E30 Zone

hey all,

a friend of mine is considering buying a 2003 bmw m3 s54 engine for his e30. now i was wondering is it possible to achieve the swap and the likely cost after buying the engine??

wakas

been done before ,hope this helps



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drop me a line. I can get the S54 ECU reflashed to run the engine WITH the fly by wire throttle in the E30

uwem3 il let him know you can do it and dips thats a good link but it doesnt give further information is there like a garage that would do the whole process?

wakasmasood wrote:uwem3 il let him know you can do it and dips thats a good link but it doesnt give further information is there like a garage that would do the whole process?

i think the guy lulu owns the garage or his mate does

i got into contact with munich motors, and they asked for approx £10,000 labour? is that suitable?

wakasmasood wrote:i got into contact with munich motors, and they asked for approx £10,000 labour? is that suitable?

5,OOO deposit would be asked for and approx 10,000 complete install including engine,i dont know were you got 10,000 labour you must of herd wrong.

have a look in this months PBMW mag there's the one the guy who own's munuch motor's own's/built/drive's.

and it's a tech 1 sport.

bm1956 wrote:

wakasmasood wrote:i got into contact with munich motors, and they asked for approx £10,000 labour? is that suitable?

5,OOO deposit would be asked for and approx 10,000 complete install including engine,i dont know were you got 10,000 labour you must of herd wrong.

I had a figure of 10 -12 k from him as well. Can't remember with or without engine.

Pic up a S54 for lets say 4k with everthing you need leaves 6-8k labour.

UweM3 wrote:

bm1956 wrote:

wakasmasood wrote:i got into contact with munich motors, and they asked for approx £10,000 labour? is that suitable?

5,OOO deposit would be asked for and approx 10,000 complete install including engine,i dont know were you got 10,000 labour you must of herd wrong.

I had a figure of 10 -12 k from him as well. Can't remember with or without engine.

Pic up a S54 for lets say 4k with everthing you need leaves 6-8k labour.

conversion would be a drive in drive out and to the same standerd of work as the other two witch we built

If I was going to throw £10-12k at an e30 I'd want a lot more than an M3 engine under the lid. You'd have to really want to keep it BMW through and through to pay that kind of money in my opinion.

bm1956 wrote:

UweM3 wrote:

bm1956 wrote:5,OOO deposit would be asked for and approx 10,000 complete install including engine,i dont know were you got 10,000 labour you must of herd wrong.

I had a figure of 10 -12 k from him as well. Can't remember with or without engine.

Pic up a S54 for lets say 4k with everthing you need leaves 6-8k labour.

conversion would be a drive in drive out and to the same standerd of work as the other two witch we built

Is that price with the engine or without?

sorry to hi-jack but just a quick question, would this conversion entail similar work and cost if carried out in an e36 m3? just a query on behalf of a mate. Again sorry to hi-jack

not as involved, the cost is about 6-8k

thanks Kos

Can anybody answer me, these questions three... How much does the S54 weigh? What would it do for weight distribution ratio? How easy is it to turbo?