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Hello all, I recently was able to accomplish one of my long time goals. My goal to one day own an ls1. I have had nothing but imports my entire driving life mainly Europeans, but have always respected and loved my domestic vehicles. The ls being my motor of choice and bmw my car of choice, i choose to combine the two to create my ultimate driving machince. I picked up an 06 silverado 5.3 and a th400 with mods and decided to swap it into my e36 318 bmw. I am no stranger to turbocharging or performance, but i am very new to this world and would love all and any input anyone may have to give. My power goal is 800-900whp using a pair of 6262 turbos, and would love the help in figuring what i will need to do in order to accomplish this reliably. Thanks.
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Nice project u have going there.

Welcome to the Site!!!!
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E36 LS swaps seem to be the thing...you should find good info on this site. Welcome!
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Thank you guys. Found lots of info on here already, great place.
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Nice man...you in ft Myers?
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Nice man...you in ft Myers?
Thanks, i am in Sarasota. About 45min north of ft Myers.
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theres a guy in port charlotte where i got my ls6 intake he was swapping an ls6 into a 90s m3 and another ls3 iirc into an older m5
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Originally Posted by ISMELLRICE
theres a guy in port charlotte where i got my ls6 intake he was swapping an ls6 into a 90s m3 and another ls3 iirc into an older m5
Wow, i live in port charlotte. would be nice to meet him.
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Its probably you then LOL
I found him on Craigslist auto parts...he has a few gto,s and cts-v he is parting out on there is how I found him..
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Welcome to the site!

Hopefully you didn't get flooded from that damn storm last week.
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Welcome to the site!

Hopefully you didn't get flooded from that damn storm last week.
Thanks man. No major issues from the storm, just power outage for a little.
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Its probably you then LOL
I found him on Craigslist auto parts...he has a few gto,s and cts-v he is parting out on there is how I found him..
lol, not me man. Only have euro cars.
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