Chapter GMW | E30 LS1 (starting on post #1427)
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Not much going on lately. Trying to figure out if I should mill down my S52 block to make it perfectly straight, o-ring it and run a thicker MLS gasket. Do the putty thing in the combustion chamber to make sure I'm okay.
Or..
Build up one of these m52s that I have been slowly collecting.
Positives for decking the S52:
- Use the parts that I have
- cheapest route
- more torque
- I can learn megasquirt on a used motor
Negatives:
- there was some detonation so my rods and pistons might be shot (I really don't think they are)
- thicker head gasket makes for a weaker seal.
Build M52 positives:
- take what I've learned from the s52 build and make this one super solid
- Better head gasket seal
- can run more boost in future
Negatives :
- $$$$$$$ (house projects and getting the M3 back on the road are priority.)
- Would also like to buy a Blunttech T4 tubular manifold and a big turbo for a lot of boost. $$ (I would sell my turbo, t3 manifold, down pipe and exhaust to compensate)
- 4 in downpipe and exhaust to be made $$$
- Did I mention $$$
Please let me know your thoughts on this. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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I interpret this as the eternal plight of every car enthusiast except for Jay Leno.
2011 E92 M3 6MT ZCP - ESS 625 supercharged
2007 Z4MR
2003 E39 M5
2002 E46 M3
2021 X5 40i -
I finally drained the oil or, should I say water, out of the e30...
After being in the S54 world for a little while it is very refreshing just to be under the e30 and gaze on its simplistic setup.
Making good progress on the S54/M3 stuff. Getting excited to rip that motor out and get it to the machine shop. Sitting in the shadows are 2 good m52 heads and a m52 block if anything catastrophic happened with the s52. I have to put some cheap oil in the s52 to start it and turn the car around so I can use the cherry picker out of the garage door.
@DrLeadFoot
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Cleaned out the garage a bit. Now I can get at the e30!!
Gotta charge the battery, fill it with oil and back it in the garage so I can pull the motor.
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@DrLeadFoot
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Got the car turned around to pull the motor.
Thinking of selling my s52 stuff and building the s54. Not 100% sure but leaning that way.
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@DrLeadFoot
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I'd rather take the money to build a stroker and put it into S54 turbo parts. S54 stuff is expensive and maximizing the dollar per horsepower ratio is a priority.
I'm trying to wrap my brain around how I can run a traction control set up while using a stock DME. Boost, spark or fuel cut? I have some research to do.
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@DrLeadFoot
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S54 turbo or S54 NA?
Thinking of the turbo route. Need to get the s54 torn apart and new rings, bearings, etc. But while it is apart I should put a thicker head gasket in and go all in on the boost build.
First, I have a lot of research to do.
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@DrLeadFoot
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HPF makes turbo kits...
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My thought process is having a more reliable 500 to 600 horsepower set up instead of maxing out the s52 platform.
Traction control is going to be needed so I have to figure out how to do that with a stock DME.
Not too much time to sit and do research. I am working with 7 hot buyers and have another 12 who are slowly starting the house hunt. Price ranges from $90,000 to $1.3m. I keep teasing my wife saying that once we take care of all these buyers I'll have broken down bimmers as far as the eye can see!!
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@DrLeadFoot
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Any input from you guys is greatly appreciated. I am all over the place with this. And who knows... maybe the leaky headgasket fixed itself.
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@DrLeadFoot
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HPF is also out of business.
Well thats sad. I didn't know that.
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The s54 is awesome but is it really a more reliable engine to boost than and s5x/m5x?
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My thought process is having a more reliable 500 to 600 horsepower set up instead of maxing out the s52 platform.
I can't imagine that 600 is maxing it out, especially how you have it built.
You can push an m52 to 600hp on a stock bottom end (upper limit from what I understand)Rebuilding and boosting a completely different motor seems like way more time and money again to potentially have the same headaches.
Beyond that I don't know your inventory of motors etc. to have input lol.Glad to see that the garage is being used again!
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Step 1) Buy e36
Step 2) Remove current engine
Step 3) Install s54
Step 4) Smokey burnouts
Step 5) Take over the world...
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