How much did you spend on your swap?

[matt]

I am at $2450 and I have almost all the big pieces. The only thing that number doesn't count is the tranny and driveshaft and the exhaust, which is going to cost me big, probably. And the S50 cams. I hope to get the brake system installed this weekend, I don't really want to wait until the day of my swap to pull it off, since I need to install a new clutch pedal, too. Auto FTL.

The little stuff is killing me now... $200 for misc hoses, clamps and brackets.

This fucker better be worth it.

[tonytony]

so far it's cost me under 1k and i have just about everything i need. It woudl cost more but i sold some stuff which offest the cost by about half. I'll make a list later.

[hugh jass]

I'm probabaly in it for about 6 grand right now, but that includes a UUC flywheel, many new engine parts and accessories, etc.

[matt]

I'm probabaly in it for about 6 grand right now, but that includes a UUC flywheel, many new engine parts and accessories, etc.

Break it down? Is there labor in there?

$500 M50 motor
$400 aluminum flywheel
$1050 BMW parts (oilpan, motor mounts, hoses, clamps, clutch)
$200 in Redline oil (I got some extra :p )
$300 in brake stuff (used booster, new M/C)

[hugh jass]

Break it down? Is there labor in there?

$500 M50 motor
$400 aluminum flywheel
$1050 BMW parts (oilpan, motor mounts, hoses, clamps, clutch)
$200 in Redline oil (I got some extra :p )
$300 in brake stuff (used booster, new M/C)

$2000 S52
$100 E36 325is 5 speed
$250 3.25 LSD
$900 UUC flywheel and E34 M5 clutch
$200 Rogue Engineering shifter
$150 413 ECU
$300 Treehouse wiring adapter
$100 E36 harness
$300 Euro oil filter housing
$1000 tons of miscellaneous nuts, bolts, brackets, a couple of TMS accessories, etc, etc because I didn't have a donor motor and had to convert to OBD1
prolly some other shit i'm forgetting

no labor, i'm doing everything myself

[tonytony]

matt looks like you went above and beyond hahaha. Off the top of my head this is what i have

m50 non vanos 650(came with all accessories and edu, maf blah blah blah)
535i motor mounts, the green ones 78
spec stg1 277
lighten m20 flywheel 90
uuc underdrive pulleys 148
ix booster & dsm parts from the yard 110
m5 MC 154
e34 oilpan 200
obd2 exhaust manifolds 100
misc bmw stuff like gaskets and what not and engine stand 250

total is 2007 roughly- 970 i made off my m20 and headers= 1037

hmmmm i actualy spent more than i thought, shit i still need to buy fluids and get my exhaust done. :shock:

[matt]

I got my M5 m/c for $120 shipped. W00T! Not even a hookup, www.rockauto.com had it $20 cheaper than BMA and $100 cheaper than OE BMW dealer cost.

I totally forgot about my S52 exhaust manifolds. Add $70.

There's no way I'll be able to put a hard number on this... I am actually probably more like $3k in. And I only paid $1200 or so for the car.

Plus I work at a BMW dealership, so that $1k would be $1500 or so for anyone else. Plus all the wasted time at work ordering ~200 items from BMW.

[matt]

$300 Treehouse wiring adapter

It's $400 now, and I don't have mine yet. :ohsnap:

[equate975]

Probably around... 8-9 grand. But that included a lot of stuff I just replaced for whatever reason, not 100% relevant to the swap. Ive probably dumped about 15 grand into my car total.

[X2theZ3]

$300 Euro oil filter housing

what's the advantage of this?

Also, is there any advantage to using a m5 master cyl over a 750 one; they're both 25mm right?

[jrez]

too much, and still spending!! Schrick cams just ordered...

[Beej '86 325es]

My spreadsheet I keep...
the red is what i need, so if you have these parts, let me know... :)

S50 spending
Total:7327
Item Paid
Cylinder Head 800
Short Block 700
Pistons 125
Wire Harness 108
Wire Adapter 80
Intake Manifold/TB 214
Exhaust Manifold 125
Water Hoses / misc. 190
506 ECU 125
Brake Booster 60
Brake Cylinder 150
Radiator 160
Turner Kit 1550
3.5 Euro HFM 225
Spec Clutch 400
Engine rebuild / labor 1000
E34 M50 Oil Pan 200
Cat-back Exhaust 500
OBDII cats 200
Vanos Gears 100
Gauge Cluster 150
UUC Pullies 165

This doesn't account for the hundreds of dollars in mics. sensors and switches and stuff I will have to buy new.

[FredK]

Beej, what's a Turner kit? Cam kit?

[Stu]

~$3600 in parts
with lots of good deals. Scored the block casting for free, 3.0 crankshaft, 3.0 pistons for $50, '95 M3 cams for $50, late-model conical valvetrain for $100.

Probably 4k in the end

[Ryan Stewart]

8k but that is with an s50, paying for a lot of the labor, and replacing about everything I could on the motor while it was on an engine stand.

I did more than probably needed, I pretty much replaced the whole drivetrain.