Ok, my turn

[sharksforthecup]

After reading about these Dohc swapped e30's for a couple years now I have finally convinced myself that life cannot go on until I have one. So here are some photos of what I have done so far. (not much). And all the parts I have aquired so far. Originally I planned on trying to find an s50 since everything I heard was that it would be nearly impossible to get an s52 converted to obdI by a smog referee. That has now changed and I don't care anymore. I have a couple friends in the area that personally know smog techs that don't care if you give them a little extra $.( Don't care about the visual that is). So I plan on completing the obdI s52 by bimmerfest.(I'm well on my way) With a little help from my assistant eric in the white shirt.

[Jaygo333]

Holy Crap. Good Luck on your journey.

[sharksforthecup]

Thanks i'm gonna need it.

[Farbin Kaiber]

At least you have the engine, My bay is sitting empty.

[etxxz]

just don't let that pipe take time or money away from the swap ;)
no wonder your friend is so eager to help. j/k man post if you need help. lately i seem to roam this boards more than i should

[1990m3]

just don't let that pipe take time or money away from the swap ;)

no wonder he has that big smile on his face. He probably thinks this is some funny shit :)

[sharksforthecup]

Yeah my bad maybe I should edit them, I didn't think it would be a big deal. I don't want to offend anyone, even though you 2 are j/k.
The only thing getting in the way of this swap is more parts I need to order/acquire. Everytime I come home I go in the garage for a good 15 min looking for something to do.

[sharksforthecup]

slowly but surely it's coming together

This engine mount bracket is just barely off. I thought it was kind of weird noone else said anything about this. The only place I've seen someone else mention this is on the e3024v.com


So I broke out the drill and wala........


Here's my empty bay


Here's the engine and tranny all put together with all the accessories


The moment of truth, I'm obviously very excited for this thing to finally be going in


And there she sits as of yesterday


And here she is again with that sexy m cover on


Now I'm just waiting for the damn treehouse adaptor and booster to get here so I can wrap this up before fest hopefully.

On a side note, is the fuel tank breather valve needed for the engine to run properly or can I get away with routing the line directly from the throttle body to the charcoal canister?

[hoveringuy]

Looks nice.

I've left my fuel vent disconnected and left the purge valve connected to the ecu. The fitting on the manifold is capped.

Also, you have two O2 sensors still in your manifold. What are your exhaust plans?

[hugh jass]

you will be a check engine light if the purge valve isn't connected, and you probably won't pass the visual check for smog if you don't have the purge valve in place

[sharksforthecup]

alright I ordered the valve from pelican. Lame

Next order of business is I'm having trouble with plugging in the camshaft sensor.

The one I have has a male fitting like so



Here's the corresponding attachment on the harness, I double checked it (brwn/orge, red/wht, yellow).


I'm confused.

On a good note look what else I got

[e30s52]

how many pounds are those blue injectors

[hugh jass]

are you sure you have an obd1 cam sensor?

[hugh jass]

how many pounds are those blue injectors

24 lb.

[etxxz]

damn i have a 3.25 and the gearing is short as hell...what rim size will you be running?! you're looking at 60mph at 3000rpm ;d

on a side note, looks like its coming along. good work!