Engine repair/rebuild

[the Nefyn cat]

I have a 5 speed BMW box bell housing sat hear next to me right now. Its from a e36 i think??? It was cut off to mate a lexus auto bellhousing for a project i am working on. If we can find out any numbers or information on what is in your car? I can check against this and then draw around it for you today if you like?

Thanks for the offer, would you know which engine it came off. Mine's an M54 2.2, same as the original poster, mrscalex, is going to be fiddling about with at some point soon. I'll be grovelling around underneath it soon, got a loose exhaust bracket that needs a good sorting (and probably a fair bit of swearing) so will try to have a look for any numbers on it.

 

[machine monkey]

It came off a 328 e46 so I would think its the same. I will draw around it and send it no harm in that.

 

[the Nefyn cat]

Thanks for that, will work out how to do PM later and let you know my address, not got time at the moment, got to go out.

 

[oldcarman]

Would be very interested in a six speed swap so please keep us informed! JIM

 

[the Nefyn cat]

Would be very interested in a six speed swap so please keep us informed! JIM

Will do, there seems to be plenty of information on the interweb about swapping a 6-speed into the Z3Ms but not found anything about the smaller engined ones. It's a fairly pointless exercise, no real gain to be had, but you could say the same about a lot of car modifications. Just be nice to post up a picture on here of a Z3 with a 6-speed knob.
Saunters off to avoid the inevitable knob-gags.
And don't try googling "knob-gags", it'll probably hurt your eyes.Haven't tried it myself, just thinking ahead.