My Budget S51.5 Swap. w000t

[Wh33lhop]

Dude you can't just trade things you already have for parts and call that zero dollars. Yeah I had an M5 but I traded that for a supercharged S85, see it's possible to get it for free.

[mpowerful]

Will the m50nv dual valve springs work in an m50 vanos head? I have tried searching this with no real luck so I am guessing it just means now. I do know that NV has 7mm valves and vanos has 6mm. Is that referring to the stem size?

[mpowerful]

So this is gonna act as my swap thread. About a month ago I told the local yocals (iliad and e30bulldog here on the forum) that I could do a 24v swap for less than 500 bucks. I was sorta serious and sort of not because my car has run perfect for so long. Then my car started acting a fool because of the damn plug wires. Anyway I fixed it but in the process broke a starter. So I said wth I will go ahead with the swap. (there is no real logic there because my m20 only has 135k and runs great, but I figure i have to work on it to fix little headaches i might as well swap it for fun?!?//.)

So back to the 500 dollar thing. The plan all along was to collect everything from the junkyard to do the swap to minimize the cost. I am not actually super strict on that number but I want to keep it as damn close as possible. Usually when I get something in my head I move fast. So in last 10 days I have managed to collect the following:

Free- e34 m50nv oil pan, pickup, tube (this will work same as e34 m50v right?)

16$ - 94 325iC auto harness

Free - m50 manifold and throttle body

24$ - Red label 413

20$ - Porsche 944 booster

182$ - m52b28 with 130k miles out of an interior flooded 328iC with all accessories and all obd2 crap which I am dumping except the pink top injectors

Free - s50 cams (traded for a vert top that someone gave to me).

Free - s50 bavauto tune

Free - c101 from an 86 325e

Now in same week I also sold other swap parts I got off cars at the junkyard for a total intake of 110$.

Total expenditure so far is 132$.


There is some other miscellaneous stuff I know I am forgetting. We have lots of NOS parts at our shop too that will prob go on the car like intake manifold gaskets, knock sensors, etc. This kind of stuff adds up quickly so hopefully I can get most of that from the parts bins.

This leaves the rest of the budget for things that I know I will have to get.

G260 swap brace (but I might try to build one)
Exhaust work (might try building this too)
Oil Pan gasket
The fittings to fab the a/c lines and crimping services
machined flywheel
valve cover gaskets and seals
vanos rebuild
coolant lines

And stuff I want to get

Big bore throttle body
540 MAF
Elbow for those

And probably some other stuff I am forgetting. But I think this is a decent list. Anyway I will keep up to date on progress hopefully. I have a shitload more time than money.

My first step is building this harness.




The new heart transplant....