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Hello all,
I bought a 1988 E34 525i off a mate because his partner at the time couldn't reach the clutch pedal! He was going to break it for parts, but I offered him $2K and he kindly accepted the offer. Anyway, with 218K on it, the undercarriage needed a bit of TLC, so rather than clock up a fortune in original parts I have upgraded to road/track bits, such as koni yellows and Eibach pro kit, and Racing Dynamic swaybars front and rear. Also every balljoint and bush has been renewed as well. So now the old E34 525 handles very sweet and I can drive the wheels off it. Now the M20 2.5 is the only thing slowing me down, as it has a few valve rattles in it, and even if I did a full rebuild it would still only be a M20 2.5. So what did I do? I found a 1991 E34 M5 S38B36 engine out of a German wreck, with only 131K on it, with the 280 gearbox. The next step is I have also put down some cash on a billet stroker kit with forged pistons and H beam rods.
I'll be after any helpfull information on S38B36 engine rebuilds and sources for performance bits.
When it all comes together it should be a real sleeper, and cost me less that $15K for a 300BHP daily driver.
Thanks. And happy motoring.
I bought a 1988 E34 525i off a mate because his partner at the time couldn't reach the clutch pedal! He was going to break it for parts, but I offered him $2K and he kindly accepted the offer. Anyway, with 218K on it, the undercarriage needed a bit of TLC, so rather than clock up a fortune in original parts I have upgraded to road/track bits, such as koni yellows and Eibach pro kit, and Racing Dynamic swaybars front and rear. Also every balljoint and bush has been renewed as well. So now the old E34 525 handles very sweet and I can drive the wheels off it. Now the M20 2.5 is the only thing slowing me down, as it has a few valve rattles in it, and even if I did a full rebuild it would still only be a M20 2.5. So what did I do? I found a 1991 E34 M5 S38B36 engine out of a German wreck, with only 131K on it, with the 280 gearbox. The next step is I have also put down some cash on a billet stroker kit with forged pistons and H beam rods.
I'll be after any helpfull information on S38B36 engine rebuilds and sources for performance bits.
When it all comes together it should be a real sleeper, and cost me less that $15K for a 300BHP daily driver.
Thanks. And happy motoring.