View Full Version : New Owner of a E36. Anyone from New York, Help!


noobiest
11-16-2007, 08:40 AM
Hey i just bought myself an e36.. i don't know much about cars and i want to do an LS1 engine swap if anyone is kind enough to help me out with the swap it would be greatly appreciated!

rawrockkills
11-23-2008, 02:43 AM
an ls1 is an engine that they put in american muscle cars such as camaros and firebirds you DONT want 1 in a bimmer

sbblowz
11-23-2008, 04:05 AM
sure he does. that would be insane. u can ccheck in the engine conversion section of the forums. i believe there is a vorshlag thread.

DRIFTM42CANO
11-23-2008, 09:24 AM
i believe the ls1 wieghs less then a regular inline6

AwesomeIsLuke
11-23-2008, 09:47 AM
an ls1 is an engine that they put in american muscle cars such as camaros and firebirds you DONT want 1 in a bimmer

:rofl

You don't go to the Engine Conversions forum very often, do you?

Le Nitro
11-23-2008, 10:05 AM
an ls1 is an engine that they put in american muscle cars such as camaros and firebirds you DONT want 1 in a bimmer

lol are you for real here? LS1 is one of the best eninges made. It's relatively light, and with a few bolt ons he can see upwards of 400+ hp.

LS1 E36 swaps are fucking sick.

OP YOU WANT TO DO THE SWAP!!! DOOOOOO EETTTT

Check the engine conversion sub-forum

metro32168
11-23-2008, 10:20 AM
yeah, saw someone else had a LS2 conversion.

YoPaulyzSIck
11-23-2008, 02:47 PM
Why did you buy a Bimmer if you wanna put an LS1.. Sell this one and buy ur self a Pontiac or a Chevy

MIMI1
11-23-2008, 03:25 PM
LS1 FTW

someone do an LS7 swap:evil2

Le Nitro
11-23-2008, 03:32 PM
Why did you buy a Bimmer if you wanna put an LS1.. Sell this one and buy ur self a Pontiac or a Chevy

because e36 one of the best handling cars made couped with a chevy v8 that is reliable and sooooo cheap to make big HP numbers. Sounds like a good conversion to me.

YoPaulyzSIck
11-23-2008, 05:43 PM
because e36 one of the best handling cars made couped with a chevy v8 that is reliable and sooooo cheap to make big HP numbers. Sounds like a good conversion to me.

Sounds stupid. Better to have the original with that hp then a conversion. If u pull up to me on a Civic wiht the M3 engine might as well get a M3 . not be a wanna be

xtremsiege2
11-23-2008, 06:59 PM
.. i don't know much about cars and i want to do an LS1 engine swap
Realistically, how many of you actually see this happening?

metro32168
11-23-2008, 08:30 PM
nil

CR1777
11-28-2008, 03:20 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC-5G7hpRYI&eurl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gczqFptxtA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io4UqP2izhs

shaeff
11-29-2008, 04:33 PM
LS1 swap FTW. :) If I had more time to kill on custom crap, I'd go LS1 instead of putting together a custom turbo kit.

AwesomeIsLuke
11-30-2008, 01:11 AM
Sounds stupid. Better to have the original with that hp then a conversion. If u pull up to me on a Civic wiht the M3 engine might as well get a M3 . not be a wanna be

That is the stupidest attempt at a metaphor I've ever read on this forum.

Civic with M3 engine doesn't begin to compare to an E36 with an LS1.

shaeff
11-30-2008, 02:21 PM
^ Agreed 100%.

Dispatch20
11-30-2008, 02:26 PM
Hey i just bought myself an e36.. i don't know much about cars and i want to do an LS1 engine swap if anyone is kind enough to help me out with the swap it would be greatly appreciated!

There is a shop with an LS1 conversion kit in Utica, NY. New Age HotRods.