US s50/52 vs m30b35

[RickSloan]

Haha, fair enough. I was talking about the OP.

lol thats exactly what im saying, everyone is going thru this thread talking like he is not out of his gourd thinking he is going to put this in an ix

[Wh33lhop]

i believe he says ix right here

Haha, fair enough. I was talking about the OP.

[Jean]

I'll let you know when me and Jean race in a month.

Hahaha wat? Ok.

[RickSloan]

This is true. But seeing as I don't want to swap my motor twice when I decide it's time for more power, and I prefer n/a over FI, I want to do it right the first time. Appreciate you pointing out that fact though.



I think I have settled on the euro s52, so now I gotta start saving my pennies for that. Thanks for helping me make up my mind! Hopefully I'll be starting an ix euro s50b32 build thread within the next 6-8 months!



I stand corrected. So euro motor is s50 and NA is s52?

i believe he says ix right here

[etxxz]

area under the curve its all i gotta say... this boils down to a budget problem. are you willing to spend $1000 or $5000?... or $10,000?

[Wh33lhop]

We've already established that the S5x is the quicker motor. You just made a claim that the S52 has more torque than the M30, and I clarified the idea of torque people generally have: the shape of the powerband, not just the actual peak number of the motor.

[loonibab325i]

Depends on what you mean by "torque." Most people think of low-down grunt when they think of torque, not torque at 5000RPM, even though the latter may be greater.

I helped a friend with his m30 e30 swap and compared to mine it's no question what motor i would prefer be done to an e30, to each their own of course.. these two cars have been on multiple types of tracks together tho ;) Also the m30 just seems to big in the e30, my buddy has to take of his radiator every time he plans on messing with the distributor cap/plugs, for the price of the swap though it's a pretty neat thing

[Wh33lhop]

Depends on what you mean by "torque." Most people think of low-down grunt when they think of torque, not torque at 5000RPM, even though the latter may be greater.

[loonibab325i]

An m30 has some torque yes but a s52 has more..

[Wh33lhop]

He didn't say it was an iX, and I wouldn't assume it was an iX just because of his username.

[RickSloan]

did anyone notice that he is swapping this into an IX? and said price was no object at first, then said he doesnt want to do the swap twice then said he will swap in a NV m50 and then later a euro s50?

japandrew?

seriously tho im glad this was posted in the 24v section for once instead of the m30 section, got some interesting attention I love my m30 swap! and after hearing all this i am very glad i did it!

[flawdaboi407]

us s50b30 and he was running that diff because he just drove down from PA.

[lennon]

Wow, I'd be pissed too. Euro engines are expensive. The conversion parts alone can cost as much as an M30 swap.. ha.

he didnt say it was a euro s50b30, and hes in orlando so i assume not.

[onaquest]

Thanks for correcing that Wh33lhop.

[Danny]

Picking it up at the end of the monnth, should be in and running mid may.