There's a 540 wagon on BaT with a LS motor. What do you think?
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Is it Brandon's up for sale again? (Brown, silver ARC-8s, black trim)
If so, it it was put together beautifully with insane attention to detail
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Nope. Oddly enough its a silver 02 540 car. Very well done. The company that did it used the car to prototype a full LS swap kit.
I know you said yours had some secret proprietary CAN integration jazz to tie in the LS, is this that company?
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It is not. The device I used was a prototype that is unlikely to ever go to market.
Brandon. Your built was top notch and should inspire other. Wish I had read your blog when the BAT winner wanted to sell. I would be interested. Anyway, I'm on this one as well. Anything that "might" be an issue?
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I don't see anything at all to be concerned about. I would just want more power.
Thanks for all the comment. As much as I wanted too, I think I'm going to pass and hold out for a m5t. Just a personal preference. Wondering where this will end up. I would be surprise if it goes above Brandon's LSX at $36k.
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My best guess would be 25-30k. I was shocked that Clay's 800 plus hp turbo ls1 e39 only brought $20k. You just never know..
Yeah, that was a little strange. On one hand, people on BaT seem to be pretty leery of engine swaps and project cars, but your wagon brought in good money. Perhaps your wagon was more famous and more desirable than a sedan due to the rare color combo? And your wagon was also built on a much higher budget due to having a new engine vs a junkyard engine, so that could have been a factor as well.
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I ended up buying that car the other day. I had an E36 M3 that was LS6 swapped before...build thread is on here somewhere. I have a decent amount of plans for this one as soon as it arrives in PA next week. Should be a fun build.
-Chris
02 540iT LS2 || 13 550XI Msport || 94 530i || 04 330ci || 92 Galant VR4 || 94 Supra TT/6 810whp
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2002-bmw-540i-7/
pretty sweet
I was spot on for hammer price! Congrats to buyer and seller!
I'm kinda surprised that a LS swapped car went for that much. If it was a S62 swap, I could see it getting that money if not more.
'98 M3 5spd - '03 540it 6spd M-Sport
Mine sold for $36k. Iirc, the ls swapped 2 door restored jag went for about $100k recently on bat.
-Chris
02 540iT LS2 || 13 550XI Msport || 94 530i || 04 330ci || 92 Galant VR4 || 94 Supra TT/6 810whp
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