E46 M3 S85 swap thread

[suspenceful]

Lame. I was hyped for this.

Props for being able think with your financial head instead of your car-enthusiast head. That damn car-enthusiast head has expensive taste.

[i_love_cars]

suspenceful said:

Lame. I was hyped for this.

Props for being able think with your financial head instead of your car-enthusiast head. That damn car-enthusiast head has expensive taste.

It is an eternal battle for us all 

[Rekpoint]

Fortunately for you, you got a good deal on the m5 and it wont take long to break even from a partout standpoint. Then its downhill from there.

Sad to see this not happen.

I also hear that turboed S54s sound exotic.

[Jdesign]

  Well you have more self control than I do. Sad to see it go, but im sure it was a good decision.

[straight6pwr]

aww!

[Rekpoint]

Yeah... How does it feel to disappoint the whole community....

I'm kidding.

[i_love_cars]

Rekpoint said:

Yeah... How does it feel to disappoint the whole community....

I'm kidding.

No, no it's definitely a big disappointment to quite a few people lol. You can say what we're all thinking - it's ok 

Jdesign said:

  Well you have more self control than I do. Sad to see it go, but im sure it was a good decision. 

I think it was the right decision. 40k for this build is a lot indeed

[YoungCR]

Bummer but better to have the car racing around the track then in pieces digging a ginourmous hole in your wallet. Would a S65 swap still have the same issues with the frame rails?

[i_love_cars]

The dream is still alive. I have decided that (at least for now) I am keeping the engine and all swap-related parts at Efab Motorsports. Eric will store them for me indefinitely. So I'm going to part out everything else like I planned on in order to break even on the purchase of the car, but at that point as long as I've recouped my 7k, then I don't see any harm in hanging on to a 33k mile S85 that works, assuming I will one day swap it. I don't see myself being able to replicate this kind of a deal for such a low mileage , functional example so it's hard to sell the engine.

[jc43089]

i_love_cars said:

The dream is still alive. I have decided that (at least for now) I am keeping the engine and all swap-related parts at Efab Motorsports. Eric will store them for me indefinitely. So I'm going to part out everything else like I planned on in order to break even on the purchase of the car, but at that point as long as I've recouped my 7k, then I don't see any harm in hanging on to a 33k mile S85 that works, assuming I will one day swap it. I don't see myself being able to replicate this kind of a deal for such a low mileage , functional example so it's hard to sell the engine. 

Maybe I could put it in a van for you...

[SteelBlue]

jc43089 said:

Maybe I could put it in a van for you...

[Jdesign]

SteelBlue said:

Best van ever made.