PNW Chit Chat thread

[Pdxseth]

Haha couldn't resist!

Hopefully my giubo breaking days are over, the eta constantly broke them because my trans mount was broken, I thought replacing the entire drivetrain would help but my car is cursed.

[Pdxseth]

hahaha it ran awesome

My friends e46 323 has over 200k and its fine I think it may just be the 3.0's that a re prone to hg issues

[EN318isPDX]

Hopefully my giubo breaking days are over, the eta constantly broke them because my trans mount was broken, I thought replacing the entire drivetrain would help but my car is cursed.

I kept blowing up giubos till i replaced the bolts. Now I've fried the center bearing a couple times..

[bmwm42]

M54s are the shit mine has 260k healthy miles

[Pdxseth]

I kept blowing up giubos till i replaced the bolts. Now I've fried the center bearing a couple times..

I Bought brand new bolts from Bmw when I did the swap I'm pretty pissed because I think I lost one yesterday and those fuckers are 7$ each. I just need to re align the motor, I should be doing it right now but it's raining so looks like I'll be driving the shitbox 318 to work again

[EN318isPDX]

I Bought brand new bolts from Bmw when I did the swap I'm pretty pissed because I think I lost one yesterday and those fuckers are 7$ each. I just need to re align the motor, I should be doing it right now but it's raining so looks like I'll be driving the shitbox 318 to work again

Sounds like you have an alignment issue or perhaps some binding.

[Pdxseth]

Sounds like you have an alignment issue or perhaps some binding.

I'm sure yo understand swap mounts, I didn't when I put my motor in I tried lots of different configurations trying anything to get them to fit, the problem was inwas trying everything side to side instead of aligning the offset front to rear so my motor sits forward and to the left instead of straight back.

[BraveUlysses]

What's wrong with the m54? My mom had a b25 for like 80k miles and it was a pretty decent motor. Ran good, good tq, pretty reliable.

As a daily driver? they're fine, but have annoying oil consumption issues. so so for track use, suffers from harmonics issues at high rpms.

[spiDmang]

S50 is really expensive, why not build a 3.0 liter m52 if it makes the same power as an s50 you would have to be retarded spend money on an s50.

S50 is expensive? I purchased my S52 for $1,300 as a COMPLETE swap. It took more money to buy the swap parts than actually purchasing the part that truly makes the difference.

And why choose a factory S52 over a hand built 3.0L M50? Because I trust BMW's engineering and reliability over my own, or someone else's engine rebuild work.

[EN318isPDX]

S50 is expensive? I purchased my S52 for $1,300 as a COMPLETE swap. It took more money to buy the swap parts than actually purchasing the part that truly makes the difference.

And why choose a factory S52 over a hand built 3.0L M50? Because I trust BMW's engineering and reliability over my own, or someone else's engine rebuild work.

Backyard engineering vs Professional German Engineering

Plus ordering parts is way easier than you dont bastardize your drivetrain

Engine/Drivetrain? 97 m3
Rest? E30

[spiDmang]

Backyard engineering vs Professional German Engineering

Plus ordering parts is way easier than you dont bastardize your drivetrain

Engine/Drivetrain? 97 m3
Rest? E30

Exactly....all. of. this.

[delamaize]

80k? What doesn't last 80k?

Your driveshaft?

[Matt-B]

Lmfao lol

[nando]

S50 is expensive? I purchased my S52 for $1,300 as a COMPLETE swap. It took more money to buy the swap parts than actually purchasing the part that truly makes the difference.

And why choose a factory S52 over a hand built 3.0L M50? Because I trust BMW's engineering and reliability over my own, or someone else's engine rebuild work.

I'd think that about about the Euro S50B30/B32, not the S50B30 US. I mean, you're assuming a build is like changing everything, when most of the time you're re-using stock parts and freshening the motor up.

I'd rather have a freshly built engine, than a junkyard motor of unknown history.

[Matt-B]

My m50 was cheap, 250$. 1000$ later in refresh parts...

Around the same time I didn't see any s50s for sale. But they were around 1000-1500 not to unreasonable.


Better then an m42 lol