Wtb: S50B30 US

[LuckyHenriksen]

That is a sweet deal

[bmwm42]

Makes me want to sell the alpine to get it fuck sweet.deal

[LuckyHenriksen]

Makes me want to sell the alpine to get it fuck sweet.deal

How much for that Alpine, and what does it need?

[Keith M]

How much for that Alpine, and what does it need?

Steven vulturing Phil. Hahahahaha.

[bmwm42]

What has the world come to. Lucky the alpine needs nothing new.carpet perhaps but everything else is sound. I'm replacing allot of things on it

[LuckyHenriksen]

What has the world come to. Lucky the alpine needs nothing new.carpet perhaps but everything else is sound. I'm replacing allot of things on it

Delicious. Any chance you could PM me a price and possibly pix. I need an M42 car for a female friend

[e30austin]

This guy on BFc has a S52 and tranny. Let me know if this is something you're interested in and I'll put you in touch with him. He's here in PDX too.

Is it in an E36 still or in an E30? Really would prefer an already OBD1 (or OBD1 converted motor) because I simply just don't have time to do the conversion!

[Farbin Kaiber]

Why convert it, if it's complete, just send the DME off and have it reflashed. $250-400 depending on who you go with. OBDII means a simple eBay Bluetooth adapter and lots of benefits via a smartphone.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Is it in an E36 still or in an E30? Really would prefer an already OBD1 (or OBD1 converted motor) because I simply just don't have time to do the conversion!

If you have time to do the engine swap you can pull off an OBDI conversion ;)

[TwoJ's]

Just build an m50. The extra cost of the s50 means a rebuild and high comp pistons

s50 is just a stroked m50

I'm all for young kids coming to this site to read, ask sensible questions and learn... it is what a community is all about. But when said kid starts handing out retarded advice and trying to make it sound as if he knows what he's talking about, then I get annoyed.

Your "words of wisdom" should be kept to yourself on subjects that you are not in the know. Thanks.

[TwoJ's]

Yeah Austin, I'd look in to doing as Farbin said and seeking out an s52. You'll have an easier time finding a decent one and there is definitely upside to being OBDII. Oh, and the slightly larger displacement is kind of nice too.

[StealthiE30]

I wants s50 but i has no monies for one right now. Good luck with finding the right one.

[TwoJ's]

Why convert it, if it's complete, just send the DME off and have it reflashed. $250-400 depending on who you go with. OBDII means a simple eBay Bluetooth adapter and lots of benefits via a smartphone.

And I didn't know about those bluetooth OBD tools/apps until reading your post and getting curious. That is a pretty cool/useful little gadget and I'm going to have to get one for myself.

So Farbs, do you own a bluetooth adapter? I assume you have the real deal (Peake or other) tool for the shop, but I figure you might have gotten one for the novelty. If so, did you get it on Ebay? Do you know brand, or is it just one of the cheapo ones? I see they are on ebay for under $15 shipped for the cheap China made ones (LINK). From what I can tell even the cheap ones seem to work well, and there is 14 day return policy if it doesn't work (buyer pays return shipping, so it might be easier/faster/barely more expensive to just roll the dice and buy another one.

Part deux: Again assuming you've got one, which app do you use to interface with it? For Android, 'Torque' seems to be the most popular and the Pro version is only $5. I'm sure there are a bunch of PC applications that'll interface with it as well -- and they may be a bit more capable as the phone app.

Overall it looks awesome and I'm going to order one of the bluetooth adapters tomorrow.

[Farbin Kaiber]

ELM327 anything, and any of the assorted free Android apps is what I use for quick code pulls/scans before I pull the car into the shop. I have a few IBM T30's that I either have serial cables and copies of BMW DIS and SSS on, and a T30 with a Yellowhead GT1 clone reader that I use. I'd love to drop the 12k for an AutoLogic, but for now, what I have gets me by.

I have a cheap one, I think I paid about $35 with shipping.

[e30austin]

We shall see. My preferred choice is an S50, but if the right S52 comes along, I wouldn't turn it away.

I really only have one full day a week to work on this (I work full time now,) so that's why I'd rather an OBD1 motor, just for time's sake.