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ROFL.... it's a pile isn't it? Guy said he kept getting calls from people asking what it would take to bring the car back to life etc.. His wife was getting pissed too haha.
and availability. Most of the M60 motors had the nikasil cylinder coating which could be problematic.
The early M62s were non-vanos as well.
most nikasil cars were covered under a recall anything that has over 60k and is running most likely has been replace by and AL motor, the m62tu motors are terrifying due to the guide rail issue (my e38 is having the guide problem) but the early 4.4 motors are great and less problematic, my roommate put one in his e34 and its ridiculously awesome! he has an obd1 car with an obd2 motor he also even merged the EWS systems together
^ True but the early M62 are non vanos and Alusil and I'm looking into the conversion, it doesn't seem to be that scary if you have an M60 on hand.
the only thing that's a bit hard work is the cam position sensor, other than that, pretty straight forward
It's very expensive to bore these engines as they're coated with alusil / nikasil. So the only sensible option is to use crank with longer stroke, for example from S62 (fits with small modifications), though the gained displacement increase is not very large.
I'd say the best option is to stick with stock engine with proper remap (300hp / 400Nm from the engine) and be happy with that. If you want to go faster, invest to S62 or supercharger :)
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