E30 or E36?

[Vtec?lol]

duh

[bimmer206]

Since e30 ls1 swap kits are now for sale right here on r3v and because of the fact that I like e30s more I vote e30

[Danny]

I don't care really. But the e36 will put the power down better.

[Vtec?lol]

Why is that danny?
and all the work is gonna be done at my job. I have access to mils, welders, presses, and a bunch of other tools.
So i'm not really worried about the kit.

[Danny]

Better rear suspension, more room for wider tires and stronger differential mount. You should probably know these things if you ever plan on getting this done.

[kway]

Fuck an e36. If you had to go that route though, I'd say the black one cause it doesn't look all ghetto'd.

[Vtec?lol]

Better rear suspension, more room for wider tires and stronger differential mount. You should probably know these things if you ever plan on getting this done.

yea, I knew all that but that's also why I mentioned I have access to fab equipment. I wouldn't throw in all that power and not touch the rear end.

But, you do bring this to mind : the e36 is already 5lug and already has the much beefier rear end. why not start there?

I needed that.

[Danny]

Or throw a C4 ICS rear end in there, ala Bender.

[Vtec?lol]

nah, It doesn't get that serious.
Now if I would have kept my two garrets I had... That would be nice.

[freeride53]

that wee30 looks riced out

[TexasTerp]

save that e30 from it's riced out owner! The ls1 swap cd sold here would save you a ton of time on R&D. As far as the rear end is concerned, why not just swap a 318ti rear setup for a 5 lug in the rear. There are tons of wheels that come in both 5 and 4 lug that you could run a half and half setup. What about looking into throwing an e36 diff into the e30? If you have all the equipment available then you shouldn't have any real issue.

With all the time you'll save from the Swap kit cd, you can build a better rear end with an e36 diff.

[Vtec?lol]

I really hear you terp. I would love to save the e30 from its state but then danny's got me thinking why bother.
I would like too get back into an e30 but I don't want to start like this.

with the e36, just throw it in and do some reinforcement welds here and there, new brakes, springs/struts and so forth.

E36 seems to be more open minded to options

[Jand3rson]

See sig.

[Raxe]

E36 is the natural choice for an LSx swap.

[Roysneon]

I'd do the black e36 for the beefier rear end and because it looks the cleanest body wise.