another bmw related question on pf!

anyway, i know it has been done, but i'd like to know if anyone has got any information on how its done? what parts are needed? any special fabrication needed, etc? got a mate in need of a project and the two donor cars are sat in our local scrappy just begging to be sorted with some v8 power!

 

Do a google search for "E30 LS1" mate, thats the engine you want to be using!

 

Looks on E30Zone mate, a guy Reedy knows has a M5 engine in a E30 318

Proper sleeper, I'll post the pics up when I get home

 

Reedy as in half a red Cecotto

That 318i has been wrote off he was going to put it in a M3 shell but now putting a S50B32 in.

There are a couple of M60/M62s around.

Someone has a TVR/Rover V8 in a car and is now aiming for 4 figure hp

The E30 M3 with an LS1 was an awesome machine!

 

Yep that Reedy

The LS1 engine looks at home in there.

Did matey writte off the M5 powered one then or did it just pull it to bits ? last thing I heard it was going to have a blower fitted

 

That car is awesome, i know he had a special engine lined up too

He wrote it off on the track

Can't ever remember a blower being mentioned though.

 

a mate has an e30 with the BMW 5.0 V12 in it - its in a touring at the moment.

Same mate also has a E30 touring Supercharged, and an E30 with a TVR 4.6 lump in.

 

Chinese whispers on the blower then

New engine will still have to go in something as its partially ready

Why Am I not suprised the v8 got the better of him ! bet it was seriously rapid

 

His name his Dips he is an absolutely top bloke!

Also selling a supercharged 325 touring.

Hope Reedy gets back on the road ASAP, especially with that new engine. They make cars so much better! Don't suppose you know any specs of it?

Here's a video of the car in question:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...70010710&q=s62

 

the guy who owns prism motorsport owns one with a turbo'd tvr engine in

J

 

http://www.prismmotorsport.co.uk/enginedrivetrain.htm

 

yeh Dips is a top bloke - also got a ver nice saff cossie which is for sale too.

Clive is the guy from Prism and he certainly knows how to fabricate and very good at what he does. He works from home now and I have to say his workshop is soo clean you literally could eat your dinner off it.

 

loads done. e30's with 8, 10 and 12 pot transplants and can be found on www.e30zone.co.uk including dips one mentioned above. some clowns have even replaced their 6 pots with piddly little ford 4 pots

 

Jesus, prism motorsport ! I remember there yellow cabriolet from years ago with the twin turbo v8 ! old skool max power iirc

Erm Reedys engine is a bit tasty, only hints I'll give you is its all steel and still NA

I think at the moment he needs to fix his car or find another

 

Think I've seen it before.

Fuzzy get your coat.

I know he is going N/A high comp and all that but just would like to know specs. I know he said he found the engine in a barn and got it cheap

Yep there could be a M3 shell for sale soon too which could be what he needs.

 

hello max. fancy seeing you here

 

Ok, ok, yes fuzzy i like fords

 

He only got that as a head was needed to be sent to a guy in Spain

Block was then kept and EVERYTHING else is brand new

Its swings and roundabouts with power as too much will make it shit on the road so I dont know if its going to be a 9k + revver, although it will scream and be more than enough to get away from any drink drivers

 

Lmao!

It depends what cams he goes for my dad has 284/284 and it makes it drivable and from 4k onwards is just a beast!

My dads is limited at 8.2k which is pretty much where power starts to drop off, i think you would need lairy cams and pretty high comp to be revving up to 9k.

 

Well the engine that is used in the race car is just over 298hp, it is used for endurance racing and tbh dont live much under 7k for a few hours

I'm not speccing it, its just the guy prepping a shell for me that is, the guy doing the head is called Nick Waples, very well known in the Ford world and did have a lot to do with just many race teams in the 80's

Can't wait to see it done myself, not sure he quite realises how awesome its actually going to be, should think its the last thing on his mind at the moment

Dont try and get anything else out of me as I dont know much about specs except its all new and cost him a few quid as any m3 engine does to tune

 

Believe me i know how much M3 engines are to tune, my dad's been there and done it.

for about 50hp

 

and how many thousands of pounds max?

 

LOTS

Can't beat a proper NA engine though so its worth every penny IMO

 

Put it this way the price of a good sport and double it you might be close

The surge from 4k is awesome, wouldn't want it any other way!