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engine swop or carbs
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:19 am
by basky
as title really,is it worth the effort of an engine change to the 3.5
or to fit carbs onto my 2.5 carbs would be very responsive on track i would of thought.
wot power gains between carbs and a 3.5
Re: engine swop or carbs
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:22 am
by dips346
rather go for for the m50/m52 conversion as 3.5 is a heavy old lump and carbs is not cheap to do it the right way
Re: engine swop or carbs
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:30 am
by ImysE30
You'll be touching 200BHP with a good M30
M30 or M52
Re: engine swop or carbs
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:48 am
by dips346
m52 with a little bit of money on top 240bhp and half the weight with newer tech
Re: engine swop or carbs
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:53 am
by ImysE30
Can't argue with that
Why not go V8 or V12 if you got deep pockets?
Re: engine swop or carbs
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:50 am
by jaistanley
I'm a big fan of the M52B28 swap.. Much more modern. Loads of power, loads of torque.
I just got carried away when I was looking to do mine and did an S50 swap instead..
Jai
Re: engine swop or carbs
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:07 pm
by Blitz
M30 is a mans engine though.
Re: engine swop or carbs
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:43 pm
by basky
was thinkin of bike carbs,will rev better and still lighter
than the other engines.
i fabbed an inlet manifold for brothers corsa to run r1 carbs did 196 bhp on rollers
the std 2litre 16v vauxhall engine did 150 and with cam,s and carbs it did 196
or even e36 m3 engine?