DeanO Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 I have a friend who is willing to sell me an e30 shell for dirt cheap. i was wondering if anyone has ever tried to put a starion engine in an e30. if it has ever happened. lol. so my questions are.. Has anyone done this before? if you have can you give me some pointers/tips that helped you with the swap. i know that the e30 has had tons of different engines in it but i cant find anything on a starion engine swap to e30. sorry if wrong section but i'm not allowed to post in engine swap section of forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89PalermoSHP Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Personally, I would swap to a 4g63 long before the g54b especially if your starting from nothing. Dual cam and multiport injecting from the get go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanO Posted September 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 ya the thing is though i have a starion. and just wanted to see if anyone had done the swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malykaii Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 I highly doubt anyone has done this swap.. not worth it i'd say . It will require cutting, welding, fabricating mounts, custom wiring, and a lot of time. With all that effort you could put in anything... so why use an inferior engine like a g54b. Most people want to remove the g54b due to head limitations, 2 injector set up, and low output to cost ratio. You could get an m30 motor from a u pull and be up and running for under a grand with more power and reliability. Might even bolt right in. Whatever you choose, more power to ya and keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3UC3S Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 302 would be better in an e30. Fits nice and they are dirt cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malykaii Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 ^Agreed... You can get everything you need from a u-pull it, and with some welding skills have it set up in no time. If you plan well, you could even get the swap done for like 600$. Plus if you run a carb set-up you have nothing to wire. Only expensive part would be a custom drive shaft at like 300$ plus. I wish I had a garage... I always wanted to dump a Cadillac 500 in my dads e32. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 The only Starion swaps I've ever seen were vehicles that already had a G54B like a D50, Mighty Max, Montero, Mazda B2600, Fire Arrow. But those just got the SQ turbo swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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