M engine conversion
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I believe someone itemised the other parts you would also need to make it work and it became quite costly; most decide its then not worth the bother considering you can sell your 3.0 and put the difference towards buying one outright + considering insurance and residuals.
Then add the diff (or a new one), recoding and all the gremlins that can bring, exhausts and rear bumper, moving the battery...
You'd be better off buying the motor and hoping someone else's goes boom. Or recon it and sell on. IMHO.
You'd be better off buying the motor and hoping someone else's goes boom. Or recon it and sell on. IMHO.
AlpinaBoy said:
+1. Unless your doing the labour yourself there's no point. Even then, on top of that the engine is already on 90k, re-sale value will be low as most will just want to buy an original M with original matched engine and chassis. Sourcing all the other original M parts, bodywork, diff etc will cost a fortune from new and a long time second hand as they are not often scrapped and probs not good condition.
As a project for yourself to do in the background if you've got the time, knowledge, money and tools then it would probably be quite interesting to do. Otherwise kinda pointless. And when you say M spec engine, from a Z4 or M3? As they use a different DME and wiring loom between the two.
rscob said:
There's another thread on here about putting a big F**k Off Turbo into a smaller engine to make it faster or similar to an M.
Putting the M engine into another car will probably reduce the value of the original car. Would you really buy a car that''s advertised as a "One Off"?
Although if you want an M, don't mind the slightly extra costs of Insurance, etc then the best option is to buy an M.
Lightning87
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At your end of the Channel, swaping doesn't way up to buying an M on the mainland and in the USA that isn't al that sure as prices of M cars are way higher than the costs of a swap or a supercharger system.
Lightning87
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EES never heard of that company... but i love the chargers of ESS :evil:
I say good luck to you Rob. And he didn't say he wanted to build an M. If you can get one cheap and you can do the work yourself. And you like doing this kind of thing. Then good on ya.
It could be a nice sleeper if you dont do body work mods to look like an M. Or charge or turbo the engine have the exhaust coming out of the front wing blowing flames.. It will be mental!!
It could be a nice sleeper if you dont do body work mods to look like an M. Or charge or turbo the engine have the exhaust coming out of the front wing blowing flames.. It will be mental!!
Lightning87
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Jonny essex said:He died due to the BBK failing rememberNeilP said:Jonny essex said:
Who are you and what have you done with Jonny?
still wating for the part-out of the wreckage
I was not going along the lines as its got to look like an M car i just wanted that extra 100hp under the bonnet after coming from a 350 plus hp cobra replica it feels a bit tame to me plus when i built the cobra i changed the engine 3 times for different types of engine gearbox combinations so this doe's not phase me but the sensors electrical issues will be the part that i might stumble on or need advice.
Rob
Rob
If you can and you want it do it 
Nice winter project putting it in. Nice summer project building an older higher millage engine
I would look at a LSD diff swap. I put an M factory (not a M diff) in my car and that made a world of difference.
Nice winter project putting it in. Nice summer project building an older higher millage engine
I would look at a LSD diff swap. I put an M factory (not a M diff) in my car and that made a world of difference.
rscob said:
Agreed but my cars paint sucks so that might have a big factor on that!
Lightning87
Member
The only Parts i didn't have dibs on :lol:NeilP said:Dibs on the coils.
