Am I the only one pissed at how slow the M20 is... Seriously

Put it in a crate and ship it to me. Then you can go buy an M5.
Is it the top speed you don't like or the rate of acceleration to get you there?
You could always tweak it a bit and get the odd 1000bhp out of it. The traction will probably suck though.;)

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Originally Posted by colo525i

Drove my first M20 powered car last weekend, an e34 i was looking at with my brother. It is not as fast as the m50 2.5, but that is to be expected. They are also geared taller (i noticed lower revs at same speed in each gear) Not bad, but i cannot imagine what it'd be like with an autobox.

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I have an M20 auto. Mine is a beautiful mile eater and a smoothe and beautiful sounding engine. If I had wanted to do boy racer things and drag guys off at the lights I would have bought an SS Holden Commodore and started smoking Winnie reds.

The good news is that an M20 is cheap to turbo - you can swap in a 325E block and keep your 525i head and have a 2.7L M20, a ton of manifold are available for the turbo job and the megasquirt works beautifully with the single coil setup of an M20.

hmmmm that sounds interesting

Be glad its not a 2.0 M20 ! That had 130bhp and was shocking.

Dont think you got those in the US ? A 520i M20 auto is a mobile chicane !

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Originally Posted by Rory525

Be glad its not a 2.0 M20 ! That had 130bhp and was shocking.

Dont think you got those in the US ? A 520i M20 auto is a mobile chicane !

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no we were fortunate enough to not get the 520 or the 518 :)

I want a 518i badge so bad

Lol. I've seen upbadging but never down badging. :D Maybe I should slap a 525 on the back of my car.

If i had an m5, i would debadge it.

Yep - that would be good on your car - 50,000 bhp and a 518 badge on the back. Then you must drive EVERYWHERE at 20mph like an old man, until some little shoebox car races past and you gun it down LOL!

Cheers,

Shaun