I'm new here - hello from New Zealand!
Long story short, I blew the headgasket in the m20 and applying perfect logic thought the n52 swap would be easier? cheaper? more betterer? than fixing it so I bought a wrecked E60. Then I bought a house which stalled progress (moving garages sucks), then decided dairy farming could be fun and moved to the other end of the country which seperated me from my car for a few months.
So two years after the m20 blew I've got the car, engine, and a GS6-37dz gearbox from a 525d which I hope to combine into a fun road car. I made some temporary engine mounts and a sump blanking plate for shipping (and did you know a getrag 220 bolts right up to the n52?), and in doing so noticed there was very little room between the chassis rail and the block for the exhaust and the steering column/rack. I plan on doing a purple tag swap and getting some Z4 engine mounts as others have done, but I'm wondering if anyone has done the swap on a right hand drive car without modifying the subframe as Saturnblau did?
I really miss driving this thing so keen to start making progress again.
Long story short, I blew the headgasket in the m20 and applying perfect logic thought the n52 swap would be easier? cheaper? more betterer? than fixing it so I bought a wrecked E60. Then I bought a house which stalled progress (moving garages sucks), then decided dairy farming could be fun and moved to the other end of the country which seperated me from my car for a few months.
So two years after the m20 blew I've got the car, engine, and a GS6-37dz gearbox from a 525d which I hope to combine into a fun road car. I made some temporary engine mounts and a sump blanking plate for shipping (and did you know a getrag 220 bolts right up to the n52?), and in doing so noticed there was very little room between the chassis rail and the block for the exhaust and the steering column/rack. I plan on doing a purple tag swap and getting some Z4 engine mounts as others have done, but I'm wondering if anyone has done the swap on a right hand drive car without modifying the subframe as Saturnblau did?
I really miss driving this thing so keen to start making progress again.
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