da project

[winfred]

it started life as a 91 318is to replace my dearly departed 90 325is that was my long term runner of 94k miles for a total of 216k


i was days away from installing the 2.8 stroker i built when it got squished but enough of the past
it was a running driving 318is prime for molestation that i picked up from auction as a donation (women owner died and someone donated it) for $450 8-)

now it has the m-coupe 5 lug from my old car and the m20b28 i never got the chance to install


yea i know it's a little tall but our roads suck and i prefer function over form, less changing of oil pans and buying of lip spoilers that way, anyway with a bath and a polish it shines decent too

heres some various shots




extrude honed intake


13# 323 flywheel

bobbed counterweights on the m52b28 crank to clear the short skirt I pistons, BAS 280* cam 10.6mm lift 110* separation, it's a little lumpy at idle

balanced the pistons and rods to with in 1/10th of a gram across the set, the pistons were 2.5 grams off and the rods were 4 grams off from light to heavy

racetech studs top and bottom

built a cam sensor











i have a megasquirt ready to install and after that i am going to start building the bracket to make use of the pulley i built

i have a paxton ready to install as soon as i get the bracket built and the plumbing ready, i plan to run a intercooler but haven't bought one yet as i haven't gotten as far as screwing with pipe routing to figure out what style i am going to use yet

[IRON-E]

Nice, clean ride!

[e30polak]

Sweet project, but paint those rims black and you will be 10,000X happier. Great ingenuity on the motor work nevertheless. With those brakes it must stop on a dime :)

[e30s52]

clean car. loven the 5 lug swap

[PiercedE30]

The brakes on this beast are HUGE!! I want to say they are 325x32 fronts. BEASTLY.

[Mike]

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[DocG]

that's one hell of a good job you're doing there...And as said before, those brakes are killer!

[Bimmerista]

Looks good!

BTW...gimme the address to where that gold Porsche 928 is at :D I'd like to buy it.

[PiercedE30]

2433 Florida St, Denham Springs, LA 70726

Please come and get it. We've been staring at it for the better part of this year.

[e30love]

awesome build love the the 5 lug swap and motor

[Hartge_H27]

looks good.

[winfred]

hehehe

plumbing is going to suck more then bracketry by a long shot, plumbing would be easy if i wasn't going to intercool it, the output pretty much points right at the throttle body

[So Live]

I see no a/c compressor. Have you thought about putting the charger in the a/c spot?

Sweet car and build dude! Nice job on the cam sensor too!

[winfred]

ac is alive and well now and will remain that way, it sucks down here in the summer besides the paxton is huge i doubt it would fit there, i have seen a sn series paxton on a e30 before in pictures so it's possible and i like the road less traveled

I see no a/c compressor. Have you thought about putting the charger in the a/c spot?

Sweet car and build dude! Nice job on the cam sensor too!

[Jean]

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