I recently picked up an incredibly clean E30 and originally was going to part it but because it is so clean (no cracks in the dash, no rips in leather, only one ding in the body, shiny paint, no rust, etc.) I decided I will take everything from my current car and put it in the new one. The new one has the engine in pieces (CLEAN pieces), and I need to do a swap to a 5spd as it currently has an auto. About two years ago I replaced EVERY bushing in the front and rear suspension, a s50 M3 rack, sway bars, Bilsteins, H&R's, brakes, etc. and my current cars drives great so when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING suspension and driveline wise (motor, tranny, suspension, steering rack, etc.).
I'm pretty mechanically inclined but haven't done anything this big before. Since I am swapping literally the whole driveline and suspension I am thinking about dropping the whole subframe with suspension attached and tranny from under the car and then bolting it back up to the new one (like here: http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/show...&postcount=16_). For the rear I will drop from the subframe with everything attached (already have done that).
Any pitfalls here? Seems pretty straight forward and with the driveline out of the old car I should "easily" be able to pull from the old for the new for the 5spd swap, refresh the engine bay and clean it all up a bit. Both cars are the same year, same body style, etc. only difference is one was originally an is (new) and the new one has an auto.
Thanks in advance for the advice! I will be sure to post up plenty of pics of the process.
FYI the "original" post of my $250 Zinno that I will be swapping from!
I'm pretty mechanically inclined but haven't done anything this big before. Since I am swapping literally the whole driveline and suspension I am thinking about dropping the whole subframe with suspension attached and tranny from under the car and then bolting it back up to the new one (like here: http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/show...&postcount=16_). For the rear I will drop from the subframe with everything attached (already have done that).
Any pitfalls here? Seems pretty straight forward and with the driveline out of the old car I should "easily" be able to pull from the old for the new for the 5spd swap, refresh the engine bay and clean it all up a bit. Both cars are the same year, same body style, etc. only difference is one was originally an is (new) and the new one has an auto.
Thanks in advance for the advice! I will be sure to post up plenty of pics of the process.
FYI the "original" post of my $250 Zinno that I will be swapping from!
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