★ ★ Project Glacier | Make the E30 a Daily Again ★ ★

[ThatOneEuroE30]

I have a special valve cover for you if you go M30.....

I'm sure you do....

[AbsorbantNut]

Like ak said, it's an in & out job with the m20 & you know what condition yours is in already. With an m30 are you going to refresh it before you drop it in? Doing little "while I'm in there stuff" adds up, especially during a swap because you have to add those extra costs to the price of the motor that you bought to swap in. If you've done the maintenance to you m20 just boost it & call it a day ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[lambo]

Like ak said, it's an in & out job with the m20 & you know what condition yours is in already. With an m30 are you going to refresh it before you drop it in? Doing little "while I'm in there stuff" adds up, especially during a swap because you have to add those extra costs to the price of the motor that you bought to swap in. If you've done the maintenance to you m20 just boost it & call it a day ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We'll see. I have a long-term/hypothetical plan in the back of my mind. There's this delphin vert that has just been sitting in my neighborhood in Colorado for the past 5+ years. I have been meaning to offer to buy it but I just don't have the space to store it at the moment. If I were to acquire it I'd want to do an NA M20 build with some gorgeous ITB's, à la CATuned's Miss Blue, then I'd want to bag it on my Futura's (rebuilt, entirely refinished and widened of course). That's what I'd kind of like to save my M20 for...

But, you never know.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

M30 or bust

[AbsorbantNut]

m30 if you wanna be a scene point sell out

[325i]

he wont..

[lambo]

he wont..

😭

[ThatOneEuroE30]

He will.

[AbsorbantNut]

He will choose the m20.

you're prob right

[ThatOneEuroE30]

you're prob right

I believe you misspelled m30

[Wschnitz]

3 pages of arguing m20 vs m30 lol.

everyone knows lambo is gonna do a ka24 swap bruh

[lambo]

3 pages of arguing m20 vs m30 lol.

everyone knows lambo is gonna do a ka24 swap bruh

The voice of reason, ladies and gentlemen.

[ak-]

Screw the pansy ass m20. M30 is the mans engine if your a man you'll drop a m30 in.

My pansy ass m20 will rape you and the woman of your village

Boosted 2.5 makes good power, why 2.8 ?

Because torks. I gained a but load going from 2.5 to SEAT 2.7. My car is making 60 more points of wtq than whp right now lol.

I also like the M30 because I wouldn't be boosting straight away and it would be a nice power bump for the time being.

you're going to get comfortable and not boost it if you go that route + errything Belina mentioned.

Keep it simple, boost the stock M20.

This guy gets it.

There ya go.....

This guy doesn't

[Eric]

Don't you tempt me with those ideas

If I can tempt you more for just a minute... My asking price has a VERY serious o.b.o. attached to it. It can be in your car and running in a day, it's everything from the radiator to the end of the driveshaft. Give me another day and I can TIG weld a mandrel bent 304SS exhaust for you... It might be side pipes, but that's another discussion.:pimp:

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Nope gotta do a m30