This was a sub-project, among the engine swap project.
In Lamest terms
The 318i on my car's badge, stands for:
3= Three Series
18= 1.8 Liter engine (size)
i= Fuel Injected
The engine going into my car is a 3.5 liter engine, thusly, the badge on the back should change to say 335i. However, my car is being modeled after a rare, South African e30 called the 333i, which had a 3.3 liter engine. On the side of the engine block of BMW's, the size of the engine is printed. As a fun, custom project, partstig taught me how to do, I changed the print on my engine, which used to say 3.5, to say 3.3. This is in honor and replica of the 333i. Anybody looking at the engine bay will see the 3.3 on the block and think it's an M30B32, but really, it's an M30b34. It's a kind of like unexpected power (the authenticity of the 333i engine, but with a bigger size). I'll let the pictures do the talking. (And yes, I know in the final two pictures I should clean off the paint from the oil filter surface, I have done this after I have taken the pictures).
The pictures start from the beginning and show each step toward creating the 3.3, an evolution if you want to call it that.
Start:
End:
Just thought I might share with you guys since this is the M30 section.
In Lamest terms
The 318i on my car's badge, stands for:
3= Three Series
18= 1.8 Liter engine (size)
i= Fuel Injected
The engine going into my car is a 3.5 liter engine, thusly, the badge on the back should change to say 335i. However, my car is being modeled after a rare, South African e30 called the 333i, which had a 3.3 liter engine. On the side of the engine block of BMW's, the size of the engine is printed. As a fun, custom project, partstig taught me how to do, I changed the print on my engine, which used to say 3.5, to say 3.3. This is in honor and replica of the 333i. Anybody looking at the engine bay will see the 3.3 on the block and think it's an M30B32, but really, it's an M30b34. It's a kind of like unexpected power (the authenticity of the 333i engine, but with a bigger size). I'll let the pictures do the talking. (And yes, I know in the final two pictures I should clean off the paint from the oil filter surface, I have done this after I have taken the pictures).
The pictures start from the beginning and show each step toward creating the 3.3, an evolution if you want to call it that.
Start:
End:
Just thought I might share with you guys since this is the M30 section.
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