E30 Zone

Its a Honda S2000 engine. Its 250bhp revs to 9k. Belongs to a guy called Ray that I met through ebay, got chatting you know how it is. Told me all about this project he was working on, well he gave me a ring the other night saying he was popping down my way so had to check it out. It all fits in fairly well bit of bashing about on the tunnel. Enjoy

4 pot rightness

what a half hearted job. wheres the turbo?

GrindCulture wrote:4 pot sickness

fixed it!

Sweet, at least it has the right number of cylinders anyway

An 2L M42 in ITBs would be though

i know most of you guys hate the jap crap, but atleast he wont be replacing sensors every other day.

thats fu@king cool

Liking that

so thats mated to an E30 box? or would the 'bashing the tunnel' suggest he's opted for the S2000 6speed

Liking that very much!
I think that the S2000 engine spins 'the other way'..?
If this is true, did the guy fit the S2000 box, prop and diff?
Would love to see some more info on this one..

Its using the 6 speed gearbox, not too sure how its mated it up to the prop (i assumed like any other conversion) E30 diff. Its running the electric power steering off the Honda. I will get more info the next time I see him and I will try and get loads more pictures. Normally I hate almost everything Jap, but you cant help admiring the engines and the amount of power they can produce. N/A 250bhp is a nice figure for an E30 and with the potential for more. Its very appealing

Power is good, but how does the torque feel? I reckon it'll be a great trackday screamer.

fuzzy wrote:what a half hearted job. wheres the turbo?

When I see your car fuzzy its starts me to think about this person

looks interesting, you should try to get him to join the zone so we can all pester him with questions!

Hyperion wrote:looks interesting, you should try to get him to join the zone so we can all pester him with questions!

i second that as im in mind of a conversion eitha a s15 lump or the s2000 block or cosworth i have the cash but i want to do it myself and how to go about them ?

I bet that is brilliant fun to drive. Imagine seeing an e30 spin round to 9k every shift. Sweet!

God damn, i need to get 240bhp out of my mi16. Serious money required.

That's very cool. I'm considering switching my anchor to a jap 4pot

realistically how hard is it to fit and buy an S2000 engine???

surely theyre pretty expensive to get hold of with the 6 speed box and everything you need?

there has to be a catch because that thing is awesome! such an amazing sleeper

I think he said it cost something like £2700 or £2900 cant remember, but then im not sure if he got mates rates on it. I will contact him and get him to join up (i think he may already be a member just not on often)

The s2000 engine is popular with mk2 escorts (fitting kits of the shelf) and kit cars, I have shifted a couple complete with box & ecu 2.5k

Jason

Theo325 wrote:That's very cool. I'm considering switching my anchor to a jap 4pot

200sx engine for shizzle. 280bhp+ for about £500 including an engine. Pretty damn reliable, no oil leaks yardy yardy yar.

And most importantly '4 pot balance'

Jon_Bmw wrote:

Theo325 wrote:That's very cool. I'm considering switching my anchor to a jap 4pot

200sx engine for shizzle. 280bhp+ for about £500 including an engine. Pretty damn reliable, no oil leaks yardy yardy yar.

And most importantly '4 pot balance'

Indeed! An SR20DET is really tempting me! Would be a serious track weapon with 270ish bhp i rekon, all alloy engine so it might even worry a 318is.

i reemember a couple of years ago a member on here pm ing me about his project that was an e30 with this same engine. i wonder if its the same guy?

Hello Jamie
Cheers for putting the photos up, when I work out how to post photos I will put some more up. The car runs standard S2000 engine & box (engine spins the normal way, its 247 bhp 185 ft lbs torque) / half honda half bmw prop/ e30 diff /z3 rack with a saxo elec power steering pump/ the rest of the car is as bmw intended ish.
You do have to re make the top of the tunnel as the box is taller, also get a exhaust manifold made.
The rest isnt bad.
Fuzzy I might have pmed you about a cossy lump as that was one of my other choices.
Regards
Ray

Proper!

None of this 6 pot or turbo'ed wrongness

VTEC RIGHTNESS

e36boy wrote:VTEC RIGHTNESS

no torque wrongness

F*ck Torque, Just drop it down a gear and bring the revs back up

Nice conversion, I was thinking about the electric power steering for an e21

Theo325 wrote:

Jon_Bmw wrote:

Theo325 wrote:That's very cool. I'm considering switching my anchor to a jap 4pot

200sx engine for shizzle. 280bhp+ for about £500 including an engine. Pretty damn reliable, no oil leaks yardy yardy yar.

And most importantly '4 pot balance'

Indeed! An SR20DET is really tempting me! Would be a serious track weapon with 270ish bhp i rekon, all alloy engine so it might even worry a 318is.

An iS is probably going to be slightly quicker in the twisties still. Sorry.

Seriously, someone needs to do this. Theo, your m30 is bust again, time to start on some ricer wrongness. If you are looking for inspiration there is a fella in the US on e30tech that chucked one in a soft top

Not a e30 but an e36 with VTEC

e36boy wrote:Not a e30 but an e36 with VTEC

Only the Jap's could create thatkind of abortion

Great for 'diffin'

Theo, you could be like this:

VANOS > VTEC!
(When its working)

but greatest respect to the guy who did the S2000 conversion.

Ray - very nice conversion. Would be great to see this at Ultimate BMW this year

I've thought about this many times myself but it's a bit pricey for my pocket.

It's interesting to read the you've mated up the Saxo pump to the z3 rack. I've just bought an e36 rack and Saxo pump for my iS - is there anything useful you can tell me about this conversion? Wiring, pipe sizes etc.

Many thanks,
Ashley