I spent some time today on http://bmwfans.info/ looking at parts catalogs.
I have been thinking about how one would swap an N52 into an E30 for a while now and one of the major problems I thought of was fitment with the oil pan with the E30 subframe. As we know, you need the E34 M50 oil pan for the typical 24v swaps.
Here is a picture of the N52 oil pan:
Doesn't look like it would fit with the e30 subframe.
Here is the E34 M50 oil pan for comparison:
Obviously the e34 m50 oil pan will not fit the N52.
However, after searching almost all the models that came with an N52 (there are a lot of them) I found the E60 528xi (N52) oil pan:
Looks to me like this might work.
The other models with the N52 had an oil pan like the first picture, however I have not completely looked at every BMW model that the N52 came in.
I looked at 1 series, 3 series, non-xi 5 series, and some more, and they all had the oil pan in the first picture.
I stopped looking when I found the 528xi oil pan. So there very may well be other models with this oil pan or other models with different oil pans than the two different N52 ones I found.
I have been thinking about how one would swap an N52 into an E30 for a while now and one of the major problems I thought of was fitment with the oil pan with the E30 subframe. As we know, you need the E34 M50 oil pan for the typical 24v swaps.
Here is a picture of the N52 oil pan:
Doesn't look like it would fit with the e30 subframe.
Here is the E34 M50 oil pan for comparison:
Obviously the e34 m50 oil pan will not fit the N52.
However, after searching almost all the models that came with an N52 (there are a lot of them) I found the E60 528xi (N52) oil pan:
Looks to me like this might work.
The other models with the N52 had an oil pan like the first picture, however I have not completely looked at every BMW model that the N52 came in.
I looked at 1 series, 3 series, non-xi 5 series, and some more, and they all had the oil pan in the first picture.
I stopped looking when I found the 528xi oil pan. So there very may well be other models with this oil pan or other models with different oil pans than the two different N52 ones I found.
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