Opinion on best or coolest motor swap

[jhaurimn]

Ok I'm sorry but having driven an m30, and have had numerous rides in a s54 e30 m3, you would have to be a god damn FOOL to take an m30 over an s54.

[nando]

Yes, nothing some gearing cant fix. I love the feeling of a cam and the sound of a hot idle. Variable valve timing is for pussies. I highly doubt you'd notice the low end torque loss in a 2500lb E30 with proper gearing anyway.


Heres a vanos delete s54. just listen to the part where its idling. For real men only... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYeL9dGLxCI
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If you want a rough idle, just alter the vanos map for more overlap.

Deleting vanos doesnt make more power. Deleting it would just lose q bunch of torque - pointless.

(Oh yeah, sorry, hit edit instead of quote)

[mikebloco]

^The hyabusa V8 is amazing but lets put something in the car that makes some real power

[Hooffenstein HD]

Poll options suck.

Fully NA built KL V6. 120kg, 12,000RPM, 2.5 V6.
Custom light weight V8 like the H1V8.

[totheredline]

Why would you do a vanos delete? To have a worse powerband?

Yes, nothing some gearing cant fix. I love the feeling of a cam and the sound of a hot idle. Variable valve timing is for pussies. I highly doubt you'd notice the low end torque loss in a 2500lb E30 with proper gearing anyway.


Heres a vanos delete s54. just listen to the part where its idling. For real men only... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYeL9dGLxCI
.

[nando]

M30 master race :hitler:




if money wasn't an issue and I had it my way though, I would build a high rpm short stroke 4.8 ls1 or an S54 with big cams and a vanos delete.

Why would you do a vanos delete? To have a worse powerband?

[ccsdo5]

SR20det, 1jz, OR RB26dett because of the noise ughhhh the rb exhaust tone

[totheredline]

M30 master race :hitler:




if money wasn't an issue and I had it my way though, I would build a high rpm short stroke 4.8 ls1 or an S54 with big cams and a vanos delete.

[mikebloco]

That was hands down the coolest gs300 I have ever seen. Thank you Lambo

[ELVA164]

Cosworth DFV and transaxle swap.

[nando]

M54/n52 have superior tq curves while being way lighter. The appeal of the m30 is mostly period correctness and cost.

[Mr. Tasty]

Interesting. The m30 never fails in polls it seems.

Because of it being the only purist engine for an e30.

[Stanley Rockafella]

B230ft

[ahrensNW]

Interesting. The m30 never fails in polls it seems.

[TobyB]

M38

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