320/6 engine rebuild with M20B23 block

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320/6 engine rebuild with M20B23 block

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Hello everyone, need your feedback,

I have an 82 320/6 with an original 250.000 km. It’s time for a rebuild and I have access to a M20B23 block, cylinders and crankshaft in great condition. I want to do the rebuild using this block, keeping the original carb. Does the cooling system need an upgrade? Is it viable to keep the 320/6 exhaust? What else do I have to keep in mind doing this upgrade?

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Re: 320/6 engine rebuild with M20B23 block

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No, straight swap. Nothing to it. Use the right head, and swap the shaft that drives the manual petrol pump in the b20 in stead of the ignition on the b23.
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Re: 320/6 engine rebuild with M20B23 block

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I hope your M20b23 comes with good pistons, they're not interchangable.
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Re: 320/6 engine rebuild with M20B23 block

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As far as I understand, it is dropping the old block and using a complete 2.3 block combined with b20 head and carb and all other parts. Rob is right on using pistons etc from one lower end in the other.
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