motocaddy's e36 vert build

[gman1227]

AMAZING!!!!!! I must see and ride in real life, awesome job man, what does the wifey think?

[motocaddy]

That swap looks so clean. Awesome project.

Great work!

Thanks!

How's it feel versus the m5x?

It's a totally different experience. The torque of the 5.0 is incredible when compared to the m52b25. It feels like twice the torque, so pulls very nice! My coworker is an ex-FD driver and, after riding in it, thought it would do third gear drifts easy, which it would never do with tired M52. The one advantage the m52 does have is the ability to rev. Because this is a mostly stock 5.0, it barely has over 200whp currently, so after the torque curve (which is probably around 280wtq) is over, power really falls off and you have to short shift.

The sound the 5.0 makes and the ability to upgrade is why I went with this swap. At idle, my cute hairdressers' car sounds like a cammed-out cigarette boat and, when I get on it, it sounds super gnar. I really don't think the videos give it justice at all. Once I get moved into my new place, I'll start modding it for power and it should really wake it up. With just about any head/cam/intake, this car will have over 300whp and pull for another 1500 rpm. Then I'm gonna decide between supercharger, nitrous, or both.

Congrats man, I can't imagine the feeling of driving it after putting so much work into it

Yeah, I wanted to give up so many times because it was just challenge after challenge. Luckily, I have an awesome support group of wife, friends, students, and co-workers, so I was able to get it done and build a really solid car in the process. Yesterday, I drove the car on my 100-mile roundtrip commute and it was awesome to have top down, radio blasting, and v8 thumping on the highway. I don't want to do a swap like this anytime soon, but really glad I went through it.

[TruTaing]

Great work!

[meech]

Congrats man, I can't imagine the feeling of driving it after putting so much work into it

[Earl]

How's it feel versus the m5x?

[kittenpuncher]

That swap looks so clean. Awesome project.

[motocaddy]

This is all I have for videos so far. It runs and drives great! I've put 150 miles on it with no issues. Pulls nice and sounds amazing!

Huge thanks to my friends at 025garage and Hennessey Performance. There's no way I would have been able to do this without them!

[gundy315]

Sooo.....um... whats up?

Bumps for burnouts!

Make it happen Benny!

[Clay]

Sooo.....um... whats up?

[meech]

YESSSSSSS still a little sad that its not a turbo m52

[NinoHale]

Need vids with sound!!

[rozayE36]

badass! sounds awesome.

[motocaddy]

It's alive! Just had to take it to work to have some of the best car builders anywhere tell me I had the cam timing wrong haha.

Will start putting everything together and finishing everything up tomorrow. Luckily, I have a dyno and track to break it in proper on.

[motocaddy]

I was stalking your flickr the other day and saw this. Looks fantastic, I really need to come by & see it in person. Same non-starting symptoms?

Yeah, it hasn't started once since installed in the BMW. Hopefully bringing it up to work tomorrow and let the experts look it over.

[uvebeenrobd]

I was stalking your flickr the other day and saw this. Looks fantastic, I really need to come by & see it in person. Same non-starting symptoms?