Worlds first vq37 nismo swaped bmw e30

Raheel999

Thats a great motor also . But even with a cams and all the mods its gonna make 250hp on wheels and thats not enough when you're racing porche and 5.0s on track and thanks bro 🤜

DieselKrampus

um what? Not sure where you're getting that number from, but the US spec S50 and S52 made 241hp to the crank, stock. I had a '95 M3 with Schrick cams (can't remember the lift and duration off the top of my head) turner motorsports shorty headers, some mild headwork (port/polish, upgraded valves and springs) Porsche 930 MAF (3.5" vs the M3's 3"), Jim Conforti 3.5" CAI, super sprint midpipe and Scorpion CBE, making about 335-340crank, over 300 at the wheels. 5.0s were no problem, lol. It's an extremely potent motor and the S50 in particular had a pretty violent power hit up top when the cams came on. I never liked my '99 m3 (s52) that much because it felt like a dulled down, tamed version of the earlier design. In a lightweight chassis like the E30 that 330+HP would be more than enough IMO.

Again, not trying to detract anything from your build, just sharing my experiences and opinions. A big displacement, high-revving V6 in an E30 is quite frankly awesome and I bet it'll be an absolute monster to drive!

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THE BULL

From the recent success we've seen in the VHR field it surpasses almost all 6cyl production engines in terms of WHP.

Not many see 340 WHP on bolt bolted/tuned. I might get flamed for this but only BMWs 3.0+ is the only contender and almost all of them require cams at this level.

Electronics is the biggest hold from this swap becoming the go to and not even for those that are tech savvy.

Many folks can offer these services and if you're interested in rocking the Z speedometer/triple meter I can set y'all up.

Truly underrated swap.

K2e2vin

Biggest understatement right there. Even some standalones can't run the VHR; VVEL and dual DBW causes the biggest roadblocks.

THE BULL

I spent a lot of time and effort on my VHR swap kits.

The VR30 also falls into this since it switched to electrical VTC instead of hydraulic. So separate ECM to control this as well.

So for those interested I make Full VHR swap kits with working speedometer and triple meter.

Raheel999

But you dont need standalone for this engine ... Stock ecu is as good as any standalone for example most of 800 900hp 370z are running stock ecu so i can't think of anything else you need from stock ecu

JARblue

You're correct that you don't need a standalone. But your statement quoted above is absolutely and categorically false.

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Raheel999

Maybe .. cause i dont want anything else from a ecu and maybe you want some more from a standalone ecu .. Depends on you're needs

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K2e2vin

It won't do staged/ecu-controlled nitrous, at least on a switch. Where the stock ECU limits you is when you need more I/O(stock ECU is just repurposed existing I/Os, so still limited in that aspect).

Spooler

You don't need it for high hp cars but there is a big benefit to it. The only reason folks don't have one is because of the cost. It's 10k. Most folks on this platform won't spend that on their turbo kit much less what it cost for a proper built engine. That's why were are stuck in the stone age as far as development is concerned.

Raheel999

True bro but the mods you counted will cost more thn the vq37 engine .. now you can buy the engine from junkyard for around 2000..3000 dollars with tranny and the s52 motor with machining and cams and labour charges and all the extra stuff you said will cost more thn 6k to 10k and also it will not be as reliable as unopened nissan motor and also if you want to spend same amount of money on vq37 lol the hp numbers gonna b crazy

DieselKrampus

All valid points, but I had less than $3k into that engine. I got lucky and was able to buy a former weekend track day car that already had quite a bit of the mods done to it. All I had to do was make it a bit more street able as it was my daily driver. As far as reliability goes, the BMW wins lol. The VQ37VHR, as great as it is, is just so much more mechanically complex and has so many more possible failure points compared to an OBD1 S50. Agree that if you did all those same mods to the VQ you would have significantly more power, but you're also comparing a 3.7L to a 3.0L so that's kinda to be expected.

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