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Engine donor for Viento
Paul (Notts) - 30/6/04 at 07:58 PM

Just about to start building a Luego Viento and thinking of fitting a BMW M30 engine and gearbox out of a 1990 535i.
Any one got any thoughts or experience of these engines.


theconrodkid - 30/6/04 at 08:20 PM

wikid engine,very heavy/big,look out for signs of head gasket,heads crack otherwise a fine lump


JoelP - 30/6/04 at 09:10 PM

theres a strange phenomena with these engines, plans and good intentions seem to take a while to come to anything! but it does seem like a good idea. Trouble is fitting it into the book chassis, should fit into the luego, is the viento the big one?