My e30 318is s52 swap thread

[e30s52]

ya it was....till i tryed installing it, and the bolt pattern on the guibo is different than the tranny!!

im very close to ripping the driveshaft out of my 328.

DO IT!!! you know you want to drive it:)

[windsor318is]

nice welds

ya it was....till i tryed installing it, and the bolt pattern on the guibo is different than the tranny!!

im very close to ripping the driveshaft out of my 328. back to square one with the drive shaft situation, again any leads leme no.

[e30s52]

nice welds

[windsor318is]

[windsor318is]

its not an m3 its my daily driver 328is with m package, and ill have a vid to prove ill blow the doors off the c6 when i have the blower installed.

alright i guess ill pull the shaft out one more time and get it balanced, i didnt read anywhere anyone else doing it, ill have to look around for a shop in the area. going to get the shaft welded right now.

[etxxz]

+1 for balancing!

[e30serg]

Dude-spend the little $ and get it balanced. If not, your rear tranny bearings and rear diff bearing will pay the price eventually. Not to mention you might have some vibrations. Oh-the u-joints will eat it too.

[e30polak]

my first race when the e30 is done, he laughs at me....
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well if it's the m3, then you'll be laughing...but you would have no chance against that c6

[e30s52]

it should be fine if it is welded right and not done poorly. i mean as in chunky welds.

[windsor318is]

you the man, ill look for that thread, i thought this part of the swap was straight forward, but there seems to me more variations of setups for this.

update....i had to pull my 17 year old m42 rad out....kept leaking, swaped it out for an 97 e36 318 rad which is idential, i owe my buddy a present for having all these parts laying around.
tomorrow that shaft is getting welded, i cant take it anymore i need to drive it. shifter linkage should be in the mail in the next couple days.

how many people got there shaft re balanced?? everyone is busting my balls to do it. what you guys think?

[tjcm3]

Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures of my linkage but it's nothing special, just the M3 carrier (same PN as a 325) and a shortened E36 rod.

There was an earlier thread titled 'Shift Carrier Question' that discussed some of the variations with photos. I can't believe there's any difference with the M3 tunnel and shifter opening but it was not going to be easy to make the E36 set-up work without it being pretty far back and towards the passenger. The E30 carrier was centered and a bit forward - more to my liking.

[e30s52]

he has a m3 i dont know it that would make a differnce or not.

[windsor318is]

do you have any pics of your linkage setup? sounds interesting. its just the carrier im having a problem with, actualy i wont know where my lever sits till i have it in.

[tjcm3]

With regard to the shifter carrier, I found that the E36 shifter was not going to work in my conversion - it was too long. I used my original E30 M3 carrier that is slightly short but I prefer the shifter to be further forward than too far back.
For the rod, I used a good suggestion found on this site that makes "tuning" it very easy. I cut the E36 rod then tapped it - the I.D. is just right for a 12mm thread. I used a 12mm threaded rod (cut the head off a bolt) to assemble the rod. Then I carfully shortened the rod until the length and rotation was to my liking - a bit forward and to the left to minimize the reach from the steering wheel. Once set I had it welded. Image is shifter in neutral.

[e30s52]

see i told you it was easy.