91' 318is S52 Swap "The Beast"

[Vivek]

M30? Could be pretty fast with a chip, heavy though.

[craiggroves91]

Are you 100% set on an s50/52? You can get an m50/2 all day at PNP for like $300ish, and I think right now you get all accessories 1/2 off, so it'd be probably sub 500 for the engine and everything else you need (ac, ps, ecu, etc), maybe a bit more with the tranny. It's similar for an m30 also, and I think that may be cheaper because it's a SOHC.

Yeah I am.

I need something faster than my m3!

[Vivek]

Are you 100% set on an s50/52? You can get an m50/2 all day at PNP for like $300ish, and I think right now you get all accessories 1/2 off, so it'd be probably sub 500 for the engine and everything else you need (ac, ps, ecu, etc), maybe a bit more with the tranny. It's similar for an m30 also, and I think that may be cheaper because it's a SOHC.

[craiggroves91]

Dibs on everything made of poly that you own. But I'd MUCH much much rather see this car running with a 24v engine in it. What happened to the one you planned to get yesterday (I think)?

I'd sell the white car as is, most likely.
Trust me, I want it s50'd like no other.

I realized I shouldn't buy it without having compression numbers. I'm looking into another one now.

Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

[Vivek]

Dibs on everything made of poly that you own. But I'd MUCH much much rather see this car running with a 24v engine in it. What happened to the one you planned to get yesterday (I think)?

[craiggroves91]

Well things are getting quite frustrating.
This car is not in my name yet, therefore I cannot register it.
To get it into my name I have had to send off paperwork to two previous owners and this has been the biggest pain in the ass for some reason.

USPS lost the paperwork or something the first time. Now it seems as if its happened again?!

The back fees are now $600 :(
Its been tough finding an s50.

Its really tempting to give up and sell both e30s and get back into an e36 m3 and call it a day.

[craiggroves91]

Looking for an s5x, trans, wiring harness, and ecu.
!!!!!

[craiggroves91]

I've been focusing on doing the headgasket on my DD 325e for awhile.
Haven't done much to the beast.

only thing I've done is taken the insulation off this firewall panel and paint it. Looks pretty sweet


Ready for an engine

[craiggroves91]

What are the plans for the M20 motor? for sale?

ps the first thing i thought of when i saw the plans was, "how is that going to be CA legal" oh thats right, its not. :/ sucks, that motor looks nice.

-Simon (SJ native)

Yeah, the plan is to sell it.

I was just going to roll with it being illegal, but that just stacked on top of the money factor.

I'm also starting to realize how unreliable turbo cars are and for the track the s5x will be much better.

[2mAn]

Dont feel too bad, Im sure theres a way to make it a supercharged S5x and still be street legal.

What are the plans for the M20 motor? for sale?

ps the first thing i thought of when i saw the plans was, "how is that going to be CA legal" oh thats right, its not. :/ sucks, that motor looks nice.

-Simon (SJ native)

[CHIF8008]

air-cooled VW stores sell them

[craiggroves91]

where did you get that poly steering bushing broooo

I got it from ireland engineering a few years back for my first e30 and never installed it, they have since improved the design and very similar to the one Vivek posted below.

http://www.iemotorsport.com/bmw/E30-suspension-steering/e30strcplr.html

I believe it's the second from the bottom here.

That'll do just fine.

[Vivek]

I believe it's the second from the bottom here.

[Dj Buttchug]

where did you get that poly steering bushing broooo

[e30m20TurbO7]

More like using some brains.

Soo are you selling it cause you need money or does you brain want tO go a different route
What's not smart about dropping that motor in there
I wish you Were going turbo m20