For fun I want to see what people would like to see swapped into an e30. Say with a budget around $5-10K
It doesn't have to be a BMW engine either. I love I6's but I feel like a shorter motor with more displacement would suit it better. In my opinion I would love to have a VQ37vhr in an e30. Weight distribution would be better and 330-350hp at 7,000 rpms would drive similar to high(ish) revving of the b25. So the car would still maintain it's spirit if you will. I would also enjoy a custom 4 rotor motor in one as that would just be insane even in NA form. That last one would easily take 10K to get done if not more so unless you have DEEP pockets it just isn't going to happen. As far as just going bonkers and if there was no limit on what I could spend I would want to make the 1LR-GUE work.....if I could even get my hands on it. Lexus says it weighs around 350 lbs which is nuts for a v10 ANNDDD it would sound like an f1 car.
What are your guys thoughts about other engine swaps, and what would you do?
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It doesn't have to be a BMW engine either. I love I6's but I feel like a shorter motor with more displacement would suit it better. In my opinion I would love to have a VQ37vhr in an e30. Weight distribution would be better and 330-350hp at 7,000 rpms would drive similar to high(ish) revving of the b25. So the car would still maintain it's spirit if you will. I would also enjoy a custom 4 rotor motor in one as that would just be insane even in NA form. That last one would easily take 10K to get done if not more so unless you have DEEP pockets it just isn't going to happen. As far as just going bonkers and if there was no limit on what I could spend I would want to make the 1LR-GUE work.....if I could even get my hands on it. Lexus says it weighs around 350 lbs which is nuts for a v10 ANNDDD it would sound like an f1 car.
What are your guys thoughts about other engine swaps, and what would you do?
GO!
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