WRECKED 2001 BMW 330 ci

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 > Has anyone ever seen a 3.0L in an E30? I'll bet an older E36 M3 engine
 > has been transplanted before...

Isn't the E30 engine at an angle to reduce bonnet height? Would a twin cam
clear this?

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 > I don't need the car, but it sounds like it coul be a great donor car
 > for an engine swap or upgrade. Assuming the lump didn't take the brunt
 > of the wack, your sister's son should consider marketing it that way.
 >
 > Has anyone ever seen a 3.0L in an E30? I'll bet an older E36 M3 engine
 > has been transplanted before...

Yes, there have a few E36 M3 engines put into E30s. Zionsville Autosport
do an excellent CD showing you all the steps.

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 > Isn't the E30 engine at an angle to reduce bonnet height? Would a twin cam
 > clear this?

Almost all 4 and 6 cylinder BMW engines are at about a 20-30 degree
angle, have been since time began (the late 60's)

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In article <42592F85.4DAE.DeleteThis@unixnerd.demon.co.uk>,
John Burns <john.DeleteThis@unixnerd.demon.co.uk> wrote:
  > > Isn't the E30 engine at an angle to reduce bonnet height? Would a twin
  > > cam clear this?

 > Almost all 4 and 6 cylinder BMW engines are at about a 20-30 degree
 > angle, have been since time began (the late 60's)

That's what I guessed. And a twin cam is wider, so will be higher when
canted over, like for like?

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BMW South Africa, made a limited number of E30s with the 3.3l motor from the
733i during the 80ies. They did have to modify the engine bay a bit to make
the engine fit though... As far as I know, this was unfortunately only done
in South Aftrica.

MW

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 > Jimmie Stewart wrote:
  >> Sister son wrecked his Paid off 2001 BMW 330 ci last week.
  >> Hit in front end. For sale looking for $4,500.00 up or best offer in 10
  >> days.
  >> Houston, Texas car, one onwer. The BMW shop said $11,345.17 to fix.
  >> Have pictures I can email.
  >> Thanks
  >>
 >
 > I don't need the car, but it sounds like it coul be a great donor car for
 > an engine swap or upgrade. Assuming the lump didn't take the brunt of the
 > wack, your sister's son should consider marketing it that way.
 >
 > Has anyone ever seen a 3.0L in an E30? I'll bet an older E36 M3 engine
 > has been transplanted before...
 >
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 > BMW South Africa, made a limited number of E30s with the 3.3l motor from the
 > 733i during the 80ies. They did have to modify the engine bay a bit to make
 > the engine fit though... As far as I know, this was unfortunately only done
 > in South Aftrica.

Not quite

They actually got the bits from Alpina in Germany! Alpina made an E30
//M3 with an M30 engine, called the B6 3.5 I believe.

Biggest external difference was changing the intake manifold of the M30
to mount the airbox on the other side of the engine. This was done by
basically making a hole in the big flat vertical section of the manifold
where the letters "3.0 / 3.5" are normaly moulded on.

There was a guy in the UK with an imported 1987 333i, only his had a
twin turbo setup made by a Glasgow company - 550bhp!!

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