E30 Sacrilege

[Hick]

borbet type b's are the coolest wheels ever produced IMO. very nice.

[Ray Smoodiver]

lol...SR is over rated. SR is over priced, over used and simply over rated.

Yea 400hp on stock internals for a 4cyl is certainly over rated.

BTW, there are a couple of RB25-E30's running round here in NZ, so its not like it can't be done.

Hell someone on this forum is dropping in an RB26 ffs.

But on the other hand, here in NZ the SR swap is more common than the M50 swap! On our local forum www.bimmersport.co.nz , we have probably 10 SR swaps, and maybe 3 M5x swaps.

[808BMW]

BTW,

http://www.zilvia.net/f//showthread.php?t=128515

RB26 in E30.

Could you copy it over for those of us not registered?

[CleanAzzE30z]

Im intrigued.


Mariano

[ilia]

BTW,

http://www.zilvia.net/f//showthread.php?t=128515

RB26 in E30.

[ilia]

Respect.

[E-rich]

*hulk hogan voice* Amen brother.

hahah....what kind of fuel management are you using?

[pineapplegti]

btw borbet type bs in 16x9s are et 15 :) someone asked earlier

[Maeda]

lol...SR is over rated. i dont think his KA is stock anyways. hes claiming 300+ whp so whats the problem. SR is over priced, over used and simply over rated. hes using what hes got and will make plenty of power with it. plus KA's are DIRT cheap and dime a dozen compared to SR.:D

*hulk hogan voice* Amen brother.
I'll try and go into WHY without making this an SR vs. KA thread.

KA's are dime a dozen. So you blow one up, who cares, just get another for a case of beer or two or three.
This KA has been at 300 rwhp STOCK internals for near 3 years of monthly track abuse. The compression is within factory specs to this day.
KA's came in everything, not just trucks. Sedans, trucks, wagons, 240's. To this day the 240sx KA powerplant is one of the only few that was made in japan, by short small eyed doods in white coats.

Personally i've driven stock through 400 hp SR's, and I can say I don't really like them much. Although the powerband is 'different' almost akward, I still feel like KA's provide more smiles per gallon, and at cheaper cost. Also as many of you may NOT know 300 rwhp SR's don't just happen, they take as much, if not MORE work then a 300 rwhp KA at double the cost.

I had many other options open to me (1JZ namely, but for god sake I had a 400 hp RB25 w/T3T4 SITTING in front of the car for a month), but the KA won out because a) I love them, and b) simplicity. Moving firewalls, adding tons of weight, and futzing with crossmembers is something I'd rather NOT do to my beloved BMW chassis(about the only thing I reallly love about e30s).


Here are some motor mounts.

Funny thing about this swap is, that the stock nissan transmission crossmember bolts into the bmw. You heard me BOLTS RIGHT UP LIKE IT BELONGS THERE.

[2002maniac]

It's a minitruck motor, but whatever...

Turbo anything is cool I guess.

[E-rich]

lol...SR is over rated. i dont think his KA is stock anyways. hes claiming 300+ whp so whats the problem. SR is over priced, over used and simply over rated. hes using what hes got and will make plenty of power with it. plus KA's are DIRT cheap and dime a dozen compared to SR.:D

[4ce30]

KA= Garbage...You will blow that engine soo fast without proper tuning and good internal's! SR20 is the way to go if your going that route..
-Brandon

[tomgt325]

he's using what he's got...even on stock internals he probably has maby 220 wheel. props for something different.

[Digitalwave]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[Ray Smoodiver]

Man, a KA. At least it's a turbo

SR swap ftw, KA swap