Engine Swap - Opinions

[Simon S]

mmm..

one could be driving a German car with a Japanese motor while wearing Italian shoes, a Scottish kilt and eating Swiss cheese after calling someone via a phone made in Korea.


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[RobertK]

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/720651/

Going price on eBay is between $2-$3 with a transmission and harness.

My friend Josh and I have been considering an E30 2JZ-GTE build up but if we actually decide to it will probably be a year before we can even start on it.

[Mastrcruse]

[quote=Ritalin Kid]http://www.cardomain.com/ride/720651/
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Thats a lot of modification to everything but he claims 600hp so its probably worth it.

[RobertK]

His swap is a little extreme. Alot of extra reinforcement for track use I assume. You could do this swap without going this far into modifying the car BUT if I were going to go through the trouble of creating such a beast of a car I would probably do the same thing he is doing.

600hp E30 = 10 second car if you're into straightline racing.

[James Crivellone]

Most popular engine swaps are the M50 or S50, the S50 yeilds a very nice improvement and would make for a fun car.

Unpopular swaps, however also very rewarding are the M30/M88/S38.

I'm slowly planning out an S38 3.6 or 3.8 Swap personally.

[BMWZ4ANDE30]

I am planning to swap something into this...

[BMWZ4ANDE30]

what is the best "bang for your buck" option?

[bmwmike]

i usually dont say this either but use the f-ing search button.

It all depends on what you want to spend and what your goals are. If you want to do 400 whp on a reasonably cheap budget get an M30 like Im doing (3.5 from 80's early 90's 535, 735 etc..)..

[rede30]

I forgot how perfect your paint looks, The Bobby Wells of black e30's. S50's seem to be what your looking for, i am collecting parts and doing that this summer.

[BMWZ4ANDE30]

Collecting parts? why not just buy the whole things from one of the rebuilt engine places...

[rede30]

I am not exactly sure what you mean but i have the whole engine and most of the parts i just need a few more things.

[PУCCKAЯ_e30ka]

M20B25.

oh wait. you are forunate enough to have one already... keep it.

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[HST]

For these reasons I'm very partial to the the 2JZ-GTE swap. You can get an engine and 6 speed tranny w/ wiring harness for about the price of 1 S52 long block alone. Once you have the engine in place you have TONS more performance options than you do with the M50/S50 swap.
I just can't bring myself to go through the trouble of a M50 swap for 30 extra horses.

For the money the 2JZ-GTE swap is perfect. 320HP stock, and 400HP with an extra $1,000 to $1,500 in her. It will not be easy at all , but it will be tons cheeper than any BMW engine swap + FI to get to 400hp. Not to mention that any added tuning would be cheeper and give more power than most any BMW tuning options. I personally like a 13B-REW swap better than the 2JZ-GTE, I used to be a RX-7 guy.

[erik325i]

yeah. i lost track of that site too. was nice. had weights, power outputs, and cars they came from..

anyone ?

I have that link on my computor at home. I will post it up later tonight.

-Erik

[german g]

stroke the M20...