Opinion on best or coolest motor swap

[mikebloco]

I contemplated the 1uz swap, 4 liter quad cam aluminum v8. Whats not to love. Especially the way they sound with itb's. Ugh

[aegul44]

^ No, having driven an F20'02 (which was underwhelming enough)
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That cossy DFV though ..... yum.

Seriously, what makes you say that ?

I've never seen someone complain about f20c especially in s2k. Perfect engine in perfect chassis. It is one of the best naturally aspirated engine of all time with winning best engine of the year several times.

I guess the one you drove was poorly maintaned. Otherwise its silly to call f20c underwhelming.

[SkiFree]

^ No, having driven an F20'02 (which was underwhelming enough), doing it to an e30 (short of adding FI) doesn't sound like a great idea.

The number sounds nice on paper but you really have to keep it wound up to have any fun.


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That cossy DFV though ..... yum.

[aegul44]

None of them. I would say F20C. N/A 2000cc engine with 240hp. Don't forget 9k redline

[ELVA164]

How about a 1uzfe?

You're just slapping the keyboard now, right?

[totheredline]

How about a 1uzfe?

[2mAn]

4g63 would be a pretty cool setup. Capable of all the power you could ever want, while being compact and light weight for tossing around.

this might be the first time I agree with you

[Exodus_2pt0]

4g63 would be a pretty cool setup. Capable of all the power you could ever want, while being compact and light weight for tossing around.

[2mAn]

Cosworth DFV and transaxle swap.

do it

[mcgillaguddy]

I went m30 because I love them and after driving a big turbo'd 635csi, I love them even more.

N52 would be a cooler swap though.

[ginger1340]

I know I'm much too late to this thread but I would think the s65 out of the m3 GTS (because of weight reduction) would be a fantastic beast of an engine


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[nando]

it's not that big of an issue. it can be fixed, and it doesn't happen most of the time anyway.

but it's all pie in the sky talk anyway, right?

[totheredline]

^didnt know that was an issue, but sure. Theres another reason to delete vanos.

[jhaurimn]

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)

Lets talk about the vanos hub and how the tab for it commonly breaks off and can gernade the engine. ;)

[totheredline]

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)

I didn't say I'd delete VANOS for more power. I'd delete VANOS for simplicity and ease of tuning AND the sound of course. It would not be a stock S54 by any means, cammed, blueprinted, balanced, and making a bit more power than stock.

YES, you would loose some around town drive ability, but I wouldn't be driving it around town much anyway. To each his own I suppose. I like doing things differently for my own reasons. I think a high strung S54 would be a very unique, revhappy powerplant that would fit the character of the E30 very well. Im sure I'd get some "that's not how you do it", but Ive already gotten a ton of that with my current build. I will say, I love the attention.