my 88 m60b40 build

[sallie30]

It's a lot of work but the end result is worth it. You'll be seriously disappointed with anything less than an S52 in an e30. I've driven and done quite a few swaps and the V8 is my favorite. There is nothing like cruising around town in 3rd or 4th gear and just letting the low end grunt move the thing around effortlessly. It sounds better, launches harder and just looks at home in the engine bay of an E30. Keep at it. You'll have a swap only a handful of people in the country have done!

i have had the m50 for about a year now and am getting sick of it and all this talk about m60 really made me want to try it out. im just waiting on some money to buy some more parts.

[sallie30]

You will not regret the m60 swap.

We got m60 e30 swap mounts when your ready:

http://garagistic.com/index.php?page=e30-m60-swap-motor-mount-kit

This guide may help too:
http://garagistic.com/index.php?page...6x-into-an-e30

yes i look at your guide quite a bit and i think monday i will be buying a set of those mounts. thank you for all your help

[dirty30]

well spent a lot of today researching and sounds like the work involved in this would not be worth it in my opinion so a big never mind to this.

It's a lot of work but the end result is worth it. You'll be seriously disappointed with anything less than an S52 in an e30. I've driven and done quite a few swaps and the V8 is my favorite. There is nothing like cruising around town in 3rd or 4th gear and just letting the low end grunt move the thing around effortlessly. It sounds better, launches harder and just looks at home in the engine bay of an E30. Keep at it. You'll have a swap only a handful of people in the country have done!

[garagistic]

well im still m60 swapping it. im selling my m50 saturday to help fund some parts i need for this.

You will not regret the m60 swap.

We got m60 e30 swap mounts when your ready:

http://garagistic.com/index.php?page=e30-m60-swap-motor-mount-kit

This guide may help too:

http://garagistic.com/index.php?page=how-to-swap-an-m6x-into-an-e30

[sallie30]

well im still m60 swapping it. im selling my m50 saturday to help fund some parts i need for this.

[bradnic]

Unsub'd :-(

[The Dark Side of Will]

Not worth the effort?
That's an odd reason to swap. Getting M60 power out of an M50 or even S52 isn't exactly easy either.

[MattAvino]

Booooooooooo

[sallie30]

well spent a lot of today researching and sounds like the work involved in this would not be worth it in my opinion so a big never mind to this.

[sallie30]

hahahahahha it was running fairly good suprisingly. still waiting on the price for this though, hopefully he wants what he thought he might be looking for it because this would be awesome

[bradnic]

Sub'd

headed your way M60 wise

EDIT: check out FrankM E30's doc. well worth it.

good luck with the build

[EH Motorsports]

runs great with a Huge Hole in the Maf? looking forward to seeing how the build turns out.

[sallie30]

okay so i might go ahead and buy this m62tub44 i found today for around a grand!!! the guy is waiting to find out the miles on it but it runs and runs great. the front end was hit but did not even touch the motor so i might just swap this in without any block worries. I will find out milage and when i am purchasing it within the next couple days but sounds like a great deal to me.


also found out today im selling my m50 which will help me with the swap and my buddy want the m60 i have which is also good news its been a good day ill keep updating with the new motor

[sallie30]

not much free time today so heres some pictures of things ive done the past few days. the cleaned and painted booster


intake removed


a bunch of oil in my intake.....


got this also it should help a little cleaning things up got to love harbor freight :)


i need some opinions im not sure if anyone has ever done this but i know this machine shop the next town over that would be willing to work on this motor of mine but has anyone ever just replaced the linings with some sort of sleeves if that is even possible. Or would that probably not even be worth the money and to just find a different block this is if i even need to do something about mine in the first place.

[sallie30]

thanks guys my block number is 1 725 963 but like i said ill just have to test to see what i want to do with this but whatever happens my car will be v8 swapped!! :)