/o/ why aren't you driving e30 with s54 engine?
because bmw is garbage kek
>>13839335
Are you the typical camaro driver?
S50 > S54
fite me
>>13839329
I have a turbo M20 instead
>tfw S50 is just sitting on the garage floor
Well for my buddy's E36 325i at least. He bought an M3 just for the engine and parted out the rest of the car.
>>13839351
no senpai
mopar or no car
BMW lost all respect whe the dropped the v10 m5
because it's nose heavy
>>13839655
this right here.
e30s feel significantly better the lighter the front end gets.
Because I drive e39 with m54b22
>>13839760
So 318is is the only way?
>>13839760
thats why my e30 is getting an m42 swap. with a turbo and a diesel crank... when i get the money. now im simply getting rid of the rust, swapping the m42 so that it finally has a good engine and getting rear discs.
I kind of like the idea of having a 316 that blows the doors off the original m3. and most m50 swaps. 220 turboed horses in lighter car will always be faster than a NA car with the same amount of hp due to extra torqqqq.
>>13839535
I was gonna swap in one of the M3 engines into my 318ti because >>13839830
>>13839547
Nice Fiat
>>13839886
60's and 70's chryslers arent fiat
>>13839798
I have a turbo M42. Not a great engine. Lots of flaws. Swapping turbo M20 next year.
>>13839547
>V10 m5
>trash can
Pick one to deposit your garbage thoughts.
>>13839856
Dude with the S50 in the garage is doing it because he likes the 4 door E36's way better. Plus his 325i is black 5spd, and really clean (for an E36) and he has already bought M3 seats, bumpers, all sorts of stuff.
And he did decent on the donor car too since it was an automatic and yellow. Parted out all of that and barely paid anything for the engine in the end.
BMW fags on here get so mad when I post pics of the car because it is a 4-door with tons of M3 stuff on it. Once the engine is finally in it, it will basically be an M3.
>>13839930
are you retarded?
I never implied the v10 m5 was trash
>>13839547
>Mopar
Oh, this anon is a special kind of retard.
>>13839946
assmad FoMoCo/GM fangirl detected
>>13839938
This was the donor automatic M3.
The bimmer people all seem to say the 5spd from the 325i should hold up to the power just fine. When he finally does swap it, I'm just curious how the ECU will like it or if he has to swap that for an M3 ECU. I bet he will have to. That's the shit that makes him drag ass on pulling the engine.
>>13839329
>not mounting a turbo Bridgeport 13b behind the front wheels for superior weight distribution
>>13839965
Get 6 speed manual from m3 with the drivetrain and the diff rear axles and everything else, or you are risking to tear them apart
>>13839898
>all this butthurt
>>13840005
I'll say some shit. He wanted to do the 6spd, but I guess they cost a shit ton because everybody wants one.
There is some other 5spd gearbox he mentioned, I forget the name but Bimmer people always know. It's supposed to handle the power just fine without the 6spd tax.
>>13840018
why
Fiats are also cool
>>13839535
thats not an S50
that's an S52
S50's weren't even sold int he US
>>13840065
Ayy S52 better then?
Whatever, I knewnit was the S and not the M50/52. Is the difference basically the VANOS?
I'm not a mechanic or BMWfag, just a PepsiFag.
>>13840018
>wrong
>calls others butthurt
Got me to reply
>>13839898
>all this aspergers.
>>13839941
Nigga, you missed 2 complete words in your post. No one knows what you said.
>>13840108
S52 is ~80hp down on the Euro S50B32 because of American emissions laws. The S50 has ITBs, 11.5:1 CR, dual VANOS, and was basically an S54 with hydraulic lifters.
cos BMW is overpriced eurotrash.
when they were new and all the rich cunts were driving them, it said you were rich but still not rich enough to afford a MB or a rolls royce. its the niggermobiles for poor rich kids...
why would I want an ugly shitbox
E30 fanbase is cancerous too
>>13840173
>if you drive a boxster you're too poor for a 911
>if you drive a 911 you're too poor for a 918
>if you drive a 918 you're too poor for a 250 GTO
enjoy your corolla though
>>13839547
>>13840173
>bmw
>rich
and amerifats call others poor
Because there are stupid people on the streets destroying your dreams...
Because I have a bettter looking german car that isnt made like shit.
>>13840167
>dual VANOS
shit sucks bro but there is a kit to get rid of that
>>13839329
I'm not poor
faggot
nigger
kek
jew
sjw
baka
desu
senpai
>>13839790
318is has the best handling of any E30.
>>13839547
>BMW lost all respect when they dropped the v10 m5
>implying the V10 M5 is bad
>implying BMW is bad
>>13841975
>when they dropped the V10 M5
>they stopped making the V10 M5
>the end of the V10 M5 was bad
>>13840684
>Not building 80k e30 monstrosity
>>13840298
was in the 80s before the stockmarket crashed. and yuppies were then selling them in droves after the market crashed.
>>13839906
what problems did you experience?
also yeah, if i had a m20b25 stock then i would have kept it and made some mods, but the original m40b16 i have is utter crap.
>>13839329
Can't find an e30 within a reasonable price range
>>13843197
Pic related is 2300 euro with m52
>>13843528
Lemme guess, 250'000km?
>>13843564
160000 km on the "new" engine, the other parts (unchanged ones) are probably at 400000
>>13839798
Hey, >>13839906 again. Are you doing a 2L stroker M42 build? You said
>so it finally has a good engine
Do you have an M40 or an M10? I don't know much about euro market engine offerings but I do know the M40 is a pile of junk from all of the complaints I've read about it. The M10 is a good engine though, and if you have a 1.6L M10, you may want to consider swapping in and boosting an M10 instead, it would be cheaper, and it is lighter. M10s are strong as hell too, we had a guy in the US make 360whp on stock internals with one before he broke it. You could make 220whp easy with a refreshed M10 and you'd have the benefit of less weight and problems vs an M42. I haven't dynoed my car yet but I'm guessing I'm making over 220whp with it and it's fairly quick, I was neck and neck with a Golf R recently, and it's faster than an E36 M3, E46 330ci, 350Z, R32 Golf, Subaru WRX, and some other cars that are obviously modded so they aren't a good comparison.
>>13840001
Not OP, but I've got an E21 320i and an extra 12a and transmission for it. I'm seriously considering trying to swap it
>>13844568
>an extra 12a and transmission for it
You best turbocharge that, nigger.
Swaps are shit.
>>13840610
You should consider suicide.
>>13839535
Motor looks big and powerful so I did some research turns out it's big and weak. Damn, I knew BMW's were over rated but that is just bad m8 and not bad good either bad bad.
>>13844770
US market S50s are probably the worst example of a BMW engine ever. They have made plenty of good engines, and some very reliable, durable ones such as the M30, M20 and M10.
>>13844789
>the most powerful M30 is weaker than my chevy small block
On a scale of hard to impossible how difficult would it be to swap a good motor into an e30?
>>13844827
>>the most powerful M30 is weaker than my chevy small block
The most powerful M30 has a little over half the displacement of your small block.
>On a scale of hard to impossible how difficult would it be to swap a good motor into an e30?
The E30 came with good motors, aside from the M40 (garbage) and M42 (meh-tier). The M20 is the best engine for the car, and it came with it. M50s are heavier and less reliable, and most swaps to non BMW engines are either more trouble than they're worth and unbalance the relatively lightweight car. Just about the only non-bmw swap worth doing is an aluminum LS V8.
>>13844730
I live in CA and want to be able to register it
>>13844852
You inspired me to do some research.
1.66 times the size with 50% increase to HP. So yeah, I guess I'll have to wait until BMW drops a good motor before building my dream E-30.
>>13845033
You won't pass emissions with an NA 12A either so you may as well find a smog exempt E30. A smogged 12A powered E30 would be slower than a stock 325i
>>13845067
Wow, I'm impressed, your modified/newish smallblock makes more power than a lazy I6 designed in the 60s. Go troll elsewhere.
>>13839886
Nice meme
Fiat snagged them in like 2009
>>13839329
Putka maina
>>13845989
Ne ti li haresva krasavicata?
>>13845209
12A makes like 20+ more horsepower than my '78 320i. with the emissions BS attached, it would still be better
>>13846026
BS, a 12A out of an RX7 makes like 100hp, there's no way a 320i makes less than 80hp.
