Another E30 M30 Swap Thread, this time with an 84 318i

[the imitator]

I thought that was what it was. Were you expecting something different?

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It was late and I matched them up thinking they were the same diameter, then looked at the clutch pads and went, oh. ha.

I worded it wierd, I should say "like we want".

[marshallnoise]

Ohhhh hahaha. I was wondering how your expectations wwerent even close to reality regarding the flywheel.

You are really moving along man. Awesome progress.

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[the imitator]

Ya, it gets late quicker than you think, before you know it, its nearly morning time.

[the imitator]

Just grabbed condor diff and rear subframe mounts, akg e30 m3 trans mounts, and also an e36 rack spacer kit.

[the imitator]

Condor has amazing customer service btw, there was a tiny mistake with my order/product.. I'm getting product overnight coming in tomorrow guaranteed by 3pm!

Did get this though, its super cool, I can barely see the bottom half of my beer!!!

[CorvallisBMW]

^good beer choice!

[the imitator]

^good beer choice!

I love the piney tasting finish.. Reminds me of the Pacific Northwest.

Too bad I get off work an hour after laurelwood actually closes.. It's called "northwood" now but I live maybe 3 minutes from their battle ground location.

[the imitator]

Popped over to my friends place, had a BBQ/Shrimp boil and got down on some minor car work!

The flywheel is off getting bead blasted and resurfaced, and I'm busy making sure the little parts are in check.


AKG, Condor, Ireland engineering, Garagistic, G-man, Revshift are All making an appearance in this swap.

You didnt need much light to see the awesome cross hatching this motor still holds, its nearly excessive.. ha! Everything looks good!

Small leak from crank sensor mount, and crank seal getting replaced after we get a seal puller.

This will be possibly bead blasted and resprayed.. atleast resprayed, I as hoping for a matching delphin metallic, maybe darker.

[the imitator]

Resurfaced e28 single mass flywheel for m1.3

[marshallnoise]

Purdy!

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[CorvallisBMW]

Great choice on the FW, you'll love it!

[SketchyRex]

Makes me want to resurface mine...

[the imitator]

Makes me want to resurface mine...

Cost me $55, and hes in Hazeldel. that was for bead blast and resurface... I think just a resurface is $35

Dowit!

[the imitator]

Got some more stuff in the mail today, I finally have my clutch setup in full.
Single mass flywheel
M5 clutch
M5 Pressure Plate
Throwout bearing

All Sachs Products :)

We also got the Rear main seal, crank seal, and oil pan all installed and ready for action!





scarping rear mainseal mating surface


newcrank seal

[the imitator]

sorry for the quick foggy pics, we got my early model in and made super quick work of the suspension.

Finally dug around enough and found a place in the floor board where i could jam a flat head through the rust, also a small area where the battery will no longer sit inthe engine back, and one more spot by by the windshield. all this was minor.. nothing excessively rotted or anything to be bummed out about.

1.Strip and respray some of undercarriage
2. make it a roller on monday with all the cool parts :)