Chapter GMW | E30 LS1 (starting on post #1427)
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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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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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Finally starting on removing the motor. Just got the intake manifold off and cleaned up the garage a little bit.
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@DrLeadFoot
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Anytime you need to do something on these motors it's basically "welp, better remove the intake and we'll see from there"
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