E30 s5x

[isthistherealcaesarspalace]

Okay so here is the situation, I have a mint alpine 1991 318is I currently have bought Koni yellow single adjustable, ground control adjustable springs, fog deletes, oem mud flaps all four, smiley, 16x8 styles 5's power flex bushing kit,zhp shift knob, Fog deletes, euro plate filler not to sound cocky but its a decent looking car that turns heads, but I just don't feel like the power is enough. I have about 5k left over on the project now I'm stuck on what to do. M30? S50? M20 Stroker? M42 Turbo? Fucck! Too many options. I want a solid car I could rape but also a reliable dd.

[nando]

Okay so here is the situation, I have a mint alpine 1991 318is I currently have bought Koni yellow single adjustable, ground control adjustable springs, fog deletes, oem mud flaps all four, smiley, 16x8 styles 5's power flex bushing kit,zhp shift knob, Fog deletes, euro plate filler not to sound cocky but its a decent looking car that turns heads, but I just don't feel like the power is enough. I have about 5k left over on the project now I'm stuck on what to do. M30? S50? M20 Stroker? M42 Turbo? Fucck! Too many options. I want a solid car I could rape but also a reliable dd.

OBDII S52 seems obvious to me. Should be doable for $5k if you don't go overboard on mods. just do a clean, reliable stock swap.

[isthistherealcaesarspalace]

Yeah right when I typed the last sentence M42 turbo was out of the question, but I love the rawness of a M20 stroker

[nando]

M20 stroker is fun but it's expensive to build and harder to live with day to day than an OBDII S52 would be. To be worth doing you have to do serious work on the head and have it tuned properly (not using the stock computer). that could be a $7,000+ build after tuning, and you *might* make as much power as a bone stock S52.

for sure I'm not saying "don't do an M20 because 24v!!" because that's a pretty stupid mentality, nobody spends $10k on an E30 because it makes sense to do so. My point is not that an M20 has no potential, but a $5000 swap is going to perform better than $5000 spent on a half baked M20.

[isthistherealcaesarspalace]

I appreciate your suggestion based on you have 24k posts lmaoo but for example this guy is a local and is selling it for 3k

2.8L M20 stroker
M52 crankshaft bobbed & polished
Re-sized Eta connecting rods
Cut down B25 pistons
Euro 323i flywheel
Balanced & blueprinted bottom end
ARP main bolts
ARP rod bolts
ARP head studs
Port & polished head
Custom 280 grind cam
Ported intake manifold
Ireland HD rocker arms
Ireland shorty headers
PnP Megasquirt by Dederic Motorsport
24lb Bosch injectors
Spal 16" electric fan conversion
Ireland 8mm plug wires
Custom single 2.5 exhaust by Castros
Flowmaster Hushpower center muffler
Flowmaster 44 series rear muffler

[hoveringuy]

I appreciate your suggestion based on you have 24k posts lmaoo but for example this guy is a local and is selling it for 3k

It's only worth $3k.

I've driven M20 strokers and they felt slow compared to a DOHC swap.

[isthistherealcaesarspalace]

make sense because he said he dynoed the car with 194whp

[nando]

I appreciate your suggestion based on you have 24k posts lmaoo but for example this guy is a local and is selling it for 3k

2.8L M20 stroker
M52 crankshaft bobbed & polished
Re-sized Eta connecting rods
Cut down B25 pistons
Euro 323i flywheel
Balanced & blueprinted bottom end
ARP main bolts
ARP rod bolts
ARP head studs
Port & polished head
Custom 280 grind cam
Ported intake manifold
Ireland HD rocker arms
Ireland shorty headers
PnP Megasquirt by Dederic Motorsport
24lb Bosch injectors
Spal 16" electric fan conversion
Ireland 8mm plug wires
Custom single 2.5 exhaust by Castros
Flowmaster Hushpower center muffler
Flowmaster 44 series rear muffler

well, it's up to you, but it's really apples/oranges.

I'd bet it's not even 200whp (but ask for dyno sheets, you never know) and also I've lived with a stroked M20 running megasquirt on the street for 6 years. it gets tiring.

[isthistherealcaesarspalace]

thanks for the inputs guys I think s5x is the best bet