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[DrtyRat]

OK, my brother-in-law has a 95 318i that's a manual and has come across a '96 328 that was crashed and the guy is selling the low mileage engine for 500.00. The thing is, is that the 328 is and auto and my bro-in-law wants to keep his car stick. He tells me that he was told by someone else (when he was looking at M3 engines) that he could take the tranny from his 318 and use it w/the M3 motor, so he was curious if it would be the same w/the 328 motor. Now I know that I'm gonna get some ppl saying to check out Bimmer forums blah, blah, blah...but I know alot of you have previously/currently own bimmers and I was wondering if you guys could answer this question for me....please ;)

[TheWolf]

the answer is probably not. the inline 4 318 tranny is weaksauce... not that a 328 is a power house. I know the m3 can be bolted in between an inline 6 but the 318i car shouldn't. Should require a whole tranny swap etc. Alot of extra stuff. Bimmers are heavy and underpowered anyway.

[DrtyRat]

Thanks for the info wolf! Anyone else wanna chime in? I'm guessing that it wont work but I'd like to be sure

[Sil-Abc]

ask bimmerlover, he's been into bimmers for years now and currently owns a 8 series :D he knows his stuff im sure he would kno

[DrtyRat]

Thanks Sil! I'll send him a pm right now....if anyone else has any input plz feel free to post in this thread.

[Edgar]

you should check this site out and ask questions there www.dtmpower.com

[santacruisin]

From bimmerforums.com
Does anyone know if the other e36 trannies bolt on to an m44?
Yes they should, the bell housing bolts should be the same.
Only two transmissions made for the e36, the one that is in the 318/325 (aka Getrag) and the one in the 328/M3 (aka the ZF). Then you have your Euro 6 speed that will fit too or the Z4 swap
325/318 trannys will work with the swap, its not true that they are to weak. We put a 3.2 in a 325 with its stock 5 speed and 90k clutch on it and it was fine. It only slipped after he put a blower on it and added a double shot of NOS.

[DrtyRat]

^^^^+1million for you sir...thanks...btw could you pm me the link to that post?