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I'm considering purchasing a 318ti with a bad engine. What are some of the possible swaps besides an ls-1 ?

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2003 Matrix XRS notaminivan
2004 Subaru WRX #38
2000 Rally Focus
2007 Honda NFR S2000

302?
LS2?
LS7?
Lather, rinse and repeat ...

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Has no responsibility whatsoever.

S52. Plenty of //M318Tis around so they are a known quantity. Engines have been getting cheaper.

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Mike Whitney
whit32@gmail.com, 919-454-5445
V10, V8, V8t, I6, I6, V6, F4t, I4, I4, I4, I4, I2, 1, 1

can also do a 330 or 328 swap. But m3 is def the nicest looking under the hood.

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Sacrilige I know, but it's probably best to keep it in the family- just do a BMW to BMW swap. An S50/52 would be nice, as Mike mentioned- though an m50 would be cheaper and not much of a HP loss from the S50/52. And it's pretty easy (as swaps go) because the front of the car is 100% E36 which came from the factory with all sorts of engines in there.


My daily driver is a '96 318ti, bought it (err, "rescued" is more like it) from a guy in the Charlotte area a couple of months ago. I was also considering an engine swap, but I kinda like the 32+ MPG I've gotten on the last 2 trips we took.





Bret.

ls1