Euro Loveland GTG - Saturday, November 14th, 2009

[Bishop]

Everyone's welcome to help. And funds.... They're a little sketch right now, so we'll see. Just waiting for a PM for some info. I doubt the government would approve of me using some loan money to do a motor swap lol....

[iamsam]

E I doubt the government would approve of me using some loan money to do a motor swap lol....

oh sure they will!!!!!

i'll be pissed if you leave me out of the S52 swap party! :D

[Bishop]

If and when i start collecting parts, people will be notified. Hell, I still need to do the timing belt, and when I do that I wanna do plugs, wires, cap and rotor.

[iamsam]

If and when i start collecting parts, people will be notified. Hell, I still need to do the timing belt, and when I do that I wanna do plugs, wires, cap and rotor.

and i suggest you adjust your valves, its a pretty easy job. well in that case, you will also need a new valve cover gasket.

[Bishop]

Yeah, I'll add it to the list. Hmmmmm, I been puttin it off, but I have a feeling I just need to order parts and do it :/

[Roland H]

Roland, it's like you want me to hate you lol. What are you thinking "cheap"? Tranny and accessories, DME, keys, etc.? You can PM me... Like I said, it's most likely not an immediate reality, but down the road hopefully.

PM sent. :)

[Bishop]

PMed back.

[Bimmerman325i]

David, all I'm saying is that there is a reason why all the guys who track a 95 end up with an OBDI S52 or a Euro motor/S54 (mainly because they dropped a valve due to a faulty retainer, or the head-gasket failed between 5&6).

The S52 is capable of 275whp with sunbelt race cams, headers, etc. The highest I ever saw out of an S50 with sunbelts was 260 or so with similar mods.

That extra .15L that the S52 has makes even more of a difference the more the motor is modded.

True, not denying that. But that's fully modded S52 vs fully modded S50. What I'm saying is if you spend the same amount of money it would cost to OBD1 swap an S52 into an E30 vs swap an S50 and lightly mod it, you end up with similar enough power for the same total cost.

[325ix]

I need to adjust my valves, there ticking. I think i'll stick with turboing my 77k m20! Wha kinda power can you get out of one of those? and does anyone know what the ix transfer cases can hold?

[iamsam]

I need to adjust my valves, there ticking. I think i'll stick with turboing my 77k m20! Wha kinda power can you get out of one of those? and does anyone know what the ix transfer cases can hold?

you can get a ton of power, if you really boost it, i would say 350-400 hp, but reliability will drop like a lead weight, and i am pretty sure the iX trans case can't handle that, although i have heard that the rear wheel drive E30s can handle about 400 hp safely.

[hyperE30]

Some from the drive up...

[hyperE30]

Sorry for the crappy pics most of the time we were doing double the speed.....

[iamsam]

bad links, bro

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