Quote Originally Posted by Capt._Ron
Are you kidding me is a f'ing E30!! Its not rare or anything and if BMW had put a decent motor in it in the first place then there would be no need for a swap i think is going to be a beast.
Quote Originally Posted by TheGrillMan
not rare?

not THAT rare

but still not easy to find in awsome condition


also

what makes a sr so much better than a mb20?

both make good amounts of power

both can handle boost

but arnt all that havy

putting this motor in an e30 is like david hasslehoff saying fuck you to the motherland
uhh, that's an e30 M3. What isn't rare about that car again? Then how many cars had a normally aspirated 200hp 4 cylinder in the 80's? The issue is the cost to rebuild an S14, you can buy an sr20 and build it up for cheaper than an s14 rebuild....then have nearly double the horsepower.

What the fuck is a mb20???? lol


As for the regular e30 m20 engines. You can take a stock m20b27 "e" block and put a m20b25 "i" head on it and push 20psi through it reliably making high 300whp with well over 400lb-ft torque.