My S52 swap begins...

[bdi_fc]

I have the engine and most of the parts to start the swap. As soon as my dad gets his Christmas decorations down, I'll be cruising over to his house on weekends to work on the swap.

You can see pictures of my engine and parts on my website: www.e30dohc.com

I will be journalizing my swap progress on the site, and I'd also like to make the site a resource for people looking to do the swap in the future.

You can get RSS updates with this link:
http://www.e30dohc.com/rss.xml

Let me know what you think!

[grib]

Cool site! You're doing the swap almost the same way I am. S52 with an OBD-1 swap and the THR adaptor. (Except mine is going into my '87)

[DEV0 E30]

Good stuff I was planning on doing an informational writeup aswell.

Nice score on the domain name.

You'll love your car when all is sorted out. I think an S50 powered E30 is perfect in terms of power in a small car.

[ldsbeaker]

Sweet! I'll be following along...

[tree8tizzle]

thats an awesome site you have set up. i am about to do the same swap into a 91. how do you have you pcv set up on the new engine?

[BingM3]

bdi, here is a link that may help assist for your conversion:)

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=602151&referrerid=&highlight=obd1+conversion

Did an s50 swap 2 weeks ago and I'm happy, just changed to 3.46 and it flies!
Enjoy and good luck!

[bdi_fc]

bdi, here is a link that may help assist for your conversion:)

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=602151&referrerid=&highlight=obd1+conversion

Did an s50 swap 2 weeks ago and I'm happy, just changed to 3.46 and it flies!
Enjoy and good luck!

Awesome. Thanks for the link.

[bdi_fc]

thats an awesome site you have set up. i am about to do the same swap into a 91. how do you have you pcv set up on the new engine?

BingM3's write up addresses this:

9. PCV – The OBD2 crank case vent is setup up differently than the OBD1 vent. There are several options to address this issue. If you are using the OBD2 valve cover, you can keep your OBD2 PCV setup and figure out a way to mount the breather valve (cone shaped plastic valve with round breather on top) under the intake manifold. If you are using the OBD1 valve cover, you should use the OBD1 breather valve that clips on to the crankcase vent port. The OBD1 valve has a vacuum line that connects to the plug that joins the ICV to the intake manifold and a large oil drain line that runs to the dipstick. The last option is a hook up a hose to the crankcase vent and run a breather catch can. I picked up a small length of 1” rubber hose and connected it to my OBD2 valve cover and hooked up the other end to the OBD1 breather valve and use a barbed connector to join the oil drain line to my dipstick.

I'll let you know what I find out when I get to that point in my swap.

[nes85er]

very cool! s52 ftw!