[buddalun]

Sorry if this is a repost:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-M3-M3-/1...m=111663774620

$224k asking price. Discuss.

[8k3]

Pocket change, as such I won't even consider it

[buddalun]

Originally Posted by 8k3

Pocket change, as such I won't even consider it

[Efthreeoh]

Nah, weight balance would be all screwed up.

[WreckerX5d]

$224k for an out of warranty BMW? No thank you.

[MaynardZed]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Nah, weight balance would be all screwed up.

Price is out of line for sure, but fwiw the S85 doesn't weigh much more than the iron M50/52 motors.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by MaynardZed

Price is out of line for sure, but fwiw the S85 doesn't weigh much more than the iron M50/52 motors.

It weighs a lot more than the original 4-banger S52 that's in the orginal M3.

[Nitrousbird]

He must have hit the "2" key twice by accident. Or has been hitting the crack pipe...hard...

[buddalun]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

It weighs a lot more than the original 4-banger S52 that's in the orginal M3.

I'm not sure if your comment was in jest. If so, ignore my comments that follow.

The E30 M3 utilized the S14 4 cylinder motor. The S52 motor was used in the E36 M3.

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

It weighs a lot more than the original 4-banger S52 that's in the orginal M3.

You owe Paul Rosche an apology right now.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by buddalun

I'm not sure if your comment was in jest. If so, ignore my comments that follow.

The E30 M3 utilized the S14 4 cylinder motor. The S52 motor was used in the E36 M3.

Relax Jonesy; sorry for the blasphemy! I was too lazy to look up the motor designation for Christ's sake give me a break and I cry for forgiveness. LOL. I was 26 when the E30 M3 debuted (so forgive me for not being super precise on my BMW engine designations. Wait till your 50+ and see what you remember and how important it is...)

Really I was being sarcastic from the beginning, but you guys just take any discussion about M cars waaaaay too seriously. If any one thinks swapping in a V10 for a 4 cylinder in an E30 M3 wouldn't affect the weight bias between the front and rear and not screw up the balance of the chassis, then good for ya. Back in the day what was written about the M3 at the time was that one of the attributes of the E30 M3 was how much better the car tracked (I'm talking the street version) with the S14 (there happy?) v.s. the M20 sitting over the front axle. So my joke was kind of referencing that, but woosh! right over yer heads...

The point being that throwing a V10 into an E30 M3 is totally counter to why the car was produced in the first place and why it gained the reputation it did, and lead to a car division now that gives us the X6M. Ugh.

Have fun.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Kyle B

You owe Paul Rosche an apology right now.

Well except he left out the brace needed to keep the S14 intake manifold from vibrating loose...

Not that I speak ill of the dead.

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Not that I speak ill of the dead.

Now you've done it! Paul Rosche is very much alive.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Kyle B

Now you've done it! Paul Rosche is very much alive.

LOL. The one in Buffalo...

[F30lolz]

Whats wrong with you people? That's a steal considering EAG would be asking $2 million for it.

[keenan01]

Pocket change, as a result I won't perhaps ponder over it.