M50 Weekend warriors

[e30Rob]

Well first off i would like to thank Erik, Ed, Phil, Zach, Chris Zip, Justin (friend from Ma), The Illusive Motor Swap Fairy, andmy son Chris for all their help this weekend as there was no way this was going to happened in one weekend with out the help of these great people!

The donor car was a totaled out 92 325is with 91k, took the motor, tranny, and drive shaft from her. Using a 2.93 LSD...and now a manual...;D. Not much really else to say so i'll let the pics to the talking.

Pullin her in 9pm friday night.



Help me bring her in Chris



Gettin everything unhooked



2 Hr's later and this is what you get



Thats what i think of you M20



My what a big hole you have there Stacey (yes i finally named her)



MMMMM....M50 upgrade...personally i think this is how it should have came !!



Ed, n Erik Working on the steering rack.



No Moby dont hurt me



Let me work Damn it...;D



He said he would he would sacrifice himself cause he likes the Philly Eagles



The Magician Shuffle



I know I know but it's better than PBR plus it was free...lol



Motor in and bolted down, intake off to provide some room for other plumbing.



The Illusive Motor Swap Fairy



Taking down the intake fins to make just a little more room.



Whats this......an M50?!?!?!



See now dosent that look like it should have came from the factory that way?



Friday...9pm-12am
Saturday...8am-11pm
Sunday...10am-5pm, and this is what you get

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbxXM6q3Zyg

Today i'm putting the drive shaft in and bleeding the brakes and she be on the ground. Taking her to a local exhaust shop hopefully today and having a custom 2.5" exhaust ran with a walker high flow cat and borla buffler. I'll post a video clip of that after it's finished as well.
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So god damn random.....

[416stroker]

Congratulations. That's pretty much the same setup I have. I makes for way better dd than the m20. What borla are toy going with? I'm running a magnaflow and a walker I have rasp from hell so you might want to add a resinater or glasspack.

[RickSloan]

very nice man, its nice to go from one thing friday to another sunday

oh and more elusive swap fairy pics please

[bimmerteck]

Late at night after, after you should have gone to bed, and you've run out of beer and cigarettes whose there for you, sure as hell 'aith the easter bunny or santa clause, it's the one and only "Motor Swap Fairy" she comes late at night bringing all kinds of things to hard working shadetree mechanics everywhere. I had often heard of her but never seen her with my own eyes, until Saterday night at Rob's swap. She came out of the darkness bringing Taco Bell, Beer, and Cigarettes. Several of the guys froze in their tracks at the sight of such an astonishing act, but i being quick minded and even quicker acting diverted my eyes and lept for my camera to catch these never before seen images of the Motor Swap Fairy in action!


Here we see a dull and lifeless phil being swept into her control. Watch closely as she hands him the cigarettes than "bam" he is under her splendor and completely useless until he has eaten his Taco Bell and had a Cigarette.



The trap laid. . .


a completely entranced worker who was happy in his thirsty and hungry existance only 5 min. earlier.



Luckily she came and went and nary a soul was harmed, only a half hour of the night gone forever as they sat there contently eating smoking and drinking. I know not from whence she came only that she quickly returned and was gone.

Will we see her again, only time will tell, but be ready and know that if your blessed enough to have your own motor swap fairy appear during your long nights in the garage you have only two options. 1) submit and be fed, and boozed or 2) run as if your life depended on it b/c there is no telling what she'll expect from you after this gesture of kindness!

[dirty30]

a completely entranced worker who was happy in his thirsty and hungry existance only 5 min. earlier.

Damn, I'm jealous. My motor swap fairy is a fat redneck named Ronnie. He never brings anything.

[e30s50dan]

nice to have buddies...what brake booster did you use?

[bimmerteck]

e21 (320i) Brake booster
e36 PS rack
2.93ls Diff
getrag e36 trans

[rneedham1979]

Nice!

[87e30]

I'm jealous.

[Jim Lepage]

Are you planning to run it higher with the M50 ?

[e30Rob]

very nice man, its nice to go from one thing friday to another sunday

oh and more elusive swap fairy pics please

easy buddy thats "MY" illusive motor swap fairy...get your own.....;)

e21 (320i) Brake booster
e36 PS rack
2.93ls Diff
getrag e36 trans

damn Erik, your beating me to everything, i still been workin on the car...FYI it's on the ground drove it about 10 miles. Few issues but nothing to crazy.

Are you planning to run it higher with the M50 ?

What do you mean run it higher?

[Wh33lhop]

Haha, awesome. I'm hoping to do something similar in a month or so, except I have no garage, cherry picker or engine stand (or friends who would come work on my car at the drop of a hat). :p

[e30Rob]

Haha, awesome. I'm hoping to do something similar in a month or so, except I have no garage, cherry picker or engine stand (or friends who would come work on my car at the drop of a hat). :p

Well it wasnt in a drop of a hat i gave them all like 2 weeks notice and worked it out to where most could attend.

[Wh33lhop]

Well it wasnt in a drop of a hat i gave them all like 2 weeks notice and worked it out to where most could attend.

Well, we'll see. :p I'm thinking of getting a $400-500 shitbox just so I can have something to drive around while the swap is taking place.

[e30s52]

Looks good Rob :up: