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Originally posted by dk View PostDoes it correspond to how fast you're going at all?The first car I ever rode in was an e30
Originally posted by Cabriolet
Wish you the best and hope you don't remember anything after 10pm.
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Originally posted by Cabriolet View PostI'll race you in my mtech2.
haha you and everyone else has asked for it. Im gonna keep the engine, in storage. PS the average s14 sells for more than 5k now days
idk man. i hate 4 cylinders so much i almost sold the M3. buyer went mia so ill just swap it to something with 2 more cylinders. A smooth 6 in a GT car is pure heaven.
it's gotten better now that some miles have been put on it. it's the sound and vibration of 4 cylinders that i hate. it sounds just like an S2000 or a shitty civic.
Hey, look at it this way, I absolutely loath the sound of a V8. They flat out sound like crap (well, a motorboat but same difference.) especially anything built in the US. Some of the Italian ones sound better, but still not good. I love vintage racing, but as soon as the Can Am and Trans Am cars come out, I do my best to get as far away as I can.
I happen to love high revving 4 cylinders. I can't stand Hondas, because yes, they sound like crap (A Miata is the all time worst), but an S14 does not sound anything like a Honda or Mazda motor. The S2000 doesn't sound all that horrid however.
I do agree that a well tuned straight 6 is such a sweet sound. Like ripping silk at high revs. Nissan L series with big carbs are some of the best sounding. Still, a 3.5L CSL at full song is a beautiful thing to hear.
The only time an E30 M3 should have a 6 cyl, is if its an Alpina B6 3.5S or a very well done clone of one.(Gotta be an S38 though.)
Keep the S14 where it belongs. It really is a great motor and is just fine on a 10+ hr trip (been there and done that. I'd do it again any time, any day.) It really doesn't do anything poorly aside from sitting in a garage for months.
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'69 Alfa Romeo 105.51 1750 GTV (R.I.P)
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Originally posted by Vivek View PostI have a quick question just in case anyone may have experienced this. I have a high pitched squeak coming from the rear of my car. The best I can describe it is like some small birds or maybe a few mice. Its not extremely loud but it's definitely audible and embarrassing. It happens as long as the car is vibrating, but past that it has no real rhyme or reason. It'll squeak if I'm going at the same speed on a perfectly flat road (off and on, not a constant squeak), and it sometimes does it stopped at a red light with the engine on. It seems like it does it more over rough patches than over big bumps or dips. If I push down on the rear with the car off it doesn't happen.
Any ideas?
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Originally posted by golde30 View PostI agree, keep the s14 where it belongs....in an '02. E30 m3 should have been built with an s38 from the get go.
btw he put his s14 into an 02 also LOL
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Originally posted by golde30 View PostI agree, keep the s14 where it belongs....in an '02. E30 m3 should have been built with an s38 from the get go.
Yes I am a purest when it comes to keeping a car whole, I'm not a purest when it comes to modifying the correct motor to be bad ass. In the case of the M3, the motor makes the car, otherwise its pretty much just an E30 with a very expensive and very effective body kit. (A bit over simplified, but you get the idea.)
Will'59 Alfa Romeo 101.02 Giulietta Sprint
'69 Alfa Romeo 105.51 1750 GTV (R.I.P)
'69 Datsun 2000 roadster Vintage race car
'88 BMW M3
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Originally posted by CabbE30 View PostI'm gonna go with diff bearing or rear wheel bearings.The first car I ever rode in was an e30
Originally posted by Cabriolet
Wish you the best and hope you don't remember anything after 10pm.
1992 Mauritiusblau Vert
2011 Alpinweiss 335is coupe
2002 540i/6 Black/Black
2003 GSX-R 750 (RIP)
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