how hard is it to fit an RB into a beemer?

jungle-jim · Post by **jungle-jim** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:24 pm

as the skyline is sold i am looking at replacing her with a nice drifty 325/328.

but i would like an easy route for power at a later date once the rest of the car is sorted.

but will it be easier to fit an M3 engine in? or go for an RB25?

limited internet access means searching is hard.

but i'm sure i've seen beemers with them in?

just thinking out loud for now. :-D

James Breadvan · Post by **James Breadvan** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:57 pm

I'd have thought it would be a lot cheaper to buy a car that comes with an rb25 or an M3 engine as standard to start with.

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:00 pm

a 328 isnt slow to start with.

why replace reliable and proven german engineering with an RB26?

jungle-jim · Post by **jungle-jim** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:11 pm

I wasn't gonna put a gtr engine in it dunc. But an RB25. I would rather put an M3 engine in it ( possibly ). The 325's i have been looking at are around a grand so i doubt i will find anything near this price thats RB powered. I guessed this route would be cheaper than turbo'ing the original engine. Like i said, just thinking out loud. I will see how i feel about loosing the turbo for a while? Ho hum

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:20 pm

if you are possibly going to put an m3 engine in at some point just by a cheap m3 in the first place as i have only seen m3

engines for

PhatBob · Post by **PhatBob** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:21 pm

I've got a customer who's put an RB25 into an E36. The main problem is wiring.
BMWs have the exhaust on the wrong side for a turbo, but the RB lump is ichiban for turbo action.

Bladerider · Post by **Bladerider** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:15 pm

Yep,

GBH did one years ago for a fella. Lots of hassle for zero benefit really.

J.