wtf is up with m42swaps?

[SmokeE30]

Can't express to you how incorrect this is. If you have your mind made up that the m42 is not a solid motor then I feel for you.

I prefer driving my m42 car over any of the m20's that I have had. But I'm not going to try to convince you of that. All of the BMW motors have their merits under a certain set of circumstances... it depends on the purpose of the car.

Now as to the purposes of the thread... if I HAD to do a swap, I'd swap an m50 or greater into it.

I would agree that an m42 e30 can be a blast to drive. The lighter front end is no doubt better for handling but from a reliability/maintenance standpoint... Ill take any bmw straight 6 over a m42 that's all. I work on e30s just as much as I drive them thus my feelings on the m42.

[einhander]

Because they make slow cars even slower.

[totheredline]

people havent heard of it because bmw didnt sell it, making a race only engine with a m42 block for a short time doesnt make the m42 any less of a piece.

We can agree to disagree. I *personally* think the m42 is a nice little engine in stock form and has a lot of potential if one were to spend the money on building it up. I mentioned the s42 because displays the potential of the m42. Just look at the metric mechanic M42.

[e30saam]

M106 swap everything?

[Cabriolet]

not this thread again...

My thoughts exactly.
We all will never agree. So lets stop worrying about this.

[Dj Buttchug]

My thoughts exactly.
We all will never agree. So lets stop worrying about this.

this x1294893

The bottom line is this: you like what you like. Anyone with a handsome budget can make any engine awesome. (MM m42 engines, turbo engines ect) It goes for any engine for that matter.

/thread pls. this discussion is so exhausted it just goes round and round in circles.

[kendogg]

All you guys yanking M42's - anybody have a cheap runner for sale??


And I'm all for swapping anything. Building a 318is clone isn't hard. Nothing 'special' was done per se, there's justs tuff omitted - radios sometimes, insulation, etc. Body panels are the same. People swapping M3's though, now that bothers me. At least put a real motorsports engine in it, not these fucking S52 bullshits.

[AdironRider]

Never fails for some loonbat to argue that the m42 makes an e30 as quick as an m20.

Yeah you walked him bro....

[LowR3V'in]

Yeah your m20 is quick bro...

[Dj Buttchug]

Never fails for some loonbat to argue that the m42 makes an e30 as quick as an m20.

Yeah you walked him bro....

Yeah your m20 is quick bro...