General Forum : 400HP e21: On Chevy Small Block

Posted Tuesday, Feb 14th 7:47am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Posted Tuesday, Feb 14th 8:56am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Ahhh...ummm. I don't like it. At all...

-Hole in hood, bad.
-Yellow ugly Chevy engine in BMW....Bad
-400 BHP GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

I can say im a purist, dont like the idea of BMWs with non BMW engines.

Posted Tuesday, Feb 14th 3:31pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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oh no. I double posted again...

Posted Tuesday, Feb 14th 3:35pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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kpeters wrote:

I agree. S14, S50, M20, M30, and turboing these engine I like so much better than Chevy and ford engines in BMWs.

Posted Tuesday, Feb 14th 4:21pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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not to mention a step back in technology (carbs and pushrods)

Posted Tuesday, Feb 14th 5:54pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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If you are going to cross the line into bad taste you might as well go all the way. Betcha any well driven, decently prepped and stroked 323 could give this car a run on a twisty technical track.

Would be fun to drive ....... once.

Posted Tuesday, Feb 14th 5:58pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

Post nr. 681

Can you say front heavy? God I thought the M30 was a challenge to get balanced, at least he could have gone with an aluminium block.
Not to mention he killed the asthetics.
Good burnout competion car though if you are into that sort of thing.

Posted Tuesday, Feb 14th 7:51pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Ok everyone... Mister High and Mighty's. Who here is quicker in a straight line that this car? Ugly... yes. Smoke everyone here in a straight line.... you bet. Sorry boys, everyone's comment is true, but all you'll ever see of this car on a drag strip is it's tail lights.

Posted Wednesday, Feb 15th 12:20am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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M42powered wrote:

I don't know, Nic. There's that 9.50 second turbo 323i. Just because it's got that monster V8 in there doesn't mean that it will blow everything else away. I will be damned fast in the straight line though, it would just go off the track at the first turn!!

Posted Wednesday, Feb 15th 1:39am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

Post nr. 828

Nic-ya got no argument from me!

Posted Wednesday, Feb 15th 5:24am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Staight lines are very boring! That things only fast because it has thoughs race graphics on the side.

Posted Wednesday, Feb 15th 5:39am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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God love an inline six, but I have to admit that the suppressed Appalachian American part of me thinks this car is at least a little cool. Not neccesarily my kind of thing, but you have to admit that there is nothing like a small block chevy for cheap, reliable power. As for being purists, if we were all 'Purists' then most of us would be driving 8 valve k-jet 1.8 liters with 13x5.5 wheels and tall, soft suspensions with Boge shocks. It's not a matter of being Pure, just a matter of how Impure you care to be.

I wouldn't do this in an e21, I'm just not saying it hasn't crossed my mind. But if I had an extra 635csi laying around........
--Dennis

Posted Wednesday, Feb 15th 6:47pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Yeah, it is a little overkill and not for me. But cool and fun enough to make me laugh just hearing it drive by - yeah. Would I do it? No. Heh heh. Would love to take it to a cruise night somewhere, though. Wonder what it has for a trans and rear end... Needs nitrous.

Posted Wednesday, Feb 15th 11:21pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Betcha I can give him a run for his money on my new 335, at least on the 1/8 mile, but drag racing is pointless anyway IMO.

Posted Thursday, Feb 16th 2:30am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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redmist wrote:

Betcha I can give him a run for his money on my new 335, at least on the 1/8 mile, but drag racing is pointless anyway IMO.

Amen!

One of my coworkers has a very fast drag car...I just never understood it. Maybe if I did a run or two I would but I'd still rather be driving a bimmer through some nice hilly turns...

jamie

Posted Thursday, Feb 16th 4:21am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

Post nr. 184

--Dennis

Posted Thursday, Feb 16th 6:02am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

Post nr. 341

Hi sorry for the not so nice looking e21.

I thought it was interesting ideas...
http://www.personal.kent.edu/~wbainey/BMW.htm

Here's another chevy but in e30, without cutting the boot.

Posted Thursday, Feb 16th 7:50am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

Post nr. 657

I feel like alloy block chevy v8 into e12/e28 is the ideal...but a three series is just too small for this!

I know a guy that works at a local high-performance shop with a very built chevy and a six speed in an older z-car. He goes to the track and tortures it all day long and has a great time. He's a handling guy more than anything so he went to great lengths to make that little car well balanced.

jamie

Posted Thursday, Feb 16th 3:25pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

Post nr. 829

Z cars with small blocks were called Scarabs. It was a fairly common conversion years ago. Another nice conversion is the Renegade kit for the Porsche 914. That one is a hoot.

Posted Thursday, Feb 16th 7:52pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

Post nr. 136

Knew a guy with a Chevy 350 powered 914 - the car was a rocket, but the 350 was a tight fit. I've always thought that a later model supercharged GM 3.8 V6 would be a great option for a hot rod 914 -the smaller enging should room for a/c, and with a bit of work could probably even be made to sound somewhat like a 914/6.

Posted Thursday, Feb 16th 11:45pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Taking my 2500 lb LS1 e12 530i to Lime Rock Park on the 21st of April. Can't wait to blow by some 50K plus cars and see the look on their faces.
Childish but fun.

Posted Friday, Feb 17th 2:56am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

Post nr. 342

redmist wrote:

Taking my 2500 lb LS1 e12 530i to Lime Rock Park on the 21st of April. Can't wait to blow by some 50K plus cars and see the look on their faces.
Childish but fun.

Hi Redmist,

This guys has LS1 in his e36.

http://www.nash8503.com/First_Nash_E36.html

And why LS1 is well described in his website...

Have fun...

Posted Friday, Feb 17th 10:04pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

Post nr. 687

Zactly

Posted Saturday, Feb 18th 1:40am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

Post nr. 1588

Sure it is a "low tech" push rod motor but there is nothing out there that can touch it for light weight, low cost pure raw power.

The quote from that page puts this comment to rest,

landspeed85 wrote:

not to mention a step back in technology (carbs and pushrods)

Posted Saturday, Feb 18th 5:58am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

Post nr. 166

I'm thinking about buying a say 79-84 camaro and I'm going to throw in a M10 then I will have the best of both worlds. But then I spoke to god (he was drunk like me) and he said straight 6'S are the best balanced motor, so i'm going to do what he says.

I hope I'm not a sinner

Posted Saturday, Feb 18th 9:07pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

Post nr. 12

Here's a four cylinder BMW that should beat it :

8.58 seconds in the 1/4 mile

I'm not a drag racing fan either, but this is a well engineered car.

Here's their site:

http://www.phnet.fi/public/tero.laukkanen/English/main.htm