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Have just taken delivery of a 1999 MZ coupe with a blown engine.
Do I fit another s50 engine or do a V8 conversion. Any suggestions help welcome
Do I fit another s50 engine or do a V8 conversion. Any suggestions help welcome
That´s easy - one in the front - one in the back - the 3rd is for a coffeetable
that will be a proper W8 - and not the crappy ones VW makes
We want pics!!!
that will be a proper W8 - and not the crappy ones VW makes
We want pics!!!
Ferdinand
BMW 3.0iA Sport Edition 08/2002 - iPod kit, CTEK MXS 7000 batterycharger & Protek Protector Roof Cover ;o)
Range Rover 4.6 V8 HSE 03/2000, Webasto preheater and CTEK MXS 7000 batterycharger
Citroën Xsara 2.0 110 Hdi Prestige hatchback with VTS alloys, Musketier rear spoiler and Webasto preheater
Volvo 144 1.8 B18 09/1967
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http://www.z3-roadster-forum.de
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BMW 3.0iA Sport Edition 08/2002 - iPod kit, CTEK MXS 7000 batterycharger & Protek Protector Roof Cover ;o)
Range Rover 4.6 V8 HSE 03/2000, Webasto preheater and CTEK MXS 7000 batterycharger
Citroën Xsara 2.0 110 Hdi Prestige hatchback with VTS alloys, Musketier rear spoiler and Webasto preheater
Volvo 144 1.8 B18 09/1967
http://www.zroadster.org
http://www.zroadster.net
http://www.z3-roadster-forum.de
http://www.z3-forum.de
http://www.zroadster.com
- markrnorton
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V8. I took mine for a first drive yesterday The sound is fantastic! The wheels spin if you look at the accelerator pedal!
There is a slight price difference for your options though. You can get a good S50 for a grand. My new V8 install is pushing £15k and I'm not finished yet , oh and about 500 hours work.
There is a slight price difference for your options though. You can get a good S50 for a grand. My new V8 install is pushing £15k and I'm not finished yet , oh and about 500 hours work.
Z3M with a few mods...and a little bit more power
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- markrnorton
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Is it the green coupe that blew is engine at a race track ?
Your options really depend on how much you want to spend, as implied above by Deano (who did all of the work himself), you can budget anything from a few grand for an S50 to £20k ish for a new V8.
Personally I would fit a nice S50 and uprate the suspension etc.... (but I am in no way mechanically minded and it would cost a fortune for me to pay someone to fit a V8 )
Your options really depend on how much you want to spend, as implied above by Deano (who did all of the work himself), you can budget anything from a few grand for an S50 to £20k ish for a new V8.
Personally I would fit a nice S50 and uprate the suspension etc.... (but I am in no way mechanically minded and it would cost a fortune for me to pay someone to fit a V8 )
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- marcusplowman
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Decided due to costs and my limited time/engineering skills to stick with the S50 engine. First full strip down checking the diff mounts etc. Repaint White and new engine.
Can you boys keep your eyes and ears open for a decent engine no hurry or if anyone is planning a engine conversion and wants to sell there engine a deal could be done
Can you boys keep your eyes and ears open for a decent engine no hurry or if anyone is planning a engine conversion and wants to sell there engine a deal could be done
Audi 2.7 v6 Bi Turbo convertion out of an s6, mix things up a bit!!!!!! Give it a little remap and your looking at 380bhp + ,and its not an expensive engine to buy. And another thing you wont have to fabricate exhaust manifolds, and you can have a switchable map for different boost,and its german!!!!!!!!
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S50B30 from the normal M3 is a 3 litre single vanos engine producing 250hp or 280hp can't remember which!!! whereas the Evo engine (S50B32) is the 3.2litre dual vanos with 321hpjohnjo wrote:Just looking around at engines what is the difference between the s50 and the s50 evo engine
The b30 does not commonly suffer from vanos woes that I know of and is happier to accept forced induction (incase you were interested )
The Evo engine made it to the z3m..
Deano I heard putting an s54 in is not that simple due to the throttlebywire / drivebycable differences?
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It would be easy if he could get a complete S54 take-out from a scrap E46 M3 - engine, ecu, ews, loom and pedal. 343hp too, so more than the S54 Z3m.shantybeater wrote:Deano I heard putting an s54 in is not that simple due to the throttlebywire / drivebycable differences?
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Nope pretty sure thats right, raising the rev limit and remapping the Z brings it pretty close. I've also heard you can't quite match an m3's HP due to less efficient airflow to the airbox. The engine itself is no different to the 343hp 2001-2002 E46 M3'spingu wrote:I read somewhere that the extra BHP from the E46 M3 is down to the optimally tuned exhaust and the higher rev limit, compared to the ZM's "you get what fits" exhaust.
Probably wrong, though.
You wont make a donor car any quicker than a factory S54 Z3M (once its mapped)
To prove this theory i'd love to get to an RR day with a stock s54 Z, a tuned z54 Z (exhaust/map/rev limit raise), a stock E46 M3 and a modded M3 (exhaust/map). It would be very interesting to see the differences
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