Interested in hearing how much money and time different people with different levels of mechanical inclination invested in their various M/S series swaps. How much did you spend? And if anything, what would you do differently?
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So far I've had the donor car for around 3 months and just got started on it yesterday. And I'm out the price of the car, $750.00. All the gaskets, water pump, fuel pump, blah blah blah is yet to be bought. But I can bet I'll spend a total of $1000.00 on parts.
Oh and I can't forget the knuckle buster I gave myself today...OUCH. Still hurts.Your signature picture has been removed since it contained the Photobucket "upgrade your account" image.
"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the [federal] government." ~ James Madison
"If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen" Barack ObamaComment
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If I werent such an idiot, and the wiring hadn't taken me so long to figure out, I probably would have been about a week and a half to do the swap with no prior mechanical experience aside from chaning oil and doing brakes. I did everything myself.
I kept chasing a problem of my car not starting, when it really just came down to two wires being hooked to the wrong things.
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I'm about $10k into my car by now... but i have a lot of shit done to it.
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1 week and 8K.
Ed1988 E30/S50...now with S52; Track
1994 Miata R; ES Solo2
1998 Lexus LX470; Wife (Slee'd anyway)
2002 BMW 530i; A+ Commuter
2002 BMW 325iT; Sport/Premium 5-speed
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Found mine on Craiglist for $725.00. It was the whole car, auto, had been in a wreck. Runs smooth.
Ed, how did you spend 8k on it? Must be an S50?Your signature picture has been removed since it contained the Photobucket "upgrade your account" image.
"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the [federal] government." ~ James Madison
"If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen" Barack ObamaComment
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Look at his sig. s50Originally posted by joshh
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:oops: Missed that, I even looked in his profile. Thats still alot to spend on an S50. Must be a nice one.Your signature picture has been removed since it contained the Photobucket "upgrade your account" image.
"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the [federal] government." ~ James Madison
"If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen" Barack ObamaComment
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almost one year and over $7500
Im a lazy worker, but putting this in an e30 m3 didnt help one bitRollin' with a GeistkuchenComment
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The reason I spent 8K (and then some), is because I dropped the car off at Atlantic Autowerks with an M20 in it, and I picked it up about a week and a half later as a fully sorted S50. The only thing that didn't (doesn't) work is the MPG meter on the OBC.Originally posted by joshh
I was going to sell the car and spend about 10K on a fitting replacement. When I looked around, there was nothing that could quite compare to a 280+hp RWD E30. Especially knowing how well built they are. My E30 was also a great candidate because it was already in outstanding shape, and needed nothing except a stronger heart.
My S50:
Bored .040 over/balanced
10.5:1+ compression
CNC ported intake
Cams
Euro HFM/21.5/AA chip
VPD pulleys
2.5" full exhaust w/ no cat
I had a fun little freeway pull friday night with a coworkers 04 Lightning. Pulley, heat exchanger,Diablo chip,Tbody,full exhaust on race gas. I slowly but instantly started pulling away 'till we shut down at about a buck twenty with me up about a car and a half. I'd say 8K well spent!
Ed1988 E30/S50...now with S52; Track
1994 Miata R; ES Solo2
1998 Lexus LX470; Wife (Slee'd anyway)
2002 BMW 530i; A+ Commuter
2002 BMW 325iT; Sport/Premium 5-speed
2011 21' EconoTrailerComment
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About 8months on building the motor alone (school/work/my dads schedule), and about 3 months on the install/sorting. I spent $3140 in parts, that's starting with just a bare M50 block, sourcing M3 bottomend parts, a head, M3 cams/valvetrain, and all the accessories and wiring harness. It was a bitch doing it this way, finding each and every piece.
If I did it again I would have spent the money for a 3.2 crank
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