S2000 engine in a compact!

[denglish318ti]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-Compact-S2...item4a9e7519c4

How crazy is this car? Must be mega to drive!

[tiFreak]

damn, I've seen that swap done on a road-driven E36 coupe, looks like this one was done all out

[lkwd318ti]

yeeah My friend and I were just talking about an s2k motor in a ti the other day lol...
Looks like it'll be fun to drive!

Reminds me of this


I have a feeling this is what you were thinking of huh Brendan...

[tiFreak]

that's the one

[pdxmotorhead]

You think a bmw engine is expensive to work on..... I've helped on a couple S2K projects and if anything goes wrong with the motor its makes a M5 engine look cheap....

Dave

[MacUser]

The seller doesn't list a shipping cost.

[Dave_PA]

i drove a buddies s2k a few years back. i was seriously looking into one and man was i ever disappointed. it was like it didn't have anything (no power, no torque), until you got it up really high near read line, then it was like someone woke up a beast, but then you shift, drop a few k rpms, and have to build back up into it. low end was no torque, no speed, no nothing. maybe i'm a little slighted b/c i'm use to the feeling of a bmw, but man it was seriously disappointing.

from what i've heard it's about the same feeling from the rotary engines.

dave

[chrisbec]

Beautiful car and from the pictures looks like a professional job throughout. Those Honda s2000 motors don't have much torque. I would think you would want that for rally racing.

[Will'sBimmer]

That car looks like crap. I hate the colors and whatever they did to the hatch to where it is sealed from the rest of the car. Looks horrible imho.

[tiFreak]

Originally Posted by Dave_PA

it was like it didn't have anything (no power, no torque), until you got it up really high near read line, then it was like someone woke up a beast, but then you shift, drop a few k rpms, and have to build back up into it. low end was no torque, no speed, no nothing.

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[MacUser]

Originally Posted by tiFreak

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Ouch! That's the engine in my Element.

[pdxmotorhead]

I raced a rotary powered car on road courses for two years, they get a way bad rapp for needing to be revved, they are like any engine, they can be built for RPM or torque not both.

Most of my competitors hated its pull out of corners and passed me on the straights.

Dave

[My98Rot]

Originally Posted by Dave_PA

i drove a buddies s2k a few years back. i was seriously looking into one and man was i ever disappointed. it was like it didn't have anything (no power, no torque), until you got it up really high near read line, then it was like someone woke up a beast, but then you shift, drop a few k rpms, and have to build back up into it. low end was no torque, no speed, no nothing. maybe i'm a little slighted b/c i'm use to the feeling of a bmw, but man it was seriously disappointing.

from what i've heard it's about the same feeling from the rotary engines.

dave

Well what you'd really need is VTEC controller to move VTEC activation down to lower RPM and a large turbo that'll kick in higher up the revs. VTEC bandwidth should carry you up to the spool time of the turbo. In theory at least, or I suppose you could twin turbo, small to carry through low revs and a big one for higher revs.

[(408)-OUTLAWti]

Originally Posted by My98Rot

Well what you'd really need is VTEC controller to move VTEC activation down to lower RPM and a large turbo that'll kick in higher up the revs. VTEC bandwidth should carry you up to the spool time of the turbo. In theory at least, or I suppose you could twin turbo, small to carry through low revs and a big one for higher revs.

or you can just avoid the high revving engine.

[My98Rot]

Originally Posted by (408)-OUTLAWti

or you can just avoid the high revving engine.

I think a ti with an s2k engine is a good idea for an exotic upgrade, I'm a honda and BMW lover so for me this is like the best of both worlds.