I know the S14 is a wonderful motor but.......... (archive)

you all know it is fairly unreliable and expensive to maintain compared to the M50 or S50. Sure a tuned S14 will beat an E36 but tune the E36 and the S14 will be beat. It will also be fairly cheaper to modify the S50/M50. IMO, if you are wanting to keep an E30 M3 for a long time, you are going to use it as a street car and you have blown the S14 or have to rebuild it, you should consider the conversion. It will probably cost about the same but the powerplant will be more reliable. If I were doing the conversion, which I'll do when my motor goes or if I keep my car for a while, I will only want the S50. The M50, however, is fast enough.....
I also saw some results recently of some auto x times....I believe there was a silver M3 with black Kinesis and an S50 that beat S14 powered M3's. Am I correct or did I read the times wrong?

I'll be happy to run either one of my six cylinder e30 m3s against your's any day...they are more drivable with smooth power all the way through the rpm range. I think the s14 is a really fantastic motor, but the late six is perfect for the street. Race teams over there are snatching up quite a few of the e30s and have the backing to pay a premium...just the way it goes.

No, dont buy his because he`s dumped an S50 into it. S14`s all the way :) (back me up someone). OKay I`m parlty joking but dont understand why someone would do such a conversion only to sell the car after butchering it.

Actually, prices in Germany a year ago were quite low but yes to get it up to US spec would cost $$$$$$. From what Ive been told DECENT M3`s in Germany for sale are hard to find now so prices might be on the way up over there (just guessing here).
A local specialist who used to mainly deal with E30 M3`s (importing them from Germany) are dealing more and more with E36 M3s now

I think that would find that e30 m3s are going for a premium across the pond...not to mention paying silly money to have the thing pass DOT here. You should just buy mine :) Chris

Has anyone thought about buying an e30 m3 in Germany and shipping it to north america? I'm sure you would find some good deals on m3's there. Just wondering

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