my 325 build

[stoja e30]

hi everyone new to r3vlimted, heres what ive been working on with my mate tony.



so been driving a 325is since 05 when i bought it as a daily driver until the starter craped out on me the end of 2011. the bemmer ran perfect without a hitch or hiccup till then, was slowly modifying it lowered it with bilstein sport springs and shocks, cross drilled rotors, ceramic pads, braided metal brake lines, new headers, cold air intake, straight pipes for the exhaust, new bushings , new bearings all round, even found some cheap recaros.
so discovered that there was front end damage that wasnt repaired to good so the car was never able to be alined correctly, so i bought another for $700 only it was a 4 door, told the guy i really wanted a 2door and wasnt interested, he told me that if no-one bought it that he would junk it, well the interior was cherry and i just couldnt let him junk it.
couple of years before i was given an 85 325e that didnt run and so we (tony and i) stripped it and rebuilt the engine, pictured above,got a few good parts of it as well.

[TheTacoMan]

Super etas only came with 1988 325s.

Looks Like a good start!

[stoja e30]

Super etas only came with 1988 325s.

Looks Like a good start!

I thought it was a super eta but with all the info ive been reading on other peoples threads and a couple of websties i am now much the wiser, thanks thetacoman edited the post

[MR 325]

So you put an automatic Eta engine in an 89 325i?

[stoja e30]

So you put an automatic Eta engine in an 89 325i?

actually it was a manual eta that i am switching to an auto, auto trans was rebuilt in 07, came back with a little more love. had the 5 speed rebuilt going to put that on the motor from the is when she is rebuilt

[stoja e30]

here was my daily driver, 89 325 is
here how she is now



started stripping her last year, removed the engine and transmission(which is now on the 4door). just started to strip out the rest of the goodies



if any body needs help with the wiring behind the dash i took pics of them during the tear down, just pm me your email and i will send em over, they are in hi res

[stoja e30]

few months ago got the m20 from the 'is' back from the machine shop





all nicely honed, balanced and polished ready to be built as soon as the 4 dr is done

[stoja e30]

continued the tear down of my 'is' which is now a parts car.

this is the reason why she became a parts car and the fact that she didnt want start ever again.

some major front end damage that wasnt fixed right, could never get her to aline straight

any way out with the rack, need it for the 4door



nice and clean ready for install next week, will have more pics then

[cmcgrogan]

why is the falken eyebrow tint backwards lol

[stoja e30]

why is the falken eyebrow tint backwards lol

so you could read it when you looked in your mirror when im behind you :)
plus i was riding on falken FK452's right after they were released, great tire

[Nowayman]

You'll love the 2.7i, It was really fun in my other car. :up:

[stoja e30]

You'll love the 2.7i, It was really fun in my other car. :up:

yeah i cant wait to get her running been so long what with my work, but hopefully next week we will be closer to starting her up

[stoja e30]

never took any pics when i first bought her but these were taken at the body shop where shes getting her new coat, Barberarot pearl B/C 911236.
decided to have the engine bay painted first then once the engine was done and in, the rest of the body.



found this at a wreckers by chance the other day for 80 bucks, they list for 300.

tested out the high heat wrinkle paint for the valve cover on the stress bar, like the look so will go ahead with it, pics next week.

so this is the look i'm aiming for in my build................just kidding saw it the other day had to share.

[stoja e30]

change of plans

so decide to take the eta motor out and rebuild the engine from the 'is' and drop that into the 4 door.





I am going to how ever in the near future is rebuild the eta motor into a 2.8i beast or maybe a 3.0litre.

here is the rack from the 'is' on the car, the other had a broken seal

as you can tell i like to change my mind.

[stoja e30]

so was looking at the pics i posted in the last post and the second last one is the 'eta engine, sitting on the dolly, from the 85 that was give to me. we rebuilt and installed it but couldnt get it to run due to the different wiring setup of the 'i' body to 'e' engine.
anyway took a closer look at the pic and noticed the cast numbers on the head 1705885. now dont know what the block is 'i' or 'e' but i do know that the intake is from an 'e'.
will confirm everything on monday when we pull the head from that block, stay tuned.
wonder how that ran with that set up??