"ALPINA" Sedan Heart transplant....More power!!!

[Luis325]

So after running the m20 for awhile, it decided to die on me on the dyno...
So after getting a sweet deal I couldn't pass up I did a 24v swap.
Went with a basic OBD1 M52 with S52 cams, Headers, M50 Intake Manifold, etc.

Car still needs a tune/chip so I can take full advantage of the cams. Still have the stock ECU so redline is 6,700 :( and with my 4.10lsd its not fun haha.

Lowering the diff next week and hope to have the new tune done this week.
Car is a blast to drive...

Still have some little details to do to make the engine bay cleaner, got to install my m3 firewall covers, and a few more things to finish her up this week.

On to some pics:









New RENOWNUSA Suede Alpina Style steering wheel!


A little teaser video of how she sounds! More coming soon...
http://vid150.photobucket.com/albums...psphw1oxcz.mp4

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Sweet dude! I bet she's a blast

[DEV0 E30]

Hell yes Luis.

Nice thread title. ;)

[lukeADE335i]

So clean & looks great. I'm sure it's a hoot to drive.

Given the Alpina theme of your car I'm a bit sad not to see an M30B35 lurking under the hood though!

[cypriotgeeza]

Nice! :up:

I think i would have rebuilt the alpina engine personally because its rare..but each to their own! You will get more power out of your current set up anyway!

[evil-diesel]

you scrapped the alpina engine?!

[Luis325]

Guys car is not a real Alpina ;)
I had a 2.7i M20 before...

Its an Alpina inspired car haha.

[King Mufasa]

Me like this right here!!!!

Where did you get the cluster bezel trim or did you make it yourself? Looks cool!

[schtozo]

I rode in this car, its very loud and slow!

[2mAn]

What shade of blue is that? I love it

[Luis325]

Lol Schtozo ������ ots true about the loud part.... Hahaha

2mAn Its NeonBlue.

[Luis325]

Here is another one from this morning!

[Nick_S]

Nicely done! I don't personally think a "basic" swap consist of OBD1 conversions and cam swaps though, lol. I bet it's a blast. I feel your pain on the low redline and 4:10 diff. I run out of r3v's pretty quickly.

[2mAn]

something so sexy about a badass early model 4door...

[Jamaican_Blitzkrieger]

So you had no quams running the 4.10 on the m20? Interesting