How do you know when you are in love? Simple for me. When you cannot get something out of your head, and it tugs on your heart: possibly TEARS at your heart. A couple things in my life have done this to me. My chevy s10 that i owned (it was my first vehicle), my dog Lou Bear, my wonderful girlfriend Meishel (she teared my heart up like Katrina tore up New Orleans), and my S14. All of these have a significant place within my heart and within my memories. Each add value to the life that i have lived. Currently, im in a conundrum. I'm not sure if I'm in love or just infatuated with the BMW e30 M3 in this video. Not only is it a superb chassis, and a rare car in general, but it is the epitome of the big engine-little car idea. You see, this owner tore out the old s14 4 cylinder M3 engine that came in the car and replaced it with a slightly modified S85 V10 engine. The owner did the swap. He states in the video that the Vanos system (somewhat like VTEC) is locked which provides for more top end power. He also has a low restriction exhaust and CONCRETE IN THE TRUNK FOR TRACTION. This is by far my favorite BMW powerplant, and due to the song that the engine produces, it is also one of my favorite engines of all time. This video is single-handedly making me beg the question to myself, is this S85 something that I want to go into the engine bay of my S14? Or, do i want to endeavor into a copycat project to simulate this build for myself? I know this car loses to the Porsche it is racing...but do you really care? Does this car not produce a song similar to the one belted out by the Sirens to Odysseus that calls to you and tugs at your heart? I argue that if it does not, you simply do not like cars as much as you believe you do.
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