Hey guys;
I've done a ton of research on an M50 swap I want to do, and I've found two possible engines for sale in the area. My car is a 1987 325i, mostly stock. I've been doing maintenance on it for about a year now, cleaning up 24 years of neglect and daily driving. With whichever engine I get, I MAY do a little rebuilding, however it's always good to have the engine need less work.
Engine 1: M50B25TU already in a 1990 E30.
This engine is in the car. It's about $1000 and includes everything to swap it into a 1990 E30. Obviously that means I'll have to rewire it for my 1987, but the flywheel is machined, the brake booster is there, the oil pan is done. However, the engine had more KMs and had an oil pan incident, losing its oil all over the road.
He said:
"The engine has unknown KM. Previous owner said something like 250k kms, out of an automatic e34. Nothing rebuilt, but the rear main seal was done before going into the car. New valve cover gasket, new oil pan gasket (the oil pan exploaded by a rock, engine was turned off right away) the pan was welded and repaired.
No rebuilt, but has new Tstat, an aluminum thermostat housing instead of the stupid plastic one, all the coolant hoses to work with an e30 rad. its from a 93 525. Raced no, i autocrossed twiced tho.
I used an e30 iX booster with 540i v8 master cylinder and 735i remote brake reservoir.
The harness was an automatic harness that I spliced with the M20 harness, works flawless. I did the swap in spring/summer 2010. since the swap i put perhaps 10000km on the engine.
the engine mounts were new.
this was an inexpensive swap on my end. the engine STILL pulls hard and with the exhaust it is attached to sounds ridiculous!!!! (exhaust from the manifold to the muffler not included)."
THE SECOND ENGINE: A M50B25TU, from a 1994 325i. About 100k fewer KMs. (160k rather then 250k) I can get this engine though for $300-$400, with the mount arms.
It's from an automatic as well.
I've done a ton of research on an M50 swap I want to do, and I've found two possible engines for sale in the area. My car is a 1987 325i, mostly stock. I've been doing maintenance on it for about a year now, cleaning up 24 years of neglect and daily driving. With whichever engine I get, I MAY do a little rebuilding, however it's always good to have the engine need less work.
Engine 1: M50B25TU already in a 1990 E30.
This engine is in the car. It's about $1000 and includes everything to swap it into a 1990 E30. Obviously that means I'll have to rewire it for my 1987, but the flywheel is machined, the brake booster is there, the oil pan is done. However, the engine had more KMs and had an oil pan incident, losing its oil all over the road.
He said:
"The engine has unknown KM. Previous owner said something like 250k kms, out of an automatic e34. Nothing rebuilt, but the rear main seal was done before going into the car. New valve cover gasket, new oil pan gasket (the oil pan exploaded by a rock, engine was turned off right away) the pan was welded and repaired.
No rebuilt, but has new Tstat, an aluminum thermostat housing instead of the stupid plastic one, all the coolant hoses to work with an e30 rad. its from a 93 525. Raced no, i autocrossed twiced tho.
I used an e30 iX booster with 540i v8 master cylinder and 735i remote brake reservoir.
The harness was an automatic harness that I spliced with the M20 harness, works flawless. I did the swap in spring/summer 2010. since the swap i put perhaps 10000km on the engine.
the engine mounts were new.
this was an inexpensive swap on my end. the engine STILL pulls hard and with the exhaust it is attached to sounds ridiculous!!!! (exhaust from the manifold to the muffler not included)."
THE SECOND ENGINE: A M50B25TU, from a 1994 325i. About 100k fewer KMs. (160k rather then 250k) I can get this engine though for $300-$400, with the mount arms.
It's from an automatic as well.
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