m30 weight gain

[Thingtwö]

when you get hot, roll down the windows, hit the gas, and remember why you did the swap! AC is for grandparents cars and school buses not for m30 swapped e30s.

i live in texas and our summers definately suck and my daily driver is my m30 swapped e30 with no a/c but the solution is a windshield reflector that i put up when the car is parked and while driving roll the windows down and put the sunroof at a tilt add a heavy foot and you get an air cooled cabin...well cool enough to keep me happy. i also have black sport seats which can get extremley hot. seriously though even when i drive cars with a/c i keep it off and the windows down unless the women in the car complains about the heat...

[wannaBMthree]

Thread from 2010 bro's

Anyways it should be stickied

[Heysüß]

I've driven cars with no A/C in mexico and they were not fast and I was in the city (stop and go traffic) so when I drive my M30E30 in SC I think "hey, it could be worse"

[Lurker27]

M30 e30s rotate just fine already, bro

[mr2peak]

There is more than just putting on a carbon/fiberglass hood to help make up the difference. If the batt. isn't in the trunk. Put it there. I've also removed the factory fuel tank, and put a 15 gal. cell in the trunk. Which is lighter itself than the factory tank. Plus it's moved further back to help a little more with the weight offset. Plus, I have no a/c, no power steering, no oil cooler. Anything that doesn't make the car go/stop is gone except for headlights and wipers.

What you should be doing is moving it all to the back seat. Low polarity of movement is what you should be after :)

[Operator62]

There is more than just putting on a carbon/fiberglass hood to help make up the difference. If the batt. isn't in the trunk. Put it there. I've also removed the factory fuel tank, and put a 15 gal. cell in the trunk. Which is lighter itself than the factory tank. Plus it's moved further back to help a little more with the weight offset. Plus, I have no a/c, no power steering, no oil cooler. Anything that doesn't make the car go/stop is gone except for headlights and wipers.

[Red88]

I've done an AZ summer with no AC, granted it wasn't fun, but I didn't mind it too much. I think I only wished for AC one time.

[jeff_b]

How fucking hot does it get in Ottawa? Spend a summer in Arizona.

Ottawa summers = not fucking hot.

Arizona summers = wicked fucking hot.

[Brian D]

when you get hot, roll down the windows, hit the gas, and remember why you did the swap! AC is for grandparents cars and school buses not for m30 swapped e30s. or cf hood and keep your ac, whatever.

Location: Ottawa

How fucking hot does it get in Ottawa? Spend a summer in Arizona.

[msinger]

when you get hot, roll down the windows, hit the gas, and remember why you did the swap! AC is for grandparents cars and school buses not for m30 swapped e30s. or cf hood and keep your ac, whatever.

[jeff_b]

I'd like to drive a moderately-built sample of both configurations to compare. I'd love to have legendary M30 torque, but I love the M50 look. As it is now, I rarely open my hood, (greasy M20, sweet!) so driving fun means more than sitting around looking at my engine. Of course, if I had a clean M50 stuffed into the car, maybe I'd fix that annoying hood which won't stay up without aid of a stick. :D

[e30s52]

Does it mean you spend less than $500 on your S52 swap ?
Or, taking offers on doing pink slip vs M30 ?

If you really want me to take your car Mr. E thug. No, I spent alittle more sence I wanted a almost new engine rather then reuseing something from the junk yard.

[drift]

Lol I bet I have spent less then most of you guys.

Does it mean you spend less than $500 on your S52 swap ?
Or, taking offers on doing pink slip vs M30 ?

[Doughnut]

You need to add 3 ounces for the throw out bearing that was still sitting on the trunk.

Oh god lol!

[e30s52]

All M50 engines have iron block. M52 has aluminium block..




S50 is totally different engine than S52, which is basically stroked M50..

If you look at the link george posted it says it at the bottom. I was just posting it so people might read it.