what is this particular M42 engine

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what is this particular M42 engine

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Hi all !

Ok well first, got the 15x7 MiM's from the buy/sell dept on the forum, from healeyneil which I'm ecstatic about!!

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Anyone know what variant of M42 is in the e21 above? All the M42's I've seen advertised e.g. e30, e36 etc and seem to have a different inlet manifold - which concerns me as the one above looks perfectly placed / aligned for the swap, hence its currently in an E21. I did think that maybe its an inlet of something else, but thought I'd ask the limitless knowledge pool in the forum for any assistance rather than get a headache figuring it out.

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I think thats a standard E30 manifold
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After looking this evening, it's possibly an M42B18. Unsure what the b18 refers to though haha
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Regards/groeten, Jeroen
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Sussed out it's from a '91 318is.
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I have this engine in my e21!
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Jeremy Wilton wrote:I have this engine in my e21!
hahaaha as in, that is your actual engine bay in the photo?

i guessed '91 318is.
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