Help with 24v swap

[nl328i]

:)

I feel like I just READ one of those after-school specials.

And they all lived happily ever after.

Congrats on the successful swap.

[I*Do*Werke]

Wow. I just read through this entire thread over since I posted it a year and half ago.

I would like to publicly apologize for my stupidity and general douche-baggery to all the members of this forum. I was extremely immature and uninformed, however, I have since grown a pair of balls and become wiser behind the wheel of God's Chariot.

Although I was once blind, I can now see the light. In spite of all the hate I received for this thread, I persevered and accomplished my goals of swapping my e30. Much thanks to all the great information I found amongst r3v and all the members who pointed me in the right direction. As many would have guessed it, the swap took longer than expected but I fired up the engine for the first time on the eve of Bimmerfest East 2011. Since then, I have daily driven the car and as of yesterday, rolled over 15,000 miles on the swap. Thanks again to everyone.

Let this thread be a reminder for all young e30 owners out there: Shut the fvck up and do*werke

[I*Do*Werke]

You should have the 24v all ready, this swap when planned out should not take more than two 8 hour workdays, except for custom exhaust work.

Yea thats what I am thinking. I already have the all the OBD1 components and harness installed on the engine. Its just sitting in my friends garage. But in the meanwhile, Ill be doing some more preventative maintenance on the engine and prepping the chassis.

[Farbin Kaiber]

You should have the 24v all ready, this swap when planned out should not take more than two 8 hour workdays, except for custom exhaust work.

[I*Do*Werke]

Aright guys I know you are gonna love to hear this but the swap is going to be postponed till summer. My friend, who's garage I was going to do the swap at, has a different spring break then me. So Im going to wait until we have a solid week of time to finish the swap

[MattM]

exhaust solutions are endless and are posted all over the place, do a search, find the best solution for you that meets your desires and budget.

Personally i bought a set of SS rep headers on ebay, and a local shop did up a complete custom system from the headers back.

[phreshkid]

You'll see. Meet your deadline, make a thread about how you have no idea what your doing, we'll laugh a little at your expense, then ask me again. I'll be sure to answer.

[I*Do*Werke]

So the manifolds themselves fit, but the exhaust piping after the manifold is the problem?

[phreshkid]

This is what the obd2 manifolds to obd1 s50 midpipe looks like:
This is from underneath, excuse the dirtiness.



This is after fairly extensive modification to get the front of the midpipe properly bent and fitting properly:

and


much better.

[dude8383]

Well my friend used an Obd2 manifold and he had the worst time trying to make it fit. Dude8383, did you have to do any modifications to get your manifold to fit?

Yes, the manifold itself didn't need to be modified but the pipe passing over sway bar had to be bent. I wish I had a pic of it but I don't.

It shouldn't cost much to get it done by a shop...or you may be able to heat it up with some real HEAT I presume you can persaude it to fit ;)

[I*Do*Werke]

Well my friend used an Obd2 manifold and he had the worst time trying to make it fit. Dude8383, did you have to do any modifications to get your manifold to fit?

[Farbin Kaiber]

^ OP, how can you get tighter clearance to the block than that?

[dude8383]

I've seen cars with m/s52 manifolds.

Yeh exactly.

Like mine:



On subframe going into chassis:

[Farbin Kaiber]

I've seen cars with m/s52 manifolds.

[I*Do*Werke]

folks like the SS replica shit from ebay, that works without any bending. i would go with m52/s52 manifolds though, they're nice and they flow quite well.

I have the M52 manifolds but they wont fit into the chassis. I thought the only headers that would fit were the "shorty" headers they sell on ebay. I have seen many problems with the m52 manifold and SS reps