so I've been reading up and preparing for swapping the m30 into my cabrio. I have the motor and am now looking for a tranny. I talked to the guy who wrote the article on e30.de and he said the manual from a s14 or m10 would work and I just wanted to confirm this, my freind has a manual from an 85 318 he'd just give to me if it will work. Also how much power can this tranny handle?
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Originally posted by Nate325icso I've been reading up and preparing for swapping the m30 into my cabrio. I have the motor and am now looking for a tranny. I talked to the guy who wrote the article on e30.de and he said the manual from a s14 or m10 would work and I just wanted to confirm this, my freind has a manual from an 85 318 he'd just give to me if it will work. Also how much power can this tranny handle?'91 318is
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Nate,
I'm getting ready to do the exact same swap as you. We could help each other out. I'm not sure about the m10 tranny, but I know the tranny from the e30 m3 will work. It's the getrag 265, it's ideal. That tranny is very strong. I'm looking for a good one.
What I have been trying to figure out lately is what flywheel, clutch, bearing, pressure plate to use as my m30 engine is auto. I have a pretty good, low miles engine from a 1990 735i.
Email me if you want.
Thanks,
Charles
X2theZ3@aol.com
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M10 transmission, you'll be changing it out in less than a month. Made for light duty applications if not why would BMW have sourced 3 differant transmissions for E30's.
You have a choice of Getrag 240 for 318i and 260's and 265's. so If you want to put a large amount of torque thru a small transmission and small clutch do the 240 if not just source a 265 unit. It also has the unboltable bell housing.
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