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Kai@e34.de
07-07-2005, 05:50 PM
dunno if you guys have seen a 518i M43 engine (115hp) before. anyway, there's enough space to sit on the gearbox.

http://www.e34.de/pics/kai/IMG_5164.jpg
Kalevera
07-07-2005, 05:55 PM
Jesus god that thing is tiny!

I bet I could eat it -- GET IN MY BEL-LY!

Does it re-define the idea of an E34 Slow? Hopefully not.

Nice battery bag!

Best, whit
ryan roopnarine
07-07-2005, 06:00 PM
i've wanted one of those for SOOOO long, either that or a 525tds, as the US got neither. that wiring looks like motronic 3 stuff....what year is the car?
Kai@e34.de
07-07-2005, 06:01 PM
i've wanted one of those for SOOOO long, either that or a 525tds, as the US got neither. that wiring looks like motronic 3 stuff....what year is the car?

it's a 1995 518i Touring. fortunately, the 518i Touring was build with manual transmission only :D
liquidtiger720
07-07-2005, 06:01 PM
I thought I had a lot of room in my engine compartment.
ryan roopnarine
07-07-2005, 06:07 PM
it's a 1995 518i Touring. fortunately, the 518i Touring was build with manual transmission only :D


holey crap...a 4 cyl 1.8L 115hp 3800 or 3900 lb touring? i thought that was just a sedan. i guess i just like drama, i just remembered that i used to own a 3900 lb dodge caravan with a 100hp 4 cyl, which wasn't that horrible.
Kai@e34.de
07-07-2005, 06:15 PM
http://www.e34.de/pics/kai/IMG_2875.jpg
Randell
07-08-2005, 12:12 AM
i've seen a 520i auto sedan try to pick up speed rapidly to get into traffic... didn't happen, and it didn't sound happy trying

i think a 518i would be bordering on dangerous!
TC535i
07-08-2005, 12:15 AM
Similar underhood to my 318is (M42, 128hp) Do you know the difference between M42 and M43? Is it an older motor design? Why the lower output? M42 is pretty high compression, 10:1 I think... what is M43?

A pic with the old intake...
http://www.collinscomputerconsulting.com/tim/318is/IMG_6344.jpg
Kai@e34.de
07-08-2005, 12:17 AM
Similar underhood to my 318is (M42, 128hp) Do you know the difference between M42 and M43? Is it an older motor design? Why the lower output? M42 is pretty high compression, 10:1 I think... what is M43?

the M42 is a 16 valve dohc engine, the M43 has 8 valves and one camshaft. compression 9.7:1
TC535i
07-08-2005, 12:24 AM
the M42 is a 16 valve dohc engine, the M43 has 8 valves and one camshaft. compression 9.7:1

Interesting. Does it still have the variable intake runners like the M42/M44?
Kai@e34.de
07-08-2005, 12:36 AM
umm... dunno. i've not much to do with these 4cyl. engines. i'll ask later today :)

the M43 is the successor of the M40 engine (there were built E34 518i M40 (113hp), too). the M43 has a timing chain (M40: belt) and roller levers, the M40 has not.
TC535i
07-08-2005, 12:43 AM
umm... dunno. i've not much to do with these 4cyl. engines. i'll ask later today :)

the M43 is the successor of the M40 engine (there were build E34 518i M40 (113hp), too). the M43 has a timing chain (M40: belt) and roller levers, the M40 has not.

Sounds pretty similar to the M42/44... except they have dual timing chains.
uscharalph
07-08-2005, 12:54 AM
What kind of mileage does it get?
Kai@e34.de
07-08-2005, 01:02 AM
What kind of mileage does it get?
don't know what's it in mpg, between 6.5 and 9 litres/100km

or do you wanted to know something completely different? sorry for my bad english
infinity5
07-08-2005, 08:41 AM
thats 36/26MPG unless i'm mistaken
BobHarris
07-08-2005, 02:20 PM
Thats about right.

I had a 518 saloon as my previous car ( had about 200,000 miles on it with very few problems until the crash), That was an M40. It would do up to 40MPG on a long run, and about 25 around town. Wouldn't do more than 110 MPH, was a bit gutless but not awful. (wouldn't want to go back though, not after my 530)

HTH

All the best

Bob
Kai@e34.de
07-09-2005, 06:05 AM
Interesting. Does it still have the variable intake runners like the M42/M44?
the M42/M43/M44 have it, the M40 has not.