My E30 project

[hammoj28]

Dam thats wierd cause the ETA is known for low revs.

[808BMW]

Originally posted by hammoj28
I am still not sure wether it is an ETA cause it revs over 5k rpm easily.

Based on what? If your cluster is different then the indicated rpm is probably wrong.
I vote regular ol' eta motor, with a seller who likes to lie to you.

[hammoj28]

Hmm. If it is an eta motor is it any good. Have they got potential or are they utter crap??

[hammoj28]

Another strange thing is that I am in the U.K and I don't think the eta was made for the U.K market.

[MorningCruiser]

ETA motor is not good for power... It's an economy engine...

Maybe that's why he said it's a transplant if it wasn't in the UK.

[hammoj28]

So the eta ain't worth tuning.

I really doubt its an eta engine guys, they were strictly NA engines so gettin one over to the UK would be costly and very unlikely


hammoj where in Scotland r u from?

check the distributor cap, the eta ones are much smaller than the M20 ones. Isn't the eta engine a 2.7L not a 2.8 ?

That engine could possibly be from a 5er, but what 3L engine by BMW looks like that?

[hammoj28]

lilsmoothi, i'm in Aberdeenshire, why?? The guy told me it was from a 5 series.

I used to live in Glasgow.....

engine out of a 5er hmmmmm I don't know the bimmers in the UK as well as I do canadian ones so I couldn't tell yah what cars it could have come out of mate

[hammoj28]

So you don't think it's an eta

[nzer]

heh - I was like what on earth are you guys talking about - it never occured to me you guys don't see euro motors.

Dude - that is either a 320 or 323 motor m20b20 or m20b23

Not a 3 ltr.

I can tell because -

a) It is L-Jettronic fuel injection - most euro 325s are Motronic (I won't say all - i've just never seen a L-Jet 325)

b) etas don't look like that - and they are all motronic

c) It has the early euro rocker cover BMW roundel.

The tubing coming off the intake manifold goes to - 1: The distributor for vacuum and mechanical timing advance and retard. 2: The brake booster. 3: A little thingee that forces the throttle on when it is not under vacuum (hard to explain).

Pic attached - my euro m20b20 (from 1984)

[nzer]

some other observations - your car looks to be facelift - but it has an old motor in it?

Unless some serious work has been done to the motor - i doubt its 3 ltr - everything looks very very stock. Of course they could have used all the stock stuff but hey... i'm not convinced.

[nzer]

And for all the guys posting the pics of there 325s and saying you don't have vacuum hoses - its because you have motronic - notice the dizzy is mounted on the front side. Euro cars got L-Jetronic on m20 as well as m10.

[nzer]

To be sure - get your VIN number and chuck it into ETK or some other BMW parts program. There is one online somewhere.