m42 to m50, then m20 to m42. good times and tons of work...

[bmwe36m42]

Hey whats up, names Will and new to this board, wish i would have found this site bout 4 years ago when i first started working on m42's. Welp heres my problem, had my fateful e36 m42 since i was 17, now 4 years and 100k later my m42 is getting tired (she has 241k on her), and now i just lost 2nd gear and 4th is on its way out. So made some cars located and bought a 92 325i with a m50 non vanos engine and 5speed for 400 bucks (hell of a deal) and also a t3/t4 turbo setup for a grand. The question i have is how big of a can of worms am i opening doing this and does anyone have any info on how hard this is? i have plenty experience on vehicles but never done a bimmer engine swap. Any help would be great!

PS dont be mad at me have a nice home for my m42 in my 86 e30

[318kid]

If your wondering about swaps, check out r3vlimited.com they know a lot about it. I'm pretty sure that you need a oil pan from an e34. dude8383 is on this forum and he's doing the swap too.

[1991318is]

I did the m50 swap, its not too large of a can of worms if you keep the transmission w/ the motor type of thing. Lots of little quirks to the swap, lemme know if you need help.

r3vlimited is the place to go for the m50 swap... huge area for the guys who have done the swaps and know a ton about them.

but lemme know if you need any advice or help w/ figuring it out, its much easier when you look at it piece by piece and not the entire swap and what you need.