The complete repair, rebuild, repaint, and v8 swap of my early model sedan

[JGood]

Took a crappy video of the acceleration with the m60b44 and 3.25 LSD.

[TheTacoMan]

That thing scoots

[Chris916]

Noticeable difference from the b40?

[JGood]

Noticeable difference from the b40?

Huge. 1/4 mile trap speed went from 102-103 to 107-108.

[TheTacoMan]

From the video it looks a little over 5 second 0-60? Thats pretty awesome

[JGood]

From the video it looks a little over 5 second 0-60? Thats pretty awesome

I didn't launch the car, I slowly accelerated to 5mph or so then rolled into the throttle. Should be around 4.5, given the 13.1@108 1/4 mile.

[CoreyZ]

Dyno it!

[cbake82]

wow what an amazing build, I really wanna do the S62 swap

[ThatOneEuroE30]

That thing moves. Bet it squats like a mofo.

[Bimmer_man]

Dang man that this is fast and Damn cool. How's the handling compared to the m20?

[The Dark Side of Will]

Huge. 1/4 mile trap speed went from 102-103 to 107-108.

Nice!

[sayed ali]

Nice :)

[JGood]

Here's another video, starting from 5mph in 2nd gear.




And another. My car left lane, my buddies s52 e30 vert right lane. It was an even start, video was just a bit late in starting. We did 3 races, same result each time. Camera car is an e34 M5. Once the M5 gets above 100mph or so, I don't pull on it very much. It's an impressive car!

[Denny]

Just finished re-reading it all over again! ...So much damn WIN in this thread...

[JGood]

Today I drove directly over a large chunk of metal. No idea what it was, but it wasn't soft. It was dark, and I was doing about 35 mph in heavy traffic. Didn't see it until it was too late.

Took out my custom oil pan (upper and lower), steering rack, part of my exhaust, an O2 sensor, and I'm sure some other stuff as well. I had already 'parked' it for the winter, but today was nice so I figured I'd drive it one last time. Bad idea.