wot engines will fit straight into an E30?

[spanky_doo]

Pardon?

If you want an "easy" and relatively cheap upgraded engine, just go down the m52 route. Will give you a true 190hp with the benefits of being modern. Been done a lot too so help is always at hand.

If not then fix up your current m20. But won't cost you that much more to go m5x, mine was about £700 all in.

wot size m52 are you talking about?

[Steve]

Pardon?

If you want an "easy" and relatively cheap upgraded engine, just go down the m52 route. Will give you a true 190hp with the benefits of being modern. Been done a lot too so help is always at hand.

If not then fix up your current m20. But won't cost you that much more to go m5x, mine was about £700 all in.

wot size m52 are you talking about?

2.8

[ross_jsy]

As said 2.8.

Or the m50 2.5, make the same power but if you strap on the m50 inlet to the m52, will take it nicely past 200hp.

[Rav335uk]

Ask yourself, this, can an M52 cruise at 20mph in 5th gear without any juddering from the clutch???
M30 can and the go all the way past 150mph

[ross_jsy]

Wow, because I often drive around labouring the engine. I must look out for that next time I do a swap.

Invalid point.

[Speedtouch]

Flexibility is important to some - not everyone wants to be constantly stirring the cogs to keep in the power band.

That's the beauty of the M30B35; it may be old-fashioned, but it's a stonking torque-meister, and with its forged crank, they can rev surprisingly well too - I had a 20-year old one up to 7,000+ rpm on several occasions with no dramas.

[spanky_doo]

As said 2.8.

Or the m50 2.5, make the same power but if you strap on the m50 inlet to the m52, will take it nicely past 200hp.

talking to someone at work hes got an e36 and done exactly the same he said it has got more power but it runs rough says he has an air leak because the intake doesnt sit properly

[hongkongfuey]

http://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http://ww ... cWqZMHj4WA

[E30BeemerLad]

got the JZ bug now Rob?

[hongkongfuey]

yeah, well mine is 86k and with the process of puting it into an e30, ie decat/exhaust and cooler, mess with boost, it going to be 350ish, with hibrid's on like another soarer, on hjc , he is running 404hp, apparently they are good for upto 600ish

[spanky_doo]

got the JZ bug now Rob?

can anyone educate???

[ross_jsy]

Just jap engine wrongness.

In reality, the best thing to stick in would be a high power turbo jap 4 pot IMO.

[spanky_doo]

i wanted to look into the 2 ltr from a mk2 mr2 gt but thort it would b to tricky for me to bother. i like the reliability of a bmw anyway thats why i bought it

[hongkongfuey]

got the JZ bug now Rob?

can anyone educate???

Chuck in one of these , 280 bhp, can tune to 400 with little effort? Why educate?

M3 s50 5grand min as i know it gives you 286hp, 1jz is bullet proof and can be revved hard

[jmc330i]

there is the S50 (e36 m3 engine) but from zoners who have done it, you are looking 5k+.

Yup, I can vouch for that

I may have a complete 3.0ltr S50 conversion kit for sale in the next month or so - and by complete, I mean everything needed to convert an E30, including all the little bits people tend to forget about.

PM me if you want any details

[ross_jsy]

Sending a curious PM your way!

[Phill172]

if your undecided in anyway about what engine to go for, If you ever hampshire way ill take you out in my m50 touring if you like, goes like stink with as its running a 4.1 diff welded and 318 gearbox, actually is faster heads up then my friends E36 330ci to give you some kind of idea.

Its my drift car so i wanted easy/cheap/reliable power.

You can do the conversion in a day quite easily...