Granted I am a newbie to this forum, but after reading a lot of info- and talking to a few people ( I am lucky to have a kick a$$ shop right next door!)... I decided upon the alumnium block Z3 3L. It's not a NikaSil sleeved block (no need to worry about lubricants destroying it!) like the 2.8L, and it puts out 225hp! (Only 30+/-hp better than the 2.8...) So I figured if I ditched the stock manifolds with pre-cats built in, for the m3 headers I should be right in the neighborhood of a 3L M3 without the nose heavy block (that I DONT want). I should be starting on this project within the month or so, so if anyone cares to email me- please do!
~Matt
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