So I have to do something w/ the ol' M42

[bcausey]

http://westslope.craigslist.org/pts/2516798376.html

offer 5 - see what happens
its a prodject anyway - maybe they would take less since they can't spell...

[iamsam]

http://westslope.craigslist.org/pts/2516798376.html
offer 5 - see what happens
its a prodject anyway - maybe they would take less since they can't spell...

Yeah, that'd be nice, but I have to keep it realistic.

[Roland H]

Right. The idea here is to just get something, anything from the M50 family in there for now so i can drive the dang thing, and then when I DO acquire a low mileage minty mint S50 or S52 I can just drop it in.

Sounds like a waste of time.... Fix your headgasket (and *maybe* get your head rebuilt), drive the car through the winter with oem reliability, good gas mileage, etc.

Then when the time and money comes, do a proper swap. If you do a swap now you'll be doing two swaps (waste of time) which will cost you more money in the long run (buying an extra m50, buying gaskets twice, etc), more time, and probably be less reliable...

[Danny]

Swapping an m50 in so you can "just drop in" an s50 later on makes you sound like a retard. The same amount of work will need to be done. (not very much work.)

[Roland H]

Swapping an m50 in so you can "just drop in" an s50 later on makes you sound like a retard. The same amount of work will need to be done. (not very much work.)

case closed.

[iamsam]

Swapping an m50 in so you can "just drop in" an s50 later on makes you sound like a retard. The same amount of work will need to be done. (not very much work.)

i would already have the swap parts together, and wiring adapter.

[Roland H]

assembling parts is the easiest part

[Danny]

You sound like a retard.

[iamsam]

You sound like a retard.

Thank you for repeating yet again that constructive bit of input.

[Danny]

I'm just trollin hella hard.

[Bimmerman325i]

I'd have to agree with Danny though on the futility of a non-M motor swap. M50/52s are pointless to swap UNLESS you are doing so for boost or for specific race class rules.

Swapping in an M50/2 now just so that you have all the parts when you swap in an S50/2 later makes no sense. Acquire the parts now anyway, and swap it once with the real motor.

[downforce22]

i think danny is just trollin the mountain section to make up for TimR trollin the rest of the forum

[MasterOfPuppets]

Sounds like a waste of time.... Fix your headgasket (and *maybe* get your head rebuilt), drive the car through the winter with oem reliability, good gas mileage, etc.

Then when the time and money comes, do a proper swap. If you do a swap now you'll be doing two swaps (waste of time) which will cost you more money in the long run (buying an extra m50, buying gaskets twice, etc), more time, and probably be less reliable...

Concur. And by "proper swap," he of course means giving up the E30 fetish and going for a true performance car (which you will then be able to afford with your shiny new diploma)

[Bimmerman325i]

Concur. And by "proper swap," he of course means giving up the E30 fetish and going for a true performance car (which you will then be able to afford with your shiny new diploma)

Yup. Pcars, Lotuses, newer M3s, S2000s, C6s, etc are quite affordable after a few years of depreciation.

[Roland H]

Yup. Pcars, Lotuses, newer M3s, S2000s, C6s, etc are quite affordable after a few years of depreciation.

C6 prices are great, and will only get better for the next few years.