Comments on: Gaining Perspective: An LS-Swapped M3

By: richATTK

richATTK — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 18:42:58 +0000

Sorry been a while since I was here, the new owners IG name is ra88it.

By: Ronn91

Ronn91 — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:03:24 +0000

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By: Moseley86

Moseley86 — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 21:12:11 +0000

RichC Where’s the proof of this?

By: dadecode

dadecode — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:36:23 +0000

rjw999 All things being equal, probably the LS Engine. A 550hp LSx would definitely make more power across the rpm band than a S54 as well as more torque. A Stock LS1already makes more power than a S54 and is probably lighter.

The “magic” of the 8000rpm S54 primarily comes from the ability to spin really, really, short gears for a longer period; that’s it. The 340+ hp and 270ft/lbs of torque is not impressive at all in the V8 world. Never mind the LSx world.

A 550hp S54 would be a highly stressed, cantankerous, grenade of a motor n/a, and peaky in FI configuration. And frankly at that hp level would be beyond the limits of a “relatively” stock S54 bottom end anyway. In other words, you’d spend 3-4 times money on a S54 to make 550hp, when a LSx could do the same for a few thousand bucks.

On the other hand, a stock bottom end, ported, stock heads with a cam swap, LSx will do 550hp with ease. In fact, a “my first big cam swap” LSx engine that didn’t make 500+hp at the crank would be hilarious example of not knowing how to ‘color by numbers’ for the builder.

By: rjw999

rjw999 — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 20:59:03 +0000

how about this car’s laptime difference if both engines tuned in same level HP ? bmw engine 550HP vs LS engine 550HP ? which engine could get fastest laptime?

By: zurus173

zurus173 — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 21:49:33 +0000

RichC Post the name , i want to see.

By: RichC

RichC — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 17:18:37 +0000

Soooo….how about a follow up article about the new owner (sold a few months ago) of this car, basically re-wiring the entire thing, I highly doubt we’ll see anything new about the life of this car.The guts of this car are a mess! SO many corners were cut, a severe hack job done made to look nice.The latest owner has been spending ridiculous amounts of time pulling out RAT’S NEST (yes, caps so it stands out) worth of stock BMW wiring harness and ECU that were basically just shoved behind panels in the corners of the engine bay to make the harness look tucked. The new owner is basically just trying to fix up and do the build properly, the way it should have been done from the beginning. He’s been documenting the rebuild on Instagram, I won’t post up his name, maybe he’ll eventually find this article.

Sadly this is the world we live in, where facny paint, body kit, bro theories about the car’s track performance, a few nice pictures and the car is glorified on the pages of the almighty Speedhunters. Shame on you.

By: VladStoica1

VladStoica1 — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 07:14:27 +0000

Stop desecrating original M cars. It looks awful. Go get an ordinary E46 and do this kind of tasteless things to it.

By: Bromigery

Bromigery — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 05:09:36 +0000

I am shocked that you can get paid $4264

in a few weeks ………………

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By: joshb2448

joshb2448 — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 23:49:42 +0000

No you stfu