1998 BMW 318is M52b28 swapped

I dont really want to sell this car. I've owned it since 2021 and its been a fantastic car. Started out in my ownership with 60,XXX miles as a 318is with the M44b19. I aquired an E38 728i doner car and swapped this engine into this very clean E36 shell. Its only ever been a summer car so its been parked in a dry shed tucked away for the winter. Built to be a fast road car with the intention of track days (never actually got to a track). Never drifted.

The M52b28 was also fully rebuilt using the following parts:

M52 alusil block and pistons

Mahl piston rings

ACL race bearings rods and main bearings

Hopwood motorsport oil pump

New timing chains (oil pump, crank to cam, cam to cam)

Rebuilt vanos unit

ARP headstuds (purchased off hopwood motorsport)

New gaskets

The engine has done at least 5,000 miles since the rebuild.

Engine, Gearbox and Diff:

M52b28

E34 engine mount bushes

B2D emgine mounts

Driftworks lightweight M3 flywheel

New LUK M3 clutch and pressure plate

New throwout bearing

M50 manifold

Airfilter

Full stainless exhaust including manifolds

DGMaps Ecu remap

7.2k limiter

Raised idle

Cat delete

Standard 318is getrag gearbox

Standard 318is rear end with 3.38 or 3.45 diff

I have a full medium case rear end that I can include with the car. I planned to powdercoat it, polybush it and get a limited slip diff but havent got round to it.

Suspension:

HSD monopro coilovers with 10k front 14k rear springs (less than 2000miles on these)

Powerflex lolypop bushes

All the rest of the bushes are standard.

Brakes:

E46 330 front brake calipers with 325mm discs

Stock 318is rear brakes

All pads and discs were replaced last year with forodo dics and pads (standard road pads)

Wheels and tires:

Style 66s refurbed professionally 3 or 4 years ago 17inch 8j square et20

Wheel studs and nut conversion

Michelin Pilot Sport 4 215/40/17 on the front

Michelin Pilot sport 5 215/40/17 on the rear, bought these in march/april 2026 few hundred miles at most.

Exterior:

Factory fitted mtech (M3) body kit

The rear diffuser is an aftermarket one so i didnt cut up the orginal single tip diffuser. Both difusers will come with the car as well.

LTW replica wing

All arches are solid no rust and have never been rolled

Interior:

Factory sport interior

Momo protipo steering wheel

Coolerworx chasis mounted short shifter

Drivers seat is a corbeau bucket seat however I have the factory seat as well. Factory seats are in really good condition.

Its got the basic heater controls so no climate control panel and no trip computer either.

I swapped the clocks from 4 cylinder to 6 cylinder clocks to correct the rev counter. Mileage on the 6 cylinder clocks was the same as the 4 cylinder clocks at time of swap, i still have the 4 cylinder clocks for proof. Swapped them over at 81k and the new clocks have 86k from driving it 5k in the last few years.

New radio that looks oem with bluetooth was installed this year as well.

Only thing that lets the interior down is the headliner, this has been replaced but is already sagging after only a few years.

I am probably forgetting other bits I've done to the car over the years. Ive got a stack of service history and reciepts with the car. Its always been well maintained in my ownership, and had a service every year before its left the shed for the summer.

The car is currently on my private plate J5XTH but will come on S363ADK.

I dont really want to sell this car, but time to be a grown up. Any questions ask away.

£12,000 O.N.O