country as the wrong side).
Don't let the bed bugs bite.
Peter
-- "The truth is working in television is not very glamorous at all. I just go home on my own at night and sit alone and eat crisps."
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If I could find that out, I'd be buying it myself.
which 3 series has 319 bhp then?
and because the cossie is a smaller engine the weight distribution is better also :p and if you wanted to get 600 ponies out of one of them you can it may cost you the thick end of £30k, but you'd have it and it would be fairly reliable if you needed it to be
the e36 m3.
The M3 (advertised in Belgium as having 321 HP, your air must be thinner ;-) )
Called around here the cousin of the BMW 850. Both very nice and expensif cars, both depreciating faster than the proverbial falling brick.
Very good and solid car however but heavy; crazy prices for tires, brake-pads and maintenance (at BMW-dealer that is).
The engine is sought after and can be shoehorned in the M3 E30 (hard but possible) whereas in the latest model of M3 the M5-engine goes. Advised to have suitcases full of money however but big V8-power in 3-series is nice... I am becoming an American :-)
Tom De Moor
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I wasn't talking cars there, just pretty much life in general.
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Oh I know, and I know of the good work of the tuftuf club.
dont get bitter now :)
I think its stupid to put a vaux engine into a bmw, i was only discussing the engine, I would much rather leave it in the carlton.
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