s50/s52 e30 swaps are awesome

[Farbin Kaiber]

wow...did i miss this one! sorry for the late response, but i meant a '04 auto carrera vert that i walked on by close to a car to over 100. i know i can't beat the new ones, however the c5 is a different story...i beat my friend's by 1/2 a car length every time we race :nice:

What part of Cali? Inland Empire here. I have gotta make a thread to find someone with an s52 swap that I can ride shotgun to see what I'm getting into...

[e30polak]

An s50.52 converted E30 will not get passed a new Carrera that does 0-60 in 4.2 and 1.4 in 12.6:)

wow...did i miss this one! sorry for the late response, but i meant a '04 auto carrera vert that i walked on by close to a car to over 100. i know i can't beat the new ones, but i can hang with them and that is where i meant i embararss the guys with the new ones. however, the c5 is a different story...i beat my friend's by 1/2 a car length every time we race :nice:

[Brew]

A modified e30 325i center section/cats, and an e30 325i Stromung cat-back.

[Charlie]

The extra weight of your convertible is definitely hurting. My 13.8 was with a pretty horrible 2.2 60', and the motor is choked with the M20 exhaust.

What components from the m20 exhaust are you still using?

-Charlie

[Brew]

How are you guys getting into the low 13's?

My s50 made 217 rwhp w/only a chip but I can't get out of the 14's.

I drive around the water box so no burnout with 205/16 KDW's on light SSRs. Feather the launch at 2200 with just a hint of chirp. Chirp second at 6500.

Trap speed of 96 MPH.

Are you able to dump the clutch?

I bought but haven't installed Euro MAF setup but I don't expect it will be near enough to lose a second.

How much heavier is my ic than your tin tops?

Doug

The extra weight of your convertible is definitely hurting. My 13.8 was with a pretty horrible 2.2 60', and the motor is choked with the M20 exhaust.

[BingM3]

How are you guys getting into the low 13's?

My s50 made 217 rwhp w/only a chip but I can't get out of the 14's.

I drive around the water box so no burnout with 205/16 KDW's on light SSRs. Feather the launch at 2200 with just a hint of chirp. Chirp second at 6500.

Trap speed of 96 MPH.

Are you able to dump the clutch?

I bought but haven't installed Euro MAF setup but I don't expect it will be near enough to lose a second.

How much heavier is my ic than your tin tops?

Doug

I also have not dipped into the 13's...best time 1/4 to date is 14.10 secs - got my 3.5 MAF, need to order chip from Tuner. we'll see:)

[etxxz]

^^ there's no point at walking away from the line, you need to agresively explode like a rocket off it.

in any event this thread has not been very supportive of a 5-6k "personal" investement that i'm about to make. i'm just gathering info (btw s***'s all over the place so hard to get a concrete answer) my main ocncern is the obdII so far since i'm getting everything down to the cluster. rock on i might join the club soon

[dougsic]

For sure. I know my car could pull very low 13s with a decent 60'.

How are you guys getting into the low 13's?

My s50 made 217 rwhp w/only a chip but I can't get out of the 14's.

I drive around the water box so no burnout with 205/16 KDW's on light SSRs. Feather the launch at 2200 with just a hint of chirp. Chirp second at 6500.

Trap speed of 96 MPH.

Are you able to dump the clutch?

I bought but haven't installed Euro MAF setup but I don't expect it will be near enough to lose a second.

How much heavier is my ic than your tin tops?

Doug

[Stu]

Not looking at the thread right now, but IIRC your times weren't as bad as most. At least your trap is decent!

Jay

Jay--

Remember that an E30 S50 will not go like an E36 or E46 in a clutch-drop drag race. These cars are light, usually have skinnier tires than E36/46, and with the trailing-arm suspension--once the tires do start spinning--they ain't regaining traction! Plus the majority of them have relatively worn-out limited slip units.

However, on a roll (say 40mph or 60mph), traction is not an issue and that's where you will really see the E30 pull away.

[PiercedE30]

Well, just thought you guys should know, the motor is going in in about 15 minutes once I get done checking everything and making sure it's all buttoned up.

[Mystikal]

For sure. I know my car could pull very low 13s with a decent 60'.

Not looking at the thread right now, but IIRC your times weren't as bad as most. At least your trap is decent!

Jay

[BingM3]

'07 Carrera S - 355hp / 3131 lbs

'07 335i - 300hp / 3571lbs

'91 318is (w/ some euro mods ;)) - 321hp / 2600 lbs

If I get some wide enough rubber, I should be able to hang for a while. :)

Traction & overall balance = good launch

In my neighborhood, a 450HP VR-4 beating a 600HP Supra most of the time because of traction take off issues

I have an s50 and aggressively on 1st and 2nd = bad ET's:)

[Farbin Kaiber]

Hell yeah, Tool Lateralus album art.

Shit, Oh DUH! I guess one would get more credit for knowing an obscure artist as opposed to a Multi Platinum musical group.

[Brew]

Hell yeah, Tool Lateralus album art.

[Farbin Kaiber]

For sure. I know my car could pull very low 13s with a decent 60'.

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