engine mods on m54
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[ESS has a stage 1 kit for $5300, is that the one you're thinking of? Their stage 2 kit is $6500 with an intercooler - neither are worth it IMHO. Mainly because an M5 still blows your doors off. If I am going to spend $7-12k to get to 300hp, why not just take that cash and use it for a down on an M5 and instantly get 500hp?]
exactly what i was thinking
exactly what i was thinking
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that was suppose to be a qoute
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Really? So then an S52 engine should be easier to find complete and just do a swap. Since it's from an older car it can't be that expensive (despite being an M engine).
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yea u could do a swap but why not just swap pistons in a get the piston holes bored out running like 11:5:1 compression with cams and make 300 hp n/a engine to me it seems more cost affective that way instead of swapping the engine cause you'll probably have to run a standalone ems which are pricey
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yea u could do a swap but why not just swap pistons in a get the piston holes bored out running like 11:5:1 compression with cams and make 300 hp n/a engine to me it seems more cost affective that way instead of swapping the engine cause you'll probably have to run a standalone ems which are pricey
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just in crank rods and pistons your looking at 2749.90 with out shipping with hardware all necessary bearings rod bolts head bolts and machine work 4199.70
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the parts im looking at are all new parts off of vacmotorsports.com except for the connecting rods and the cams are another 1,400 dollars on top of that
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So is that really worth the extra headache when cost wise its no different than a supercharger? Personally if price is not any different I would choose the less intrusive method of a bolt on supercharger. But this just takes us back to "why not just trade up to a m5" if you are going to spend that much more.
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So is that really worth the extra headache when cost wise its no different than a supercharger? Personally if price is not any different I would choose the less intrusive method of a bolt on supercharger. But this just takes us back to "why not just trade up to a m5" if you are going to spend that much more.
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Yeah trouble is that an m5 will still cost more than what I could get for my car plus $5000. The prices of the e60 m5's still haven't come down enough.