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Originally Posted by ti cali ed  I've worked on a lot of car but will admit I'm new to the bmw thing. Is there a modern bmw powerplant making 320 that will just drop in? And what's that do to the handling? My '65 stang likes to brag about having 300hp+ but it does so in a bull in a china shop, smoke and rumbling exshaust fashion. |
if you're looking for 320HP from a newer BMW engine your best bet is the S54 from a E46 M3 or a M coupe/roadster. Thats gonna add a bit of weight to the front of the car so to balance that out you should move the battery to the trunk, get a CF hood etc. anything to balance out the weight that you added. But you should still have good handling. The catch with 300+HP is that you'll most likely need to change the diff, clutch, flywheel and even the driveshaft to handle that kind of power, theres now way a stock ti could handle that much.