Bimmer, sick car. Mod it how you want, which you already are. And your e39 m5 is titties!
Yeah, someday is right.
People act like e30 m3's are god & gold. Guess what!? They're not. You can pick up an original e30 m3 in great shape these days with low miles for $20k. Sorry, but in this world, $20k isn't shit. They sold for a hell of a lot more new then they are worth right now, they sold for around $36k, fifteen years ago! Thats a shit ton more money back in the day then it is now. Yeah, they are going back up in value. But still far from the cost of new.
Also, people are ranting and raving about keeping the car stock, blah blah blah. Half (probably more, my survey isn't 100% accurate) of the so called 'purists' are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites. Hypocrites that do mods/damage much worse then changing out the engine. I can think of plenty of other things worse than an engine swap. Oh here’s a good one, tracking e30 m3s! Have at it! More power to you! Have fun, it's your car. But when you wrap that thing around a tree or plow into another car, you really can't just return it to stock form. When you drop a s50 variant into the car you can return it to stock, so no the car didn't bite the dust. But people cheer tracking e30 m3's everyday. So do I, I don't hate for you taking the chance of totaling your car. Also, for those who track e30s real hard, I'm sure you know but you can tell by looking at the roof of the car. They get wavy, and I'll bet that’s more work to fix than swapping out a motor. Not to mention the chassis probably has permanent damage.
FYI to all of you (you know who you are), an S14 is just an engine! Yeah, just an engine! They can be changed. All the 'another one bites the dust' type comments shouldn't be posted. That’s BS and you guys know it. Wheels, exhaust, s14 builds, body parts, seats, stereos, etc... can all be changed out.
Take a guess how many bolts hold the engine in the car? Yeah, not many. Right? It's a day worth of work to return these car back to stock, for those of you who actually know how to spin a wrench.
Also, about the whole S14 is the heritage of the car BS, and keep the car stock comments... You guys run out and change everything and rebuild the motor to a different spec then stock,
Yeah sure, it's a rebuild to 2.5l, but correct me if I'm wrong but that motor came in a Evo model... Why don't you (purists) go buy an Evo. Oh wait, you probably don't have the money to do that (generally speaking) so instead you rape a stock e30 m3. You should just put the motor in a regular ol' e30 
Remember, the cars that are going to be worth real money are the cars that are 100% stock. 2.5l builds will still be worth money, so will DOHC swapped cars, but neither will be worth as much as a good stock car that wasn't ever tracked with all service records.
Come on, grow up. Other e30 m3s didn't go up in value because me, bimmer, vlad and all the others changed our motors. They go up in value as more of these cars enter junk yards.
Bimmer, sorry your thread had to turn out this way, but because of the immature people around here all e30 m3 s50 threads get shit on.
Yeah, someday is right.
People act like e30 m3's are god & gold. Guess what!? They're not. You can pick up an original e30 m3 in great shape these days with low miles for $20k. Sorry, but in this world, $20k isn't shit. They sold for a hell of a lot more new then they are worth right now, they sold for around $36k, fifteen years ago! Thats a shit ton more money back in the day then it is now. Yeah, they are going back up in value. But still far from the cost of new.
Also, people are ranting and raving about keeping the car stock, blah blah blah. Half (probably more, my survey isn't 100% accurate) of the so called 'purists' are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites. Hypocrites that do mods/damage much worse then changing out the engine. I can think of plenty of other things worse than an engine swap. Oh here’s a good one, tracking e30 m3s! Have at it! More power to you! Have fun, it's your car. But when you wrap that thing around a tree or plow into another car, you really can't just return it to stock form. When you drop a s50 variant into the car you can return it to stock, so no the car didn't bite the dust. But people cheer tracking e30 m3's everyday. So do I, I don't hate for you taking the chance of totaling your car. Also, for those who track e30s real hard, I'm sure you know but you can tell by looking at the roof of the car. They get wavy, and I'll bet that’s more work to fix than swapping out a motor. Not to mention the chassis probably has permanent damage.
FYI to all of you (you know who you are), an S14 is just an engine! Yeah, just an engine! They can be changed. All the 'another one bites the dust' type comments shouldn't be posted. That’s BS and you guys know it. Wheels, exhaust, s14 builds, body parts, seats, stereos, etc... can all be changed out.
Take a guess how many bolts hold the engine in the car? Yeah, not many. Right? It's a day worth of work to return these car back to stock, for those of you who actually know how to spin a wrench.
Also, about the whole S14 is the heritage of the car BS, and keep the car stock comments... You guys run out and change everything and rebuild the motor to a different spec then stock,
Yeah sure, it's a rebuild to 2.5l, but correct me if I'm wrong but that motor came in a Evo model... Why don't you (purists) go buy an Evo. Oh wait, you probably don't have the money to do that (generally speaking) so instead you rape a stock e30 m3. You should just put the motor in a regular ol' e30 Remember, the cars that are going to be worth real money are the cars that are 100% stock. 2.5l builds will still be worth money, so will DOHC swapped cars, but neither will be worth as much as a good stock car that wasn't ever tracked with all service records.Come on, grow up. Other e30 m3s didn't go up in value because me, bimmer, vlad and all the others changed our motors. They go up in value as more of these cars enter junk yards.
Bimmer, sorry your thread had to turn out this way, but because of the immature people around here all e30 m3 s50 threads get shit on.
Mariano
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