(Slightly OT) 'Vette motor in an e32

[gale]

I've been following Merlin's progress on bimmerboard.com's e32 page for the past year or more. He finally has his conversion on the road. He took an L98 5.7 Corvette motor and bored it .030" over & stroked it to 383 in^3 & put it in his ailing 735i:

http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/htrdbmr/UNDER%20HOOD%20102706%20001.jpg

http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/htrdbmr/before.jpg

http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/337176

He built his own headers from scratch which were a work of art but the links for pic's of them have slipped into cyberspace.

Some may say heresy, but I think it's cool. After all, these are our cars to do with as we please & I've always been a sucker for sleepers & he can get just about any part he needs on a Sunday afternoon at the local Pep Boys.

Cheers!

[shogun]

http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/htrdbmr/Eng.%20Bay%202_23_07%20003.jpg
http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/htrdbmr/UNDER%20HOOD%20102706%20002.jpg
http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/htrdbmr/UNDER%20HOOD%20102706%20001.jpg
http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/htrdbmr/WIRING%2001%2003%2007%20001.jpg

[bmwrp8]

Whoa!!!

[DigitalRelay]

Very, very cool. Is there a link to the complete build?

[ryan roopnarine]

l98? is that not a throttle body injected motor from the late 80s? i'm curious as to why he did that, unless the car is m30 powered, as the m60 would do better, no?

[shogun]

Comes later. most of the old pics and of his own built exhaust system unfortunately disappeared in cyberspace.
Watch this forum
http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/e32/
especially for the
Author: htrdbmr

On the same board there is also a E32 M70 powered Ferrari Replica
http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/164999/
http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/223472/
http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/166535/
http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/164668/

[RallyD]

l98? is that not a throttle body injected motor from the late 80s? i'm curious as to why he did that, unless the car is m30 powered, as the m60 would do better, no?
L98 was the introduction of Tuned Port Injection, and used the intake manifold you see in the photos. If you look closely, you can see the 4 injectors at the base of the plenum. Stock 350 power was about 225hp, that engine right there is most likely 300hp+

[ryan roopnarine]

L98 was the introduction of Tuned Port Injection, and used the intake manifold you see in the photos. If you look closely, you can see the 4 injectors at the base of the plenum. Stock 350 power was about 225hp, that engine right there is most likely 300hp+

i went and looked on wikipedia after i posted that, and I guess that the 325 lbft would be nice too. i'm guessing then that this car didn't have an m70 in it.

[repenttokyo]

it's a cool idea, but why oh why not an LS1? 350 hp stock and much lighter + easier to modify.

[bimmerd00d]

it's a cool idea, but why oh why not an LS1? 350 hp stock and much lighter + easier to modify.

My guess is that he already had the car and the motor.

[Dr. evil]

i would think that it would be a sin to use an american engine in a bimmer?


i bet it's fast tho.

[RallyD]

it's a cool idea, but why oh why not an LS1? 350 hp stock and much lighter + easier to modify.
pretty sure the LS1 is OBD2 and requires more sensor inputs to operate.

[repenttokyo]

My guess is that he already had the car and the motor.


yeah you are probably right - makes total sense.

[repenttokyo]

pretty sure the LS1 is OBD2 and requires more sensor inputs to operate.


yes you are right, but the weight and power more than make up for it.

[Boone.Msi]

im sure he already had the engine, LT1's are far more common and cheaper to pick up.

[attack eagle]

good for him. Better to have it motoring with an american v8 ,than being chopped into scrap metal because a Bmw powerplant was too expensive to justify the investment.

[MBXB]

And then there's these guys:

http://www.personal.kent.edu/~wbainey/BMW.htm

[attack eagle]

yee haw???