My '90 325is LS3 Swap Build Thread

[TeXJ]

1997 Cherokee

[The Dark Side of Will]

How are the short/medium length headers going to affect your ability to hit your power goals?

[TeXJ]

How are the short/medium length headers going to affect your ability to hit your power goals?

woah! are we trying to stay on topic here or what?

[CLM21]

How are the short/medium length headers going to affect your ability to hit your power goals?

You know what, I haven't really thought about it. I don't really have a goal in mind, just want to get everything out of the LS3 that I can.

But what that being said, I wouldn't really consider these shorty headers.... I would definitely say they are medium length. Either way, I have seen quite a few dyno charts of 416 LS3s with parts that should make less power than mine. I have seen a few LS3 builds similar to mine - to the wheels with worse HCI combinations (but the same heads) are getting at least 580 rwhp and 520 rwtq. The peak HP is at over 6k rpms, so maybe the medium length headers will hold me back a bit up high. I would definitely be happy with 580 rwhp & 520 rwtq, but I am expecting it to be more than that. We'll see....

[The Dark Side of Will]

woah! are we trying to stay on topic here or what?

Surely not... here's my Jeep (Jeep 4.0 into AMC Eagle):

[TeXJ]

haha nice, have a pic of the whole vehicle?

[gnarsteezman]

god damn i wanna see this thing in person! looks like its gonna be a good ass build, what are you planning on doing with it?

[CLM21]

Honestly, I don't know what I'm planning on doing with it yet. At this point, I want to be able to do anything with it... track, drag, weekend cruise, whatever.

I just really had the itch to do an LS swap build, and I love e30s so it just kinda fell together....

[TeXJ]

this is my dream build

[CLM21]

Me too man, me too. I have been wanting to do this for a long time now.

[TeXJ]

Very few people get to do what you're doing. Enjoy it brotha!

[Spectre]

Sub'd! This is going to be awesome! Any progress so far??

[CLM21]

Got my coilovers in this week... plan on slappin these on this weekend.

[TeXJ]

what brand?

[MyE30]

Quite the endeavor. Those parts are looking pretty awesome so far.

Our LS1-E30 cost us around $8k, which included engine & tranny, new brakes, springs, shocks, steering rack, etc etc, welder, tools. If you are in for 14-15, you must be doing lots of stuff that is "icing on the cake".

^"cost us"...not sure if the OP does this for a living, but comparing a business' cost to a DIYer's cost...