What did you do for your ZHP/ BMW / MINI today? #2

Washed it and the Roadster.

1. Fixed some jammed up plastic at the foot A/C area under the glovebox. This had been like this since I got the car a few months ago.

2. Removed 80% of headliner pieces. Preparing for black suede...

3. Took a few headliner pillars to upholstery shop to be recovered

4. Ordered about $120 in parts: various headliner parts, new shift knob

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Originally Posted by az3579

The S50 and M50 use all the same parts to swap... plus, isn't the law that if the engine is NEWER than the model year it's going into then it's fine? OBD-I to OBD-I shouldn't be an issue, right?

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I thought S50 was never available in the US, just S52. It also needed to be something available for sale in California, and the swap would have to comply to many requirements that the car that you claim to be the source of the engine. This is why I can't just run Euro motor setup

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Originally Posted by Hermes

I thought S50 was never available in the US, just S52. It also needed to be something available for sale in California, and the swap would have to comply to many requirements that the car that you claim to be the source of the engine. This is why I can't just run Euro motor setup

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They made three versions of the S50. There's the one you're talking about, the S50B30, which was never sold here. It was sold in euro M3's between 1992-1995. Then there's the S50B30US, the one we received here only in 1995. In 1996, they moved to the S52B32 here and the S50B32 in europe.

You can get a US S50 from any 1995 M3. This is the engine I had in my E30.

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I did not know that. How much would a S50US cost because the only ones I ever see listed are Euro, and for that money I could build a 2.7 stroker

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Originally Posted by Hermes

I did not know that. How much would a S50US cost because the only ones I ever see listed are Euro, and for that money I could build a 2.7 stroker

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lol
I have never seen a euro S50 listed when I was looking because they were extremely hard to find. Are you checking eBay? Craigslist?

I bought mine for 2800, but this was 4 years ago. They should be considerably cheaper now...

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Originally Posted by az3579

lol
I have never seen a euro S50 listed when I was looking because they were extremely hard to find. Are you checking eBay? Craigslist?

I bought mine for 2800, but this was 4 years ago. They should be considerably cheaper now...

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+1...Coming from the E36 world, I never see Euro motors listed for sale...

I also have rarley seen a EURO S50 for sale.

JP, any S50 out of an E36 M3 will work. the 1995 M3 has the S50B30, the 1996-1999 M3's have the S52B32.

maybe I'm just not paying attention when I see them because I assumed S50 was the euro motor, and to be honest I haven't really looked at anything besides M10 (E30 version with EFI) or M20. I started thinking about this yesterday when my buddy said he has a few really good M50s that I can have complete with all the other things I need for the swap for a little over $1000. Considering my M10 had 100hp/100ft-lb new, even just a regular M50 will be a huge improvement (and lack of VANOS as long as I don't get a TU engine). I'll look into S50 some more, but I still need to find those 323 parts or all of this is just talk

the other thing is, if I wanted to go crazy with a S engine I already have a better option that I know where to get it:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...E7E4BAA4A0.jpg

Drove the ///M to work today...

http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/a...06/null-64.jpg

Also spent the better part of my morning detailing my mom's SUV for her. This is what my clay looked like after half of the hood. Yikes...

http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/a...06/null-63.jpg