Hi all, not been very active on here as usually use the Facebook groups, but thought I would post in here as this is where I started and some of you might recognise my white E85
It started out as a alpine white 2.0i which was 1 of 51 E85s made in white in the UK. I always wanted more power but a manual 3.0Si never came up for sale in alpine white, and as it turns out it was because there was only ever 1 manual white E85 3.0Si made for the UK (as well as only 1 white Z4MR ever made for UK)
So after years of doing cosmetic mods it was finally time to pull the trigger and install the N52 3.0Si engine!
Note I did not do the work so I cannot comment too much on what was involved
The old 2.0i engine
Old 2.0i engine ready to come out:
All out and ready for new engine:
New engine in but still needs wiring and plumbing in:
And finally in and all running: (the broken plastic engine cover is only temporary)
And here’s a couple of old photos but you can see how she looks, just with a bigger engine now to suit!
It started out as a alpine white 2.0i which was 1 of 51 E85s made in white in the UK. I always wanted more power but a manual 3.0Si never came up for sale in alpine white, and as it turns out it was because there was only ever 1 manual white E85 3.0Si made for the UK (as well as only 1 white Z4MR ever made for UK)
So after years of doing cosmetic mods it was finally time to pull the trigger and install the N52 3.0Si engine!
Note I did not do the work so I cannot comment too much on what was involved
The old 2.0i engine
Old 2.0i engine ready to come out:
All out and ready for new engine:
New engine in but still needs wiring and plumbing in:
And finally in and all running: (the broken plastic engine cover is only temporary)
And here’s a couple of old photos but you can see how she looks, just with a bigger engine now to suit!
