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  1. #1
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    540i RB25/26

    OKAY! now lets get this clear i don't want to "Just go get an M5, Just go get an M3" i love the 540i mine specifically. Now id like to know others opinions as it is my first BMW and i have little knowledge of engine swapping, is this possible? would it be a good swap? is there another motor similar to the RB that is more ideal?

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    What's an "RB?"

    Some have swapped LS Chevys, along with the appropriate trans.


    Ed in San Jose '97 540i 6 speed aspensilber over aubergine leather. Build date 3/97. Golden Gate Chapter BMW CCA Nr 62319.

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    By the time you dropped the money to make the Nissan engine and tranny work you could have bought a supercharger. Or done an ls swap with a custom dash.

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    Rebuild the current engine and slap a supercharger.


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    LS is the way to go for a swap, Else, just ride that 540 for a while longer till the guides break.

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    I bet you used to own a 240 or something like that. Do you know a guy named Neil?
    Last edited by killian665; 03-27-2018 at 09:58 AM.

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