M30 swap for my Olive Drab Vert!

[RagtopE30]

^ Thanks Jesse.

I got more work done today.

Spray booth wrapped and completed.





Then I loaded it up with a cheap 6' tall saw horse. From that I hung all the remaining parts that I needed to paint including the radiator support, hood hinge assembly, etc..
There is a fan on the left side of the booth and I pointed the shop heater at the front two filters and let the booth and parts warm up.



Then I painted!!! Check out the results. And yes if you look closely you will see some mistakes but I am happy regardless.







Now to wait for them to cure. I should be able to start final assembly on Wednesday. And now that I have my SPAL fan I can officially install the radiator support for the last time during this build.



And since I had to wait around for the paint to somewhat cure today I made some progress on the actual car.
I put on the Bavauto sparkplug wires from my M20, I just had to put them into the M30 wire cover.
I also reinstalled the freshly painted blower motor cover.
And I put the wiring harness back in the engine bay.
I relocated the coil to avoid the coil wire being draped over or under the down pipe. And I plan on mounting the wasted spark coils in the same location when MS happens.





Oh and in the last couple of days I did some shop improvements. Notice the wall behind the convertible, NO more exposed studs and a coat of paint made a huge difference.

[Bearmw]

Nice spray booth. I hope to do that some day. Things are looking good but I think you are going to want a cage in that beast.

[RagtopE30]

Most likely. I know I want a roll bar at least and I am working on a design like no one has seen in these so far!

[Bearmw]

Now that roll bar I can't wait to see. Bye bye back seat.

[kinghorn26]

Hey RagtopE30, I am doing an M30 swap into my E30 right now as well. I found a couple strut bars that will fit with the resevoir mounted on the firewall. I know it can be done, but could only pull up 1 pic I had saved:



Not an M30 in the car, but I'm sure the strut bar would work with it as well?

[RagtopE30]

Sweet! Now we just have to find out who makes it.

[kinghorn26]

Innoparts, they're located in Germany I believe.

http://www.innoparts.de/shop/index.php

[Bearmw]

That V8 vert is CLEAN

[RagtopE30]

Baby steps are still steps. I got in a few minutes of work today.

[e30m3s54turbo]

It might baby steps. At least your project is moving along very well.

[jeffnhiscars]

Innoparts, they're located in Germany I believe.

http://www.innoparts.de/shop/index.php

Whats nice is that its for a "sportive" driver and includes a "basement".

Gotta love it


Matt is your engine bay suppose to have a nicer paint job than the body ?

[RagtopE30]

For the moment, yes

[RagtopE30]

OPERATION: Removable Radiator Support and Intercooler install and Engine Bay Paint and Wire Tuck and Hood Release Cable Tuck and other stuff, IS COMPLETE!!

Got some work done today.

I mounted the headlights


I then started working on mounting the SPAL fan. I had to make some brackets.




Then I went ahead and mounted the intercooler with the fan in place and the wiring pulled across the radiator support to ensure that I didn't make any mistakes with clearances. It looked like is was manufactured that way!!




Then I disassembled everything and painted the brackets. And finally remounted everything. I cleaned up the intercooler and reinstalled the hood hinge mechanism and the hood shock arm.

[IS300E30]

This is going to be built better than BMW did it in the 80s.

Matt is the only person I could ever drop my car off to and say, "please do this, this, and, this" and have no concern at all that it will be done and done right. Any one else I am always concern when they have it that they will screw it up and after I get the car back, I always look over their work to make sure it is right, but this guy is a genius. He truly has the intelligence like a professor but the knowledge of a mechanic.

Can't wait to see the final product.

[jim325]

You make my intercooler/spal fan/ wiring hell u make my whole car look like shit. I mean it is, but urs really puts it in perspective. I need a dang garage n a new body to redo mine half as good.