M20 Turbo or.....

[WarHammer 2/1]

What's the weight of the iron block LS like compared to the relatively lightweight SBF?

I think there about the same

[Hooffenstein HD]

5.3LS motor.......

What's the weight of the iron block LS like compared to the relatively lightweight SBF?

[IronFreak]

5.3LS motor.......

[graveshaker]

Both choices will yield pure pleasure. If you go the 5.0 route, power can be made on the cheap. I used Ford Racing turbo swirl aluminum heads, edelbrock 2221 cam (520 lift), link bar lifters and a 750 holley on my build.
Here is an idling video shortly after my build. It's in a foxbody with all tubular suspension, pretty light and very fast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdrJQbS1qWg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[mrcheezle19]

http://fordracingparts123.com/crate-engines/modular-engines/5-0l-4v-mustang-engine-m-6007-m50/?gclid=CKTv9by4lLsCFRGCfgodpXEAOg

or

gtfo

[henryki]

Sorry, his motor cost closer to $5k, the plan for the car is to be gutted, caged, and have a beefy high compression 5.0 for track/drift times. Anyone have a late model roller they're willing to sell?

[henryki]

My 5.0 E30 was a blast.

That said, I missed my m20 dearly. Kind of wish I had just done a turbo m20 now looking back. I didn't keep the car for long after the swap, it lost it's class.

Stupid power, but at the cost of the cars finesse.

I love E30's but the fact is it's an 80's BMW they're pretty cool but I think the classy factor has kinda gone away with time unless you do a full restoration (IMO)

Who swaps a 5.0 into an E30 and keeps it stock though? If I did one I'd be aiming for 350hp at the crank using some ~170cc aluminium heads, roller cam and a 4 barrel.

Thaaaaaank you... I wouldn't keep it stock looking to light those tires up like its the fourth of juuuly. The main reason for wanting to do the swap is for the lolz.

[Hooffenstein HD]

93 Fox body 5.0, 205hp/275tq at the crank.

Who swaps a 5.0 into an E30 and keeps it stock though? If I did one I'd be aiming for 350hp at the crank using some ~170cc aluminium heads, roller cam and a 4 barrel.

[Exodus_2pt0]

My 5.0 E30 was a blast.

That said, I missed my m20 dearly. Kind of wish I had just done a turbo m20 now looking back. I didn't keep the car for long after the swap, it lost it's class.

Stupid power, but at the cost of the cars finesse.

[cgk_iii]

Plus,

5.0s are for fags, man.

[cgk_iii]

Id go with a turbo or N/A M20 any day.. ECU isn't THAT complicated once you dig into it. Im sure if you're mechanically inclined enough to do a 5.0 swap then im sure you can figure out how to tune with ms

[Peattie]

5.0s are for fags, man.

[Pantless Spency]

So I've been thinking about doing a turbo set up on my m20 to make about 300-350whp.. but earlier today my buddy was telling me about a 5.0 swap. I was thinking about maybe doing a carbed 5.0 so I don't have to mess with an ECU blah blah blah.. Any Ideas? yes or no?

turbo.


5.slow is not a very great v8..


but a 5.slow would be fun, and does have enough power to allow fun, and is very cheap.



with that being said, a stock m20 is also "slow" and also has enough power to have a lot of fun.

[henryki]

How's the fit with the 5.0?

[henryki]

Same guy who was telling me about doing a 5.0 swap works at a race motor shop and can hook it up with afr heads and any machining needed. He built a 5.0 with stock crank forged rods/pistons and afr heads. He's making about 400hp don't know about torque tho.. Don't know exactly how much he spent but for sure less than 3k