Swap: S38 or S50B32

[Alpina]

This is impressive,,,,,,,,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSJ-HzNWJGM

[Kovs]

Are you going with a B32 head? It would not surprise me if you hit your targets, especially with a compression bump.

B30 head with port and regrind + cams.

[FredK]

Are you going with a B32 head? It would not surprise me if you hit your targets, especially with a compression bump.

[Kovs]

Iam not trying to be rude ,, but oem is 286

and you are trying to get 133 hp@L ,,,,

IMO you are not,, but 330 - 350 could be possible

anything above is uber race and the pricetag is enormus for every horsepower in gain

No offense taken. I would have found this claim pretty unbelievable as well... and I still have yet to see the dyno results. But the builder is an ex-PTG guy who was regularly getting 450HP from this motor in race tune form. Apparently, there's a lot of HP gained in converting to stand alone.

PM me if you want more details.

[Alpina]

I having my Euro S50B30 rebuilt with cams and stand alone. It is supposed to be good for 400 crank HP, but of course the dyno will tell...

Iam not trying to be rude ,, but oem is 286

and you are trying to get 133 hp@L ,,,,

IMO you are not,, but 330 - 350 could be possible

anything above is uber race and the pricetag is enormus for every horsepower in gain

[Kovs]

I having my Euro S50B30 rebuilt with cams and stand alone. It is supposed to be good for 400 crank HP, but of course the dyno will tell...

[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

[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?

[AndrewBird]

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

[BeirBrennerE30]

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

[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!

[Bimmerman325i]

seriously, do you ever give up?

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

[xwill112x]

go for the s65. comes with that much hp stock

420hp at 8300rpms :)

[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.

[325ix]

m60 v8? is that capable of 400 na?