What's needed for an "i" to SETA block? Putting together a stroker...

[mother_russia]

My "i" head just finally came out of the machine shop, and I need to pull the old motor out of the car. I have a 1990 325i 5 speed sedan. Motor ran good, until a nut got sucked in through the intake and messed up the head/block.
I bought another head, gave it to a machine shop, put in a 272 cam, got it all nice and pretty, and now I finally got it back. A couple months ago, I found a SETA block for sale and couldn't resist from buying it. I have all the parts right now, besides some gaskets and the ARP headbolts, which will all be ordered in the next day or so.

The only thing I'm not certain about is the interchangeable parts. Will everything that's mounted onto the i block, such as: starter, timing belt, water pump, tranny, etc, fit exactly the same onto the SETA block? As far as I know, the i and the SETA block are almost the same, just have different pistons.

Can someone help me out?

[bimmer2288]

Sorry to say, but there are a lot of threads about this. Short answer, the SETA bottom end will mate up with the top end of an I without issue. I have this setup on my car. Swap the intake manifold, TB, all that good stuff. You don't need to mess with the bottom end as far as I recall.

[mother_russia]

Sorry to say, but there are a lot of threads about this. Short answer, the SETA bottom end will mate up with the top end of an I without issue. I have this setup on my car. Swap the intake manifold, TB, all that good stuff. You don't need to mess with the bottom end as far as I recall.

I have an "i" motor. Why would i need to swap the intake manifold, tb, and all the other stuff?

[bmw325csi]

He meant mate all that stuff to the SETA block.

[MR 325]

Yes, absolutely everything will interchange.

[mother_russia]

He meant mate all that stuff to the SETA block.

Yes, absolutely everything will interchange.

Thank you guys. That was exactly what I needed to know! I'm so excited :)