Checkout what is in my backyard.

[lukasbmw]

Is that a 2.8 complete ALUMINUM block?

Seems one would only need a 3.0 M3 crank and high compression slugs to make a mean 300hp 2.9 S50 US M engine. :twisted:

[Jand3rson]

Well golly gee, Eric, how did that silly old thing get there?

[Smoove1]

cute

[Spaz]

cute

not as cute as a lawn nome

[Smoove1]

cute

not as cute as a lawn nome

Good call man...

[Jand3rson]

cute

not as cute as a lawn nome

"Look at me, the bath goes all wooshy. One's in danger of getting bubbles up one's whoopsie-daisy."

[rwh11385]

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html/bmw_sale_info.asp?ID=29745

3.0L M3 Complete head 1995
Asking Price: $800
Roswell, GA USA



A Abbasi
amir@abbasiinc.com

Actually, this can be done. If you have an OBD I head (i.e. M50 or S50) and you bolt it onto an OBD II short block (i.e. M52 or S52) it will work. All the bolts, coolant passages, etc. are identical.....direct swappable parts. ..... you will want to utilize the OBD I head......regardless of what shortblock you choose to go with. The reason behind this is that ALL of the emissions equippment ties in at the cylinder head (or ties into something that is attached to the cylinder head).

For the shortblock, there isn't any emissions equipment tied into it anywhere.....so it doesn't matter whether you go with OBD I or OBD II here. Just the top half of the engine is where you need to stick with OBD I. An ideal combo would include the aluminum blocked M52 bottom end from a Z3 with either a S50 head or an M50 head with cams and porting work. You would have a screamin' motor and you would hardly add any weight to the front of the car. Even if you go with a iron block M52 from a 328i/is, you are likely to add roughly 40 lbs. to the front at the most.

Jon

There ya go Eric. :up: If you don't have one already, that would be a SWEET upgrade. A lot better than simply putting the head you already have on it. You could have this ported and then sell your current engine complete.

Good luck, and keep up the good work.

[randomtask37]

cute

not as cute as a lawn nome

but id defintally reather have that than a pink flamingo.


btw, why the heck did you get that... u already have an m50!!! ;)

(give it to me)

[Ryan Stewart]

That should be a fun little project. With a few body mods you could probably retain the E30s original weight balance. I wish I could get ahold of one of those as easily as the S52s are to come by because I think I could deal with a little less HP for that until I had the money to build it.

That thing with an S50 head should be a great pair.

[Werksmini]

Its spelled gnome. Get it right.

Whats up with the oil pan?

[lukasbmw]

Yeah the oil pan is fucked. It doesn't really matter though because I can't use it anyway.

Robert, I already have M3 cams in my M50 engine. I also have all the E36 M3 head components (retainers, springs, etc) stashed away. These were not installed with the cams because I didn't want to pop the head. When I do the rebuild I'll have them thrown in.

That is an awesome lead though! $800 is a steal!

[Rob]

Re: Checkout what is in my backyard.

Seems one would only need a 3.0 M3 crank and high compression slugs to make a mean 300hp 2.9 S50 US M engine. :twisted:

it'll be a slight bit more complicated than that :P

[PrinceE30]

Dare I ask for the cost of that engine (mainly b/c I'd like to see the kind of cash I'm going to have to shell out for a similar block). PM me if you don't want to be so public.

-Prince

[rwh11385]

Re: Checkout what is in my backyard.

Seems one would only need a 3.0 M3 crank and high compression slugs to make a mean 300hp 2.9 S50 US M engine. :twisted:

it'll be a slight bit more complicated than that :P

haha, yeah. Look at Stu's Dyno run. He makes 225rwhp and has a lot more than that! 11:1 CR too.

[Rob]

and .2 liters more displacement. Alex is barely breaking 300hp with almost another half liter