Anyone regularly track car with engine swap?

[bmwpower]

As in M50, S50, etc. kind of swap.

[jlevie]

I see E30's with M/S engines quite frequently at the track and most of those are primarily track rats.

[rThor432]

Yes; plenty.

[Dave]

Charlie does.

[Charlie]

Yes, Charlie does.

-Charlie

[gobuffs]

Many are done for that very reason.

Mine is a race prepped CM car.

[cheades]

Yes, Charlie does....

I do too actually, though not enough recently.

[bmwpower]

So are they competitive or just for fun? Not sure of how things gets classified and such.

[markseven]

Yes, Charlie does.

-Charlie

Yes, Charlie does....

I do too actually, though not enough recently.

Suspension setups, please?

[cheades]

Custom valved Bilsteins, ground control 440/660 with stock swaybars, poly CAB's, Vorshlag camber plates.

[De //m3]

Yeah, I was wondering about class as well. Does it automatically put you into a Super Modified type class like an Auto-X becasue you've changed blocks?

[gobuffs]

So are they competitive or just for fun? Not sure of how things gets classified and such.

Yes.

[Dave]

So are they competitive or just for fun? Not sure of how things gets classified and such.

Classified for what?

Auto-x?
Club Racing?
Time Trials?

[rThor432]

Mike Akard is competitive with his S50 car. Runs the same lap time as a Porsche GT3 Rolex car at Roebling.

[1990m3]

mine is an HPDE car. s50 motor, e30 m3 5-lug, Turner J-stock suspension. It works well, needs some tweaking, but is a great, reliable car all around. I've run 15+ days on it with ZERO major issues.

Advice -- use poly engine mounts from AKG. The e28 rubber mounts will tear and put your motor through your radiator/core support. i caught mine about 10 laps before it was too late. Easy fix, this winter I'll install mounts that are less likely to tear like the rubber e28's I have been using for the past 15k miles.