Is engine swapping your car really worth it?? K24 swapped e30! 

Of all the swaps out there, the K24 fits right into the E30's soul...and...at a much, much lower price than an E30 / M3.

Ryan, you make so many good points in your video. As I've said before, I am in process of building a K24 swapped E30. I love watching your videos. I like seeing how we sometimes we are doing the same thing different ways. I just told my wife the other day, I'm spending 20,000 to build a 12,000 dollar car. It's not about the money it's about the love of the hobby. Another point that should be mentioned is how good of a chassis the E30 coupe is for this purpose. For years guys have been praising the 240SX as a great chassis for engine swaps. Today you can hardly find a reasonably priced 240 to build. The S13 chassis had a curbweight of 2700 lbs and the S14 2800 lbs. The E30 coupe has a curb weight of 2800 lbs. In my case, swapping from an M20 to the K24 shed a whopping 160lbs. So in my build my horsepower to weight should be 450/2640. For comparison the C8 base Corvette is 495/3600. I am in no way sayuing my car will be faster than a C8, they are just interesting numbers. You make a great point about the K24. I hate this analogy but it truly is the LS of the 4 cylinder world. I fully plan to flog mine until it blows. Then in stage 2 I'm going from a getrag 260 to a CD009 trans with a built K24 from 4Piston. 4Piston is building some incredible K24s for pretty reasonable money. 10-13k will get you an engine with a custom head that can make 1000 hp. Ryan, keep on keeping on. Your videos are great! P.S. Get rid of the ABS. The pump will inevitably die. The pumps are unavailble. If you are insistent on keeping it, I will send you my pump free of charge because you will need a backup.

Love the videos man, crazy to see the quality upgrade over all the years

Hell yeah these videos help. Keep going. The real ones are rooting for you! I think you should have a huge parts list. That’ll help spread the love for the people wanting to start this real real soon ( like me!)❤

I really appreciate your sincerity thks

Really great video, don't know if you realise but you've still got the FWD engine mount bracket on the engine that doesn't need to be there. The black bit below the rocker cover.

Great work man! I’m working on my own ambitious E30 swap with an M54b30. Not quite the power of a turbo k series but I’m stoked to have fun in it. 🤙🤙

Really good information. To what car would you compare k24 in a e30. I want to do the same swap but keep it na Thank you

great video and great point. If it’s a hobby and something you enjoy the value isn’t just what you sell it for. Ask any hobbies golfer, personally I’ve spent thousands and thousands of dollars and am the farthest away from making money off of it. 😂

Totally worth it

in the future plan on doing k swap e30 i have no experience but been doing research its so nerve racking debating on if i should rebuild an engine myself or have a shop do it what do you think ¿¿ spooky

Any benefit in going with a K24 over a K20?