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| Originally Posted by 96cali That would be me.  I think the only reason I'd swap motors is if my M44 died/got damaged. But if I'm not mistaken the stock Mcoupe/Mroadster motor in it's later years put out 315hp. See link in first post. BTW I've also heard the BMW official hp ratings are conservative. |
Yes the new ones are 315bp, but the electronics are impossible to figure out and transplant in e36 car. I had a bad headgasket in my m42 and BMW didn't want to cover it so I said fck it and went all out for the 3.0 after reading about Steven's car and drooling for a year and a half.