Anyone have a m20b25 or chipped eta?

[Stephen]

Clayton, you did a 5-speed swap?

and gregslow, thats nice and all, but 1500 isnt exaclty the budget he was talking about...

And i think an m50 would be a good choice, but m20s are pretty solid ( even considering the timing belt changes)

[//MPower]

I have a stock eta. I despise it. I don't want to drop money on a chip because well... I want to blow up this motor. But people keep telling me it's worth it.

It's totally worth it. Anyone driving an ETA without a chip is seriously missing out. I have a Jim C chip and actually put my stock chip back in when gas was over $4 so I could buy the cheaper 87 octane again. That lasted about 48hrs, the Jim C chip went back in as the car was just too damn boring to drive. My 0-60 stock is ~10sec, with the chip it's ~8sec. You do the math. :D

I want to blow up this motor.

Without purposeful maintenance neglect, that will not happen. I have over 200,000mi on my ETA and I've been trying to kill it for almost 2 years for the same reasons. I've unintentionally over-heated it 3 times to the point that it stops running. Fill it with coolant and it starts right back up like nothing ever happened. If you're waiting on an ETA to die... it will be a long wait.

[daniel]

It's totally worth it. Anyone driving an ETA without a chip is seriously missing out. I have a Jim C chip and actually put my stock chip back in when gas was over $4 so I could buy the cheaper 87 octane again. That lasted about 48hrs, the Jim C chip went back in as the car was just too damn boring to drive. My 0-60 stock is ~10sec, with the chip it's ~8sec. You do the math. :D



Without purposeful maintenance neglect, that will not happen. I have over 200,000mi on my ETA and I've been trying to kill it for almost 2 years for the same reasons. I've unintentionally over-heated it 3 times to the point that it stops running. Fill it with coolant and it starts right back up like nothing ever happened. If you're waiting on an ETA to die... it will be a long wait.

This post is 100% true. Chipping an eta makes a HUGE difference, and it is also almost impossible to kill an M20.

If you don't want to spend $1500 on a swap for a $1500 car, then get the chip and wait till you can actually afford something faster.

[87e30]

it is a 5-speed. He did a conversion.

Nah. It's always been 5sp. I just bought it with a bad trans. Put in a new one. The new one was bad and then I got another and it's bad so I'm in the process of finally having a working trans. haha. Well it works but makes rattling noise. Input shaft bearing most likely.

Anyways... 1500 is a bit more than I was thinking. And certainly I don't want to spend that much right now.

Chip is beginning to sound more appealing. Or if someone has a b25 they want to throw in my lap then... well. Thank you.

[mooseheadm5]

327i FTW

[gregslow318i]

I guess their is two ways to look at it keeping mind you are going to keep this car, and/or have fetish about....
1 trow money at pos motor trying to make a bad design better
2 starting with a good proven base at which to build apon


choice to me seams as clean as day light....buy a scion because you cant fix stupid
boohahahaha

[87e30]

I guess their is two ways to look at it keeping mind you are going to keep this car, and/or have fetish about....
1 trow money at pos motor trying to make a bad design better
2 starting with a good proven base at which to build apon


choice to me seams as clean as day light....buy a scion because you cant fix stupid
boohahahaha

Or I want to make my car more fun but keep in mind that I have school to pay for and a car isn't exactly good investment but I still want to have some fun with it.

Chip is growing on me.

I don't disagree that an m50 would be a great option. But perhaps I should try to not dig myself deeper into this car.

[318isbmw]

I'd agree with chip for sure. Start with a chip, worst comes worst, you don't like it and save up, sell the chip on here and do an m50 or m20b25 swap, no huge deal. If you wanna ride in an m50 swapped car, I'll be home mid may if you ever wanna try an m50'd car.

[87e30]

I'd agree with chip for sure. Start with a chip, worst comes worst, you don't like it and save up, sell the chip on here and do an m50 or m20b25 swap, no huge deal. If you wanna ride in an m50 swapped car, I'll be home mid may if you ever wanna try an m50'd car.

I'll keep that in mind. I think I'm going to try driving a chipped eta as well.

Did you do the swap yourself?

[318isbmw]

I'll keep that in mind. I think I'm going to try driving a chipped eta as well.

Did you do the swap yourself?

Yep, roommate and I did the swap in a friends garage over the winter. Its incredibly simple once you figure out what the hell your doing. Its figuring out the little details that suck. Besides that, its all just bolting stuff in. Once you've done it one time, its impossible to forget.

[gregslow318i]

Yep, roommate and I did the swap in a friends garage over the winter. Its incredibly simple once you figure out what the hell your doing. Its figuring out the little details that suck. Besides that, its all just bolting stuff in. Once you've done it one time, its impossible to forget.

lol I've done 5 of them now :pimp:

[joecrotch]

dude there is a m50 on CL right now for 650 !

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/pts/1111663133.html

[tonytony]

dude there is a m50 on CL right now for 650 !

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/pts/1111663133.html

factor in the shipping and it'll be pointless. On a side note i paid 650 for my m50 4yrs ago

[yberther]

lol we're already far underway on a m52 swap :)

[87e30]

lol we're already far underway on a m52 swap :)

Yes, yes we are.

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