Proper running M20's appreciation thread.

[Morrison]

I'd love for anyone in the central IL area to come take a look at mine and see what can be done to make it smoother. It idles at a rock steady 750 rpm, but just isn't as smooth as I think it should be. I've addressed really pretty much everything and then some.

Then again, my other car is a 2003 1.7L Civic so maybe I'm just too used to that. Every once in a while in that car I occasionally grind the starter because I forget that it is already running.

In comparison, my old Talon with the 2.3L stroker motor, removed balance shafts, HKS cams, and urethane engine mounts had a much more noticable idle. My M20 feels like a milder version of that car at idle.

[funcrew]

I appreciate mine. I just wish I'd made it bigger.. :p

Serious about our M20, are we?

[F34R]

I love my perfect running m20!

[Pantless Spency]

YAAAAAAY, i love my over heating just replaced fan clutch just changed the oil needed a SWEET new flat laying air filter and theres milllions of other things i haven't even began to do that need to be done!
YAY FOR MAI MTWENTY.
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in all seriousness i love the m20, but really it's like having a dad and having to pay for all his expenses because he's old and retired.
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no idea where i was going with that
night r3v haha

[N2MYE30]

My M20s have been great. No major issues and just purrs down the road. Even though I have a M50 waiting to be dropped into my coupe, i will prolly keep the M20 around to refresh and put into the cabrio.

[nando]

Serious about our M20, are we?

Yes, soooooo serious :p

The coils seem to throw people off. The LSx coils and wires cost less than 1 set of Bosch cap and rotor and stock E30 plug wires. Plus they wont ever go bad.

[frankenbeemer]

Yes, soooooo serious :p

The coils seem to throw people off. The LSx coils and wires cost less than 1 set of Bosch cap and rotor and stock E30 plug wires. Plus they wont ever go bad.

good stuff nando

[redsubdivisions]

My M20 has yet to fail me. Sure, the idle isn't the smoothest, but fuck it. It beats a car payment and well...it's a BMW lol

[36brua]

Serious about our M20, are we?

Hey funcrew....another cool thing about that engine is the new aluminum block from world engines.... you might want to check them out. I picked one up didn't you ?:)

[Tbolt]

me and my m20s relationship is like a serious girlfriend/wife. its pissed me off more times than i like to recall but i still love it for the good times

[Sagaris]

For the most part the e30 crowd has made an engine swap part of a list of items to replace when getting an e30. Seems like they give up too easily on sourcing vacuum leaks and diagnosing bad components on the M20. When I bought my car it ran as if it was one backfire away from the junkyard. Now, it runs exceptionally well. I am working on creating my own dynamometer app. and wanted to compare mine to the one my dad has on his phone. I have never driven fast while he was in the car but I was testing a dynamometer app so I let it rip. All he had to say was "Holy crap! this thing is a 2.5!?!?!?"
One positive note about the lack of love for the M20 is that I can find spare engines for cheap if I ever needed one!