Anyone keep a tab on your swap costs?

[e30rapidic]

not sure really as never added up but it was worth it. Plus I only have 140 miles on a totally rebuilt/freshly machined S50 ;-)

[Tico Frank]

My swap was free. Traded about $300 worth of e30 parts for a vanos e34 engine, complete with everything. I pulled it out of the e34, and dropped it in my e30 as-is.

Fabbed a trans crossmember, made my own harness adapter. Used an e21 booster that a friend gave me. Bought engine mounts and headers, and already had 2.5" from headers back. Sold my eta engine for more then the mounts and headers cost.

If I would have spent more then $500 on this swap, I'd have been thoroughly disappointed. I can't imagine spending thousands like some people did, just for an m50 swap.

So far it's been about 4 years and 40k miles, problem free.

I did spend $300 for s50 cams and software, not sure if it was worth it. Dyno says yes, 1/4 mile times say no.

Amen, I found a m50 with 119k so clean that you could eat off it for $425 all accessories included.
The oil pan was $19.95 and 2.5 hours of my day at the salvage yard and $5 to have it cleaned/tanked at the local machine shop.
I got the 413 DME for $20 local guy
I will probably spend $150 on mounts, throttle cable and rear main seal other misc stuff like gasket for oil pan.
Since the motor is going to come out I might throw a new clutch in for another $150-200 at most?
Do the harness myself.
Spend $75 on the trans brace
Just move the brake booster over an inch or whatever it needs to clear or if I see a used cheap booster grab it.
I can't possibly justify more than a $700 swap or a bit more with a new clutch.