» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | 1999 M3 Swap 09-07-2023 10:10 PM 05-02-2024 08:18 PM 6 Replies, 405,062 Views | | | | | 03-21-2014, 02:06 AM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: philly Posts: 5 | new guy in a bind too. 1999 e46 318i So I picked a 1999 318 with a blown m43 motor. After looking into swaps the e46 seems to be a pita due to canbus. Now I am no stranger to making things work. I did the first ls swap into a nissan 240, had a 2jz mazda fd, and in my garage now I have my monster r33 gts25t and r32 gtr. anyhow im here because I need need a motor and getting a m43 is out of the question. However it appears that the m44 is a great option that I can run on the m43 dme and harness but hw to do | | | 03-21-2014, 07:57 AM | #2 | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: bloomington IN Posts: 12 | 6cyl swaps are popular to, a good motor to turbo is a m52b28, just with freshing up the motor, getting a mls head gasket and arp head studs you can have 400 hp reliably for a very long time, some users have no trouble with 500 to 550. | | | 03-21-2014, 10:52 AM | #3 | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: philly Posts: 5 | Id need a rhd donor car for all this and thats not happening. At this point I just want to picknup a good used m44, freshen it up, dress it m43 and get this car running | | | 03-21-2014, 06:38 PM | #4 | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: philly Posts: 5 | Well found a parts breaker in london who is willing to ship me a long block total cost us 700 about the same as m44 no frankenstien needed | | | 03-22-2014, 03:44 AM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San antonio, tx Posts: 135 | since you are in Philly, call Bobby or Merritt at Prussian Motors in Norristown Pa. this is a salvage/parts shop for bmw's and they personally own ti's. very responsive and knowledgeable. they have an extensive inventory of all sorts of bmw parts/components. | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |
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