how much would an s50 swap cost? engine + labour

[e30rapidic]

damn. I need to start charging. no more freebies!

[e30s50dan]

It cost me circa $4k for the engine trans, all new OBD1 sensors, bottom end bearings, E34 swap parts, a 3:46 LSD, E36 M3 rack, new Euro MAF.
All my own labor.
I could have saved a bit by using used OBD1 sensors and leaving the bottom end alone, but it is a track engine and I did not want the potential BS of faulty old sensors.


As a Noob and not really knowing the ins and outs of the swap, you are totally at the mercy of the installer.


Ditto. Me 2


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[ACHTUNG]

Uh, S52 for 1650? Does it have supplemental cooling in the block?

It has high miles.

[burkey001]

hi guys

if there was a noob god i would be it

i dont have any engine knowledge of my e30 (not that i dont want to have knowledge)

so for me to go to a mechanic and say i want an bmw s50 in (points to car)

how much would it cost me?

over or under 10k?

These things are so much cheaper to do in the USA where source cars are more common to begin with etc etc.
Down here in the antipodes I have receipts for over $26000 in parts and mine's not running yet.

$10k will get you a second hand engine of unknown quantity and a few other pieces

[burkey001]

double post sorry... such a noob

[DTM190]

burkey, yours is going to be one hell of a EuroS50'd E30 though.

Basically you are building the car I would have loved to have built.

I drool over it often

[ACHTUNG]

burkey, yours is going to be one hell of a EuroS50'd E30 though.

Basically you are building the car I would have loved to have built.

I drool over it often

Yes Euro S50 is so much better than US S50 or S52.

[The Humjet]

Also Burkey.Welcome to R3v ;)
I also been keeping on track of your build on ECCA nice work. Should be animal.

[JRKOUPE]

Never understood why people would want to pay other people to do something on a car that they supposedly "love" and are an "enthusiast" of.


To each their own I guess.

how about no space?..no time?...no skillz?..no tools?...

[Wanganstyle]

second hand engine of unknown quantity and a few other pieces

Yes. All of these engines (even s54 IMO) should be torn down and gone through before install.

The higher performance the engine, the more rapid the wear.
S54b32 or S50b32 will have seen more stress than lowly m50...


Un known quality yes- and it's scary, remove the un-know by doing a complete tear down- it's worth the time/expense for the peace of mind.

I did a 2JZ swap with rebuild from naked block and after that i got
Hooked on being OCD.....:p