m30 vs m50 swap? whats your preference and why?

[Wh33lhop]

If you don't get a car with a motor with 200k miles on it, you probably will never need to rebuild the motor.

This question has never been discussed before btw.

[george graves]

I'm just a noob... i dont know nothin.

Naw. I see you posting up your pictures showing off your skillzzzzz. :firehop:

[turbo325i]

haha, I do prefer the m20 in some aspects of design, which would probably directly relate to the m30... I hate the freakin intake manifold and the spagetti factory that is hidden beneath!

[payney8]

oh come on its not that bad. The octopus is easy to work around. just watch your hands it likes to nibble

[Danny]

My s50 has 60k on it. Whooooooooooo.

[turbo325i]

oh come on its not that bad. The octopus is easy to work around. just watch your hands it likes to nibble

You cant tell me its not a pain to change the rear freakin knock sensor! lol. I just mean its much worse than working on the m20, and the angle isnt helping anyone!

[JJe30]

I have an m50 car now. I'd like to eventually do an m30 car as well.

[Pudmunkie]

I hope you 24 valve'er guys have fun when it come time for you all to do a rebuild. That's going to suck for some of you.

I can vouch that the rebuild isn't 'cheap' but its not too bad. Hopefully I can have 100k+ miles out of mine when its done. Even if the e30 chassis doesn't last that whole time I'll just have to find another BMW chassis to stuff the motor in :).

[Wishno87]

You should try to find an M30 swapped car because everyone already has an M50. But now im doing an M50 rather than an M30 so i feel lame :(

[Wishno87]

I have an m50 car now. I'd like to eventually do an m30 car as well.

Buy my M30

[Danny]

You should try to find an M30 swapped car because everyone already has an M50. But now im doing an M50 rather than an M30 so i feel lame :(

This has got to me the most retarded reasoning I've ever heard.

[Jean]

OP - it's your car, why not decide for yourself on what it will get? ;) Both are an upgrade from an m10/m20/m42. Both have pros and cons, and it really comes down to preference/what is available to you and how much you are willing to spend/your goals.

2 cents.

[Kershaw]

there is no replacement for displacement.

[Pudmunkie]

there is no replacement for displacement.

But there is something to be said for the efficiency/driveability of the smaller displacement engine.

[Jean]

Efficiency yes, but driveability? It's much much more enjoyable to drive the same car with more torque vs. a dinky 4 cyl.