Help Identifying 885 Head from 5 Series, I or Super ETA? Differences?

[chriso]

I picked up an 885 head today from a junkyard, and, stupidly, I just saw the 885 stamp and the price that it would be, and found another E30 driver that offered to help me pull the head.

An hour later, it was out of the car with the intake manifold, and I bought it.

Now, comes to identifying what else I need to complete the swap on my '86 325E.

I read that I would need the dual valve springs from an I? How do I know if the 885 already has dual valve springs or not? And how do I tell the Cam?

Any help would be awesome! Pictures coming soon.

[chriso]

885 Head from 5 Series, I or Super ETA? Differences?




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[bmwstudent]

Was the car a 1988 model? I believe thats the only year the super eta was made. I don't believe there are any differences between the eta head and the I head. Not 100% on that though. There may be some differences in the valve springs. Someone on here will know for sure though. Maybe pm matt325, he will know.

[chriso]

Figured it out. It's from a 525i, so it was indeed from an M20B25, making it an I head with dual valve springs.


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