MY $2500 E30M3 "Levi"

[Holland]

He did mention he was joking.....


Anyways, Im truly happy for you (said while gritting teeth and wanting to punch you due to the raging jealousy). This is an insane find...... Dont be doing anything stupid by swapping the engine now since you got it for so cheap, theres absolutely no justification for it. You can now spend the rest of what would have been spent by any of us mere mortals just for the price of buying the car, on the engine and other accoutrements.


Mariano

Oh no, he needs that s/m50 That junk S14 would be acceptable in my peasant standard 318 ;)

[reelizmpro]

Awesome find. You owe your buddy big time. So why was the car sitting for 6 years?

[Philo]

Oh no, he needs that s/m50 That junk S14 would be acceptable in my peasant standard 318 ;)

S14s are one of the worst engines ever built by BMW.

[Ayman]

fuck you and your homies dawg.

[DuMa]

hatred boils in my heart over and over for this thread.

[xAZxE30x]

nice find man! sounds very similar to my story! better do it up right! none of this 24v bullshit!

[CleanAzzE30z]

It was the kind of yeah meant in agreement to your series of statements posted above my "yeah".

I wouldn't pull an s14 unless it needed pulling either. AND if it needed pulling, it better be rebuilt.

I'm not a purist by any means but that little motor belongs in that little car.
They were made for each other.

We are friends.... ;)

[e30s50dan]

He's not buying him a new mustang..could be a fox body up to 2000 model..

[e30s50dan]

Oh and I don't plan on pulling the s14..but damn,they are expensive to rebuild..huh? Hope to have it running soon.

[FredK]

Wow. Lucky, lucky find. Congrats!

S14s are pretty expensive to rebuild. The timing system is really where money flies out of your pocket, as the rails and chain will run around $750. The other replacement parts are right in line with other BMW Motorsport engines in terms of cost, and as long as you have a competent machine shop, it's not a whole lot different than other engines.

If you want to hang onto the S14, and it's turned over 100K miles, it's a good idea to refresh the timing system.

The E30 M3 is really an easy to drive car when stock. It turns in so nicely and rotates easily.

[nando]

yeah but he saved enough on the purchase price, that saves him money for a build :D

if I struck an oil well in my backyard, I'd build an S14 2.5 evo motor..

[FredK]

I think an "Evo" 2.5L build would be the perfect complement to a streetable E30 M3. The E3 cams are just a tad more aggressive and perfectly streetable from what I gather. Upgrading the engine management and ignition system would be nice too.

[nando]

yeah, I have plans in my head for a built S14 on standalone. Unfortunately they'll probably have to stay up there :p

[mikeedler]

I would really think about popping off the rod caps and replacing the bearings before you even start the car. a spun bearing gets expensive really fast and for a car sitting that long it is probably going to happen. search S14.net for rod bearing failures.

sweet pickup BTW.

[e30s50dan]

thanks for all the love guys....every mourning i get up i felt i won the lottery!

as far as the S14,i plan on rebuilding it,depending on compression readings/leakdown readings....looking for a 12mm adapter for tester

I may have to sell my S50 powered 325IS...hint,hint..but i will see what it needs.

right now,id be happy to get it running good.first engine,then brakes..pictures to follow