E30-LS1 Engine Mounts

[e30polak]

Hmmmmmmm.......very interesting!

I'm almost definitely in pending pricing.

[c0rnfl4k3]

Garret,

My girl got me y'alls CD for Valentine's day... GD there is a ton of stuff on there, and very well documented!

I'd definately be interested in the motor and tranny mounts!

Any reason y'all went with the Hydroboost over say a Tilton setup???

Thanks,
Tony

[Kershaw]

thats still pretty damn light. very nice.

[garretvs]

We weighed our LS1 & T56 before we installed it. It was complete with all accessories (PS pump, Water Pump, A/C, intake manifold, engine harness & engine mounts) and engine + tranny weighed 603lbs. @260lbs each engine mount, @83lbs on tranny mount. See our thread on bimmerforums for the pics on scales. We also weighed the car on a 4-corner scale after finishing it: 2865lbs with 1/2 tank of gas. The BMW manufacturer weight is about 2750lbs Any of the iron-block LS engines will weigh about 110lbs more.

The M20 with tranny and all of the accessories above must weigh about 495lbs.

[GotCone?]

this is something I've been researching lately. Here are the numbers I've managed to find. All are likely +/- 10-15 lbs I'd think in the real world.

Note this is dressed weight and for engine only (trans difference not factored)

M20 (stock engine) - 200lbs
sbf 302 (iron block, alum heads) 205 lbs
LS1 (alum block) 230lbs
sbf 302 (iron block, iron heads) 245 lbs
LQ9 (iron block, alum heads ) 255 lbs
LQ4 (iron block, iron heads) 295 lbs

If anyone has more accurate data to provide, I'd welcome it.

[mnstepchildrider1]

how nose heavy is the car when you do a LS1?

[garretvs]

whats the hydrobooster setup look like???

Take a look at the first thumbnail above. :)

[Miasma]

Very interested in pricing on the engine and trans mounts. Not really interested in going the hydro boost route.

[Erick]

$600 sounds about fair.... how much above $600 is what'll make me debate this. Interested to see a better estimate. :)

[z31maniac]

Waiting to see cost......

[Dominic49]

in for the engine and trans mounts.

[dude8383]

This is pretty awesome, curious to see final cost. I'd probably pick this up just b/c I know that I'll want V8 power in the future.

[GotCone?]

can you break down the parts cost individually?

Not everyone is going to want to do the hydro setup.

I'd be interested in engine & trans mounts prices, but would like to see a 'raw' option. IE finish yourself kind of deal.

[BeirBrennerE30]

whats the hydrobooster setup look like???

[garretvs]

Thanks for the interest!

We are digging into what our cost would be for materials, plasma cutting, metal bending, our welding and finish coating.

We're thinking about 10 sets, with a price range something above $600. Our costs and time would be about half of that.

We use Catia for our solid modeling.

Garret & Steve