Swap: S38 or S50B32

[JoeMadoo]

You could spend just a couple grand and turbo an M30...

[gearheadE30]

didn't the race version of the S38/M88 end up around 375-400 chp? if the factory can't get more NA power out of it for a race engine, I doubt you'll be able to.

[Bimmerman325i]

didn't the race version of the S38/M88 end up around 375-400 chp? if the factory can't get more NA power out of it for a race engine, I doubt you'll be able to.

They were around 400-450 iirc, but they were worked to high heaven. The guy with an E30M3 S38 I referenced is putting out similar power levels, but likely hit the same wall the factory did.

[Bimmerman325i]

dry sump helps

Not a damn bit. Dry sump frees maybe 5 horsepower which gets eaten up by added pumping loss. The main point of a dry sump is to maintain oil supply in hard cornering.

[SpecM]

Not a damn bit. Dry sump frees maybe 5 horsepower which gets eaten up by added pumping loss. The main point of a dry sump is to maintain oil supply in hard cornering.

bingo

a muscle-car kinda magazine just did an article on the the new GM LS7 (Corvette ZO6), which has a dry sump motor, and showed how to retrofit LS3 wet-sump oil parts to use in swap cars. They dynoed it before and after on an engine (not chassis) dyno. It made 10 more hp with the DRY sump system. Really.

[hugh jass]

dry sump helps

seriously, do you ever give up?

[325ix]

m60 v8? is that capable of 400 na?

[Bimmerman325i]

m60 v8? is that capable of 400 na?

yea it's the S62 hahahaha. The M60 can easily put out 400 with some tweaks.

[xwill112x]

go for the s65. comes with that much hp stock

420hp at 8300rpms :)

[Bimmerman325i]

seriously, do you ever give up?

Apparently not, he deleted his posts though. Huzzah for quoting posterity.

[Bimmerman325i]

go for the s65. comes with that much hp stock

420hp at 8300rpms :)

Not based on the M60. ;)

Wicked motor though, OP do this one!

[BeirBrennerE30]

swap in an s62 and your there... its not that hard of a swap and you have more torque than an s65

[AndrewBird]

Only nerdy IT guys who are way to into BMW's do S38 swaps.

[madjurgen]

swap in an s62 and your there... its not that hard of a swap and you have more torque than an s65

How are you going to deal with 5L torque and skinny 245s?

Only nerdy IT guys who are way to into BMW's do S38 swaps.

Is he almost done?

[Alpina]

yea it's the S62 hahahaha. The M60 can easily put out 400 with some tweaks.

There is a 11x hp target for that,, and IMO not worth it

the engine pulls well,, 300 hp+ is maby no problem but to get in to the 400 hp range NA will cost a fortune i think,,

many owners have S/C their engine with 450 hp easy ,, but the cost is also high