From knowing nothing to having a Thunderbird supercharger on an m20b27i

[G-Man the Visionary]

Hey buddy, any updates on going 4hp22eh?

[Ether-D]

So I think the m30 and 4hp-22eh will be going in the "new" 325iS. Let the vert stay what it has become and make the new project all-m30-and-automatic-muscle-car-goodness. Time for a new thread.

[Ether-D]

It's gonna be a lot of work. one way or another.

[Q5Quint]

Sounds like a lot of work.

Chevy 350 + m112

[Ether-D]

Ok, well, I've acquired an m30 with a clean remanned by ZF auto trans attached. It came with a trade I made recently. My vert beater that I refer to now and again got traded away for a really straight, dirty but clean, 1987 325is roller with the m30 and trans to boot.

Here's what I'm thinking. I like to go out to the Brodeo and run the dragon. I also like to drive my kids to school and not spend too much on gas. I have my 92 cabrio. I have the 87 325iS roller. What if I put the m30 with the auto in the vert and have a pretty m30 auto swap for cruising and shuttling kids to and from school, and put the supercharged m20 into the coupe for beating on at the Brodeo (all the while, putting a m20b27 bottom in)?

Thoughts?

[Q5Quint]

Here is your engine swap goldmine: http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/viewforum.php?id=12

86 E in georgia: http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/vi...c.php?id=27118

this beauty: http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/vi...c.php?id=27048

here is a guy with some e28 engines: http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/vi...c.php?id=25898

Might be able to talk him down.

[Ether-D]

I will keep that in mind Gesture. Thanks.

[Gesture]

3.5l would be right where that Eaton wants to be. I bet it would be so fucking wonderful. Cummy pants.

I have an 1986 e28 donor car for sale in Atlanta, Ga(really Marietta). The car was striped my someone else for a chump build but abandoned because of a bad transmission. The engine runs strong and it is has 8:1cr.

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/4527054741.html

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[Ether-D]

MOAR TORK!

M30 swaps are difficult. It's a big engine and doesn't really fit in the E30 engine bay. Have you been reading up on them? They're also about the heaviest swap you can pick.

I have read, and I bought the FrankM writeup a year or more before I did the supercharger. I need a project for winter. It may be to make an M30 fit in the spare car, add an M90 and swap the works into my car in the spring. They said I shouldn't try it on the m20…

You'd have to fab a totally new manifold...

Yeah, I don't care that I'd have to re-do the manifold. That part was a couple weeks of planning and sculpting and was really fun.

... essentially starting your build over from scratch.

But I have the FI knowledge in advance this time!


I believe I can make the wire harness from the m20 work on the m30 and still use the ms2.

[The Dark Side of Will]

MOAR TORK!

M30 swaps are difficult. It's a big engine and doesn't really fit in the E30 engine bay. Have you been reading up on them? They're also about the heaviest swap you can pick.

You'd have to fab a totally new manifold... essentially starting your build over from scratch. You may or may not have room at the front of the engine for enough of an accessory drive to turn the blower.

[Ether-D]

3.5l would be right where that Eaton wants to be. I bet it would be so fucking wonderful. Cummy pants.

[Ether-D]

…And we're back!

So I think I'm thinking about an m30. With an m90. Mmmm? Mmmmm?

[The Dark Side of Will]

Right now there are cores (suitable parts donor for M20 stroker build) as low as $400, but claimed running engines start at $600. Get on your horse for Fontana, CA.

X5 cores are cheaper, but runners start about $1k

[agent]

If you see a whole M54B30 come up for sale for $500, let me know so I can buy it.