M42club.com - Home of the BMW E30/E36 318i/iS
DISCUSSION => Engine + Driveline => Topic started by: BlueBMW on April 12, 2010, 06:50:30 PM
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I know it seems backwards... but my co-worker picked up a 95 318ti that needs a motor. A couple guys on here have E30 M42 motors for sale.. is it possible to swap in an E30 M42 into an E36. All I could find in searches was the fact we'd have to at least swap the oil pan and intake systems. What I'm mostly looking for... are there knock sensors on the E36 M42, or is that an M44 item... and are there any other sensors that might be absent on an e30 motor that would need to be there on the E36 motor? The plan would be to swap the entire harness over from the old E36 M42.