M52/Zf Alpine White 1986 E30

[warshark]

you are going good keep up the good work you will soon reap your reward

[JeLani]

Long 1986 e30 story ~ 24v in the works ~

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[JeLani]

Long 1986 e30 story ~ 24v in the works ~

Worked on having the car running for SoCal euro , didnt work , got extremely tired of it being unreliable in the year I've had it , as some of you probably can see , had I not been so passionate about the car I wouldve sold it the first month I had it. So heres this ;
If the car isnt running it better be for a damn good reason , no motor , but one being built .

Building what will practically be a frankenstein 24v (obviously) S52, they are quite overpriced and complete form and already access to alot of parts A few rough specs include :

NATURALLY ASPIRATED ENGINE BUILD //
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• OBDI conversion
• TRM 24LB/HR injector TRM tuned ECU
• 3.5 HFM
•24lb injectors are already had.
•M50 intake manifold
•M50 throttle body
•Bare vanos cylinder head, no vanos attached needs default machine shop attention
•M50 single vanos unit had.
•OBDI black widow wiring plus fuel rail attained.
•Crankshaft , found a bare block in LA i have to go buy when I have a chance.
• Need cams to accomodate the bigger injectors .
• Need internal parts such as connecting rods , found a member with new a 135mm set.
•New pistons
• Head studs
•S52 OEM Valve springs
- 2.93 LSD in the car already
-Zf 5 speed wanted , obviously do not need right now .


Thats probably 1/8 of all of the parts i need I am sure , I'm sure it would benefit me to write up a list what parts need to be had In order of Engine / Mounting / Brakes , but i've been grabbing things that pop up I know I need. Open to any suggestions on parts to use or anything I should be careful doing , but the short term plans have been decided with confidence. Now lets have some fun. Updates soon as school semester ends soon.




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[JeLani]

Long 1986 e30 story ~ 24v in the works ~

Haven't been able to update the thread because of school and I got a new job that gives me alot of hours , but that hasn't stopped me from at least buying parts the the motor swap.

Returned home at about 1:45 knowing this package had shown up at some point, mind that i was just out drinking with friends excited to now open these car parts. It gets better.



M/S50 hand-wired OBD1 wiring that came out of an S52 swapped e30 325 variant , a couple hours north in upland , fuel rail included . Everything I need electrical wise , and apparently black and venomous. Learning lesson of buying things sight unseen learned right here. Killed it , inspected wiring , looks good and complete, more updates to come. Mind you all I hate spiders with a passion, and also the dude I ordered this from, he packaged this like a 4th grader, I mean its only wiring but still.. that being said , Im going to observe his wiring and make sure it checks out.

More updates to come , Happy thanksgiving everyone.

[JeLani]

Long 1986 e30 story ~ 24v in the works ~

Borrowed a friends hoist , I hope to have the motor pulled by next week , still some prep work to be done for that during my free time. Also need to clean up my garage while i'm at it. Its unfortunately looking worse and worse very quickly.






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[2mAn]

Also need to clean up my garage while i'm at it. Its unfortunately looking worse and worse very quickly.

start with putting your shoes away

[JeLani]

start with putting your shoes away

Lol i threw them out of the truck i used for the hoist.


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[ManSalad]

This better be done by bimmerfest man!

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[JeLani]

This better be done by bimmerfest man!

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Lol this gets done depending how broke i wanna be ;) hopefully we see it done before then


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[JeLani]

1986 332is Build // Project Franken52

A friend who's m52 swapping his 87 sedan and I took a trip to the junkyard , I left without $40 but left with cam trays , top cam bearings , vanos sprockets and chain. Wanted a vanos unit too but they were stupid and were going to charge me for the price of a cylinder head because they didnt know what they were doing. Nonetheless i need to go there more for parts , it will speed up the motor build time .







Here just wanted to see how the cylinder head looked intact , excites me.

Im still in search for aftermarket cams to run with the injector tune . If anyone knows anyone with some or where i should get some please let me know . I know schrick ones are available new and sunbelt but i couldn't find a price for them let alone a listing.




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[JeLani]

Low mileage 135MM Conrods








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[JeLani]

Remaining Optimistic : 18 y.o. self gets ripped off ---> 24v

M20 should be out this thursday , it's going to the buyer who put a down payment on it.


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[JeLani]

1986 332is Build // Project Franken52

Nice knowin ya , M20 and shit ass wiring . The e30 is now a nothingES ... for now.





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[2mAn]

Is the Franken52 motor assembled yet or is the car going to be down for a little while now?

[JeLani]

Is the Franken52 motor assembled yet or is the car going to be down for a little while now?

It's going to be down for a while , This choice has its pro's & con's over getting the m20 running . but it gives me the choice of addressing any other areas of the car.


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