What would you have differently, knowing what you know now??

[318isbmw]

I wish I had bought a complete motor and tranny w/ wiring harness all together. Instead of piecing together everything. Would have been easier to buy a driveshaft and all the little parts but have the majority of work done.

[erik325i]

I wish I hadn't of procrastinated so much. I've been building this car for a couple years now, and just finally drove it on the street for the first time today.

Erik

[PiercedE30]

I wish I would have used a VANOS head to take advantage of the 6mm valve stems instead of the NV 7mm valves.
That and gone turbo, whole lot more power potential for not much more power.

[kenika65]

+1

[e30serg]

So here's a question that will probably help a lot of us new swappers. For all of you guys that have done the M50/52 and s50/52 swaps-

What would you have done differently. knowing what you know now?

This can be anything, such as, different sequence taken when installing/removing things, different parts used, wished you would've replaced parts that later failed, etc!

Let us know!