Worst build thread ever

[eu teo]

nice bro real nice.. man i just realize that you started this thread on my birthday so thanks.
nice work where did you find the motor? and how much/where did you get the drive shaft?

[giantkeeper]

nice bro real nice.. man i just realize that you started this thread on my birthday so thanks.
nice work where did you find the motor? and how much/where did you get the drive shaft?

Thanks man, happy birthday!

The motor came out of a yard on the east coast. I got the place to give me a pretty damn good deal shipped.

I was lazy on the drive shaft and ordered it from Bav Recycling in California. I over paid ($200). It was warrantied and came with a brand new CSB and guibo.....

[Mr. Tasty]

awesome build. where abouts are you in Arizona?

[eu teo]

Thanks man, happy birthday!

The motor came out of a yard on the east coast. I got the place to give me a pretty damn good deal shipped.

I was lazy on the drive shaft and ordered it from Bav Recycling in California. I over paid ($200). It was warrantied and came with a brand new CSB and guibo.....

OK sweet thanks man so roughly how much did it cost to have that motor on your drive way? im planning to do a swap sometime soon:) and just want to see how much im gonna spend

[giantkeeper]

awesome build. where abouts are you in Arizona?

I'm in North Phoenix - come by the AZBMW meet at I10 and Ray rd In n Out Thursday 7pm. There will quite a few swapped cars there actually.

OK sweet thanks man so roughly how much did it cost to have that motor on your drive way? im planning to do a swap sometime soon:) and just want to see how much im gonna spend

I paid $2k shipped for the motor, trans, harness, DME, and all accessories.

There is a tremendous variance in swap cost's. It just depends on what you want. I went with a bunch of upgrades and replaced a lot of wear items with heavy duty, top of the line new stuff. I put about $5k in to my swap, but could have done it for about $3k.

[greyis89]

looks great! show us how she's sitting now lowered and hopefully on some nice wheels.

[giantkeeper]

looks great! show us how she's sitting now lowered and hopefully on some nice wheels.

No nice wheels yet.......

.........................I made the wife sell her E53 X5 4.8is and am now building up her E46 330i to make up for it. All of the build funds have gone to her poly suspension bushings and KWv2's.

I am currently looking for wheels for my car though.

[JeST]

She looks great! Look forward to more updates!

[giantkeeper]

She looks great! Look forward to more updates!

Thanks man!

Got my wheels this weekend. ARE 398 4x100 16x7 et25.

I will start tearing them down for paint (dark gray/nogaro-ish) and polish this weekend. New tires are in route so these should be on in time for our AZ caravan to the Epic Socal BBQ.

Will get pictures up once complete.

[giantkeeper]

Wheel project has been pushed to the side for now. I want to do a good job on them rather than rush it.

We had a dyno day yesterday and my best results were 243hp/246tq.

I also had it plotted against my E46 M3 best run at 285hp/226tq, to say that I am happy with the results would be slightly understated!

[giantkeeper]

243hp/246tq


Plotted against my baseline run from my old 05' E46 M3


Other cars from the weekend....

Stock S52 213hp/226tq
335 326hp/384tq
M50 w/ S50 specs TRM 193hp/189tq (gotta trouble shoot this one, she is a little low) This one also dyno'd 195 on a Maha Dyno a few weeks prior.
ZHP with headers 228hp/225tq
M50 E30 with everything Miller Warchip 204hp/191tq
SL 600 408hp/669tq
Dinan 330 210hp/208tq
3.1 Stroked M20 E30 196hp/215tq
War Chip S52 E30 245hp/227tq

[giantkeeper]

An update from this evening

[ToPLeSS(e30)FeinD]

how did u pull 243 when that stock s52 pulled 213? serious question. i mean i saw the headers and ram intake but i didnt know u can get 250 peak out of a s50 on such subtle upgrades.

[giantkeeper]

how did u pull 243 when that stock s52 pulled 213? serious question. i mean i saw the headers and ram intake but i didnt know u can get 250 peak out of a s50 on such subtle upgrades.

Headers, full custom exhaust, TRM tune, no mechanical fan, no AC to drag the motor, all the intake "mods".... based on the stock s52 and the modified s52 numbers I would say I'm right where I should be.

Stock S52 213hp/226tq

M50 w/ S50 specs TRM 193hp/189tq (gotta trouble shoot this one, she is a little low) This one also dyno'd 195 on a Maha Dyno a few weeks prior.

M50 E30 with everything Miller Warchip 204hp/191tq

3.1 Stroked M20 E30 196hp/215tq

S52 E30 MWC 245hp/227tq (and similar mods as mine)

[rares]

AREs look good Chris.. hope to make it to the meet this Thursday to see them in person... i had no idea you had so much into engine mods.. 243 is a kickass result...