Official-look-what-i-found-thread (craigslist, other-forums, etc)

[HipMF]

Found a thread for the car here:

http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=28158

It was already swapped when he bought it in 2009. Looks like he's been daily driving it since then. Did the math and according to his estimate it looks like there's been 70k miles put on the drivetrain since it was swapped. Should be sorted pretty well by now I'd think...

[Earl]

If you find a motorless car the swap can be done in a weekend on an obd1 car if you find something like that=] I know of a slick top shell that is cheap but it isnt rust free

[HipMF]

All 318s are motorless

[patsbimmer1]

Has anyone seen the s50b32 on facebook for $8k?  Fuck me sideways!  This guy is nuts!  I get it, it's rare, we never got it, its a bespoke m engine, blah blah.  

[wasnt m3]

That's actually a pretty good price considering the proper 6 speed trans is included.

[patsbimmer1]

wasnt m3 said:

That's actually a pretty good price considering the proper 6 speed trans is included. 

I get it but for fucks sake you can buy an s54 for half the price or just buy a euro e36 m3.

[wasnt m3]

As the old saying goes, there's an ass for every seat. It'd be cool to see this find it's way into an e30. I'm sure you know what euro spec e36's sell for here in the states. Anything decent is well over $20k.

[HipMF]

s54 swap

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5944874015.html

[KaiserRolls]

Saw that one at eurowerks. It was neat

[Earl]

patsbimmer1 said:

I get it but for fucks sake you can buy an s54 for half the price or just buy a euro e36 m3.

Have you seen how much e36 m3's sell for in europe? It's insane. They're not cheap like ours lol. Clean e36 non m coupes are starting to fetch some big money over there now too.

[patsbimmer1]

Earl said:

Have you seen how much e36 m3's sell for in europe? It's insane. They're not cheap like ours lol. Clean e36 non m coupes are starting to fetch some big money over there now too. 

I have.  Ebay.uk has quite a few for less than $10k which is around the same price as nice e36's are selling right now over here.  Evo models are over $10k.

[Daggerty]

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/ptd/5945106802.html

interesting paint design.

[B C]

What a perfect combo BUT, for that price I would expect a nicer drivers seat, a clean engine bay, and better photos in the ad

[Earl]

Idk 8k is cheap for an s50b32 swap compared to what they have been in the past. You'd be pressed to find one for that price without a trans usually. Not to mention they claim it only has around 42,000 miles on it. That thing is basically brand new lol

[straight6pwr]

Daggerty said:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/ptd/5945106802.html

interesting paint design.

lol i hope 'he' saw the a little red flag after this incident.

[FieroSS]

This is very interesting:

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/cto/5949620526.html

-Tim

[B C]

They arent in the minority for having a remote mounted turbo, they are in the minority for having an Intercooler on a remote mount turbo

[Earl]

That's neat

[patsbimmer1]

There's a reason remote mount turbo's aren't more prevalent.  It's a decent looking car but that's such a bad idea.

[B C]

I found the owners channel on YouTube