Back in the E30 game!

[karmatose]

Originally Posted by Ceeker

one spends all the money to put a swap in, you could stroke a motor, have about the same money if not a bit more and get over 200 wheel horsepower and not have to go through the pain of mod' the car to make things work.
everything else can stay the same externally with small adjustments such as mounts for eg.

QFT. Just went through this decision myself.

PS, Nice car!

[411]

Originally Posted by Ceeker

With the money spent on doing a swap etc. You could have literally made a nice car out of what you had and not encounter all these seeming problems. these are simple cars with simple needs. but everyone wants to redesign the car; and I have to say, some have been successful and have done really nice work. But for the most part. many are sloppy and this ruins the appeal. Btt one spends all the money to put a swap in, you could stroke a motor, have about the same money if not a bit more and get over 200 wheel horsepower and not have to go through the pain of mod' the car to make things work.
everything else can stay the same externally with small adjustments such as mounts for eg.

Personally...unless I grabbed an M3 engine, I would not be interested, only because the work putting it in is the same as an M50. And those motors aren't that great to begin with. And since M3 motors aren't easy to get; I'd just as well do a proper build from the get go, and have factory looking car with all the pony's underneath.

I also saw a write up somewhere that can make an M42 engine beat M20 with minimal mod's that don't require rebuilding the engine. Since it is lighter to begin with; and the tech is more reliable; these mods can bring the BHP up to 170hp easily.

"I also saw a write up somewhere that can make an M42 engine beat M20 with minimal mod's that don't require rebuilding the engine. Since it is lighter to begin with; and the tech is more reliable; these mods can bring the BHP up to 170hp easily"

Hi Ceeker, I for one, would very much enjoy either "a link" or perhaps a "nice post/thread on this subject......

[Ceeker]

Originally Posted by 411

"I also saw a write up somewhere that can make an M42 engine beat M20 with minimal mod's that don't require rebuilding the engine. Since it is lighter to begin with; and the tech is more reliable; these mods can bring the BHP up to 170hp easily"

Hi Ceeker, I for one, would very much enjoy either "a link" or perhaps a "nice post/thread on this subject......

Here is the link: http://bmwnut.blogspot.com/2006/04/1...ance-mods.html

it's a pretty cool write up!!

[411]

....Thank-you sir

Gr8t article........Ideal for my "Poor-man's M3"

[Nick_V]

Originally Posted by Ceeker

With the money spent on doing a swap etc. You could have literally made a nice car out of what you had and not encounter all these seeming problems. these are simple cars with simple needs. but everyone wants to redesign the car; and I have to say, some have been successful and have done really nice work. But for the most part. many are sloppy and this ruins the appeal. Btt one spends all the money to put a swap in, you could stroke a motor, have about the same money if not a bit more and get over 200 wheel horsepower and not have to go through the pain of mod' the car to make things work.
everything else can stay the same externally with small adjustments such as mounts for eg.

Personally...unless I grabbed an M3 engine, I would not be interested, only because the work putting it in is the same as an M50. And those motors aren't that great to begin with. And since M3 motors aren't easy to get; I'd just as well do a proper build from the get go, and have factory looking car with all the pony's underneath.

I also saw a write up somewhere that can make an M42 engine beat M20 with minimal mod's that don't require rebuilding the engine. Since it is lighter to begin with; and the tech is more reliable; these mods can bring the BHP up to 170hp easily.

Meh, not interested. If the car was a clean 318is then I would consider going that route to keep it original, but we're talking about a $1K 318i 4 door here. I'm not disputing that the M42 is a fun motor because it is, but it's also really buzzy/loud and gets annoying after a while IMHO. Also, after doing my 540i/6 touring swap, I wanted to try something a little more challenging. It will be a clean, fun car when it's done, and it's not going to cost much to do the swap at all, so the $$ aspect is irrevelant. As I said before I got a good motor for free. It won't be everyone's cup of tea, but it will make me happy, which is all that matters, right?

[ihearte30s]

man i've been looking for one thats in good shape for a while now, can't believe you got that thing for a grand, thats a steal