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Thread: Standard replacement engine for 1989 525I ?

  1. 06-16-2008, 04:36 AM #1
    spacepacbmw
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    Default Standard replacement engine for 1989 525I ?

    Hi folks ..I have just bought a 525i Au to sedan 1989 with 160,000 miles (import from Hong Kong)
    The M20 engine needs replacing ...looking in wreckers , Ebay etc'..
    I have been told that some other BMW engines will fit ...can anybody suggest some choices..not looking for anything other than standard.
    Just to get me mobile again..Mike
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  2. 06-16-2008, 05:37 AM #2
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    Im assuming a 520i, vanos and non-vanos and also 525i vanos and non-vanos?.....

    From what i have heard it doesnt need any chassis modification....
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    you need a m20b25 engine. look on ebay or the wreckers like you already mentioned but why can't you rebuild the current engine?
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  4. 06-16-2008, 07:49 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dvious
    Im assuming a 520i, vanos and non-vanos and also 525i vanos and non-vanos?.....

    From what i have heard it doesnt need any chassis modification....
    The M50 will have a different transmission. The poster will need the M20 engine.

    10/90 Build 525im, 630,000+km, Eibach/Sachs, Engine Rebuild
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  5. 06-16-2008, 07:58 PM #5
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    Chevy LS1 is a almost direct replacement
    Add a T56 and a custom prop shaft

    Thats my replacement for a m20....soon
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