i was getting some pretty cheap qoutes on parts but when it came to the genuin stuff its wasss getting expensive like water pump and dizzy. but stuff like gaskets and rings werent very expensive at all ive got a list of pretty much every thing to repalce comes to about a 1000 bucks include a water pump but not dizzy coz they are around 500 for a reco'd unit.................oh and by the way they arent really that heavy about the same as the ca

how much do they cost to build.....i think i remember when a mate of mine was getting quotes for his 320i that a set of rings was close to the $700 mark

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Honestly, they are a bloody expensive piece of kit, and parts are hard to find. However, they are almost indestructible once you've got 'em right.

As I said earlier though, totally different. And throw on the Eaton she'll move.

yeah there are that many 318'swith SR20s in them.....

how much does it cost to build a bmw motor compared to a Nissan or Toyota donk?

my experience of both the bmw and merc 1.8 efi 4cyl engines is they are thirsty, heavy and noisy even at idle and worse at over 100kmh.
enthusiasts actually do engine swaps the other way round, thats putting nissan SR20's into merc 180E's and bmw 318's to make them move.

Those cast iron beemer motor's are heavy as buggery.

I'd imagine similar handling characteristics to a FJ20..... Understeer

Would go alright on the strip though....
What do you want to use it for?

well i could have just thrown a ca in it but who wasnt done that? there is nothing wrong with this engine its done over 300 thousand k's and it still looks brand new on the inside( apart from carbon deposits), bores still have orignial hone marks

what an awful engine to put in such a beautiful car.
Its like a gender reassignment

there a slant 4 though arent they, would make it a bit harder to fit

EDIT: so you know it will be hard to fit

surely there would be some better candidates out there if its to be a long term project rather than something just thrown together coz you have the parts