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Title: Irish44j: Soon to swap M42 into early M10 318i Rallycrosser
Post by: irish44j on May 13, 2012, 07:50:07 PM

Some of you may know me from other forums (Rev, GRM, Dirtyimpreza) where I've been building up a rallycross e30 (1985 M10-powered 318i)

Build thread here, in case anyone cares:
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?p=2791749&posted=1#post2791749

Anyhow, just picked up an M42 for my next-winter project swap into the car. Haven't decided if I will just refresh it or do something more extensive. I'll be lurking around here all summer reading up and probably asking stupid questions but figured I'd do a quick intro. More later :)

The engine:
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j85/irish44j/BMW%20318i%20RallyCross%20Project/IMG_0465.jpg)

(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j85/irish44j/BMW%20318i%20RallyCross%20Project/IMG_0468.jpg)

The car it's going into:
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j85/irish44j/BMW%20318i%20RallyCross%20Project/6980593718_80bceaf160_ophotbyEricHelgeson.jpg)

(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j85/irish44j/BMW%20318i%20RallyCross%20Project/DSC_1535.jpg)

Title: Irish44j: Soon to swap M42 into early M10 318i
Post by: DesktopDave on May 13, 2012, 09:01:34 PM

OOh.  I like the way this is heading!

...ask any stupid questions you like.  I'm sure I've asked most of them already!  Answers, of course, are rarer.

Title: Irish44j: Soon to swap M42 into early M10 318i
Post by: d.hitchcock on May 14, 2012, 08:26:05 AM

RallyX FTW! This should be cool.

Love the GT6 too.

I'm halfway helping on frame-off project involving a 1970 GT6. Cool cars.

Title: Irish44j: Soon to swap M42 into early M10 318i
Post by: irish44j on May 14, 2012, 06:13:35 PM

Quote from: d.hitchcock;112544

RallyX FTW! This should be cool.

Love the GT6 too.

I'm halfway helping on frame-off project involving a 1970 GT6. Cool cars.

Thanks, car's been in the family since new, but was mostly rust and fiberglass when I started.

In case you're interested, I did a long build thread for the GT6 "cheapo-frame-off-restoration-that-I-half-assed" at the following link:

http://club.triumph.org.uk/cgi-bin/forum10/Blah.pl?m-1206842587/

Title: Irish44j: Soon to swap M42 into early M10 318i
Post by: d.hitchcock on May 15, 2012, 08:59:14 PM

Coolness! Thanks for the linkage and PMs.

I'll check out the build thread and definitely run this by my bud with the GT6.

BTW, Bob and I both feasted our eyes on a nice '67 GT6 recently that had long-tube, bag-o-snakes headers and six motorcycle carbs for intake!!! It was pure Triumph porn. Wheels just like yours too. lol

Title: Irish44j: Soon to swap M42 into early M10 318i
Post by: irish44j on May 16, 2012, 08:23:56 PM

nice....yeah that's probably a PRI-built car. They do the six-pack Mikuni or Keihen carbs with the crazy header. That stuff is WAAAAAAY overpriced though.

They have some cool stuff though, check it out

http://www.prirace.com