She's breathing

[e30_kid89]

Good Work D! congrats. I still remember the day my m50 fired up, it sounded exactly the same....good job on getting the wiring right the first time..I still need to find myself a motor for my swap...

[BigD]

Congrats mang! I loved it when my s50 turned over the first try and just purred with open headers. Its a beautiful thing. :)

Thanks man! LOL I dunno if "purred" is the word I'd choose though. It sucks how video doesn't do it justice, it sounded like a dragster in person.

[etxxz]

^^ yeah, i've been using your pin chart for reference and the e30s50 one as well. i'm gonna attempt the obdII so what haves me worried is the ignition and security wiring.

yes i have the components needed :d

congrats on your startup must feel good

[Mr.SWISS]

Everytime a DOHC E30 starts for the first time, God killz an E36. :p

[BigD]

Everytime a DOHC E30 starts for the first time, God killz an E36. :p

LOL! Thanks for the sig!

[WillisE30]

Everytime a DOHC E30 starts for the first time, God killz an E36. :p

For good reason too!

[Beej '86 325es]

I had a dream last night that I started my S50 for the first time.

It was glorious.

[B3M2W5]

OMG BIG watched you videos on you tube that was amazing it makes me so pumped to get mine going im pretty close but still have a good ways.

[BigD]

OMG BIG watched you videos on you tube that was amazing it makes me so pumped to get mine going im pretty close but still have a good ways.

Thanks dude, I was hoping it would inspire some people. It didn't really inspire me as much as I hoped. It feels really cool but there's so much annoying shit left to do that I think it has made me slow down. I'm the type that's like 80% process 20% end result for my projects. I suppose I kind of feel "done" and there's no huge drive to keep going. I got the rad in now, need the hoses, need to get a little adapter for the [edit: PURGE] valve (not using the canister), gotta mount the overflow tank (big "ugh..."), gotta mount the relays, add the harness ground stud (been clamping it to the upper strut bearing stud), mount the diagnostic plug, clean up the wiring and finish the exhaust. The last one's a huge drag. For one I don't have the resources to chop and weld so not only am I too cheap to pay someone to do it, it goes against the principle of the project. So I'm gonna try to go as far as I can, keep it all stock. I'll plug the center bung on the OBDI downpipes and put the O2 into one of the OBDII manifolds, that way those don't need chopping. Then it looks like my RSC36 catback will follow the E30 underbody quite nicely. Maybe I'll just use some fucking coathanger wire to hang it all up and just get an exhaust shop to weld in the hangers - so I won't feel too bad paying someone to do work on this project.

[BigD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvFrjmkII68

[e30_kid89]

LOL! End of that video FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The hard part is over, now you can be lazy and just finish things up by spring.

[etxxz]

JAJAJJA oooo man... nice. runs very well! can't wait to crank mine