M30b35 swap into 1990 vert *NOW WITH LIFE!!*

[bronzit325]

[quote=Mr. Burns;4383932]Big springtime bump!
Cleaned up and installed my getrag 260 m30 transmission with all new hardware.


Picked up some goodies over winter
Spal e-fan


Behr e28 radiator (brand new ebay $89 whoop)


Got my driveshaft mated to a e28 5 er front shaft. Balanced, new csb and painted. New guibo too.


Now to throw it all in the car![/quote

Nice work man!
so im gonna start piecing together a m30 swap for my e30 soon. just wondering what you spent on your driveshaft?

[Mr. Burns]

nobody else saw the flames shooting out of my engine?

f'k ya. what a feeling.

[Mr. Burns]

in order to get the DBW to work, I'd need the DBW pedal switch etc etc...and I truly do not like the feel...
having cable throttle is much more pleasurable IMO and a more "connected" feel.


I'll hang onto the DBW TB and such, it looks and feels like it's worth some money, and if ever someone needed it I'd gladly unload.

Thanks for the info Luke, I cross referenced on RealOem, and it actually looks like the TPS number is actually shared between M20's and M30's across the board.

I've broadened my search horizon yay

[slammin.e28]

If you plan on going MS.....use the t-body from a auto car. The position switch is better.

Personally, I'd make the drive-by-wire work.....it'd be cool as shit.

....but if you must, hold onto that stuff. There's guys with DBW e34/32s that could use the spares.

[lukeADE335i]

Automatic e34s had the round connector - manuals had the rectangular one, which looks suspiciously similar to the M20 TPS... not sure if they are interchangeable.

I lucked out with my swap - my engine was from a manual e34 - 535iS.

[Mr. Burns]

Alrite.

my M30 was from a late model E34 with drive-by-wire.
simple solution would be to simply swap out the throttle body with one from a e34/e34 what have you.

I've wired up my M20 wire harness, and i'm having the hardest time sourcing a throttle body that includes the TPS switch that's a flat rectangular plug.
Everything i'm finding is a round one.

as per real oem it's part #2...but everything i'm finding is a round TPS conector...what's going on?

[Mr. Burns]

Question:

I need to replace the drive by wire throttle body with a TB from a non drive by wire m30.

Would a early model m30 TB fit? Say from a 1985-1988 m30 b34?

[Mr. Burns]

Get drive shaft mounted?

Yup:)

Coles: engine too far back(i really pushed it back)

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Get drive shaft mounted?

[Mr. Burns]

It lives!!!

https://vimeo.com/128822833

[Mr. Burns]

Find out the anomaly to your drive shaft? What was done to make it work?

Drop tranny mount, unbolt engine, pivot top of engine, slip on pin.
It's possible to have engine set too far back. Needed to bring fwd about 1"

[TimeMachinE30]

Find out the anomaly to your drive shaft? What was done to make it work?

[Mr. Burns]

Wiring up wire harness

....this m30b35 is drive-by-wire...

FFS!

[Mr. Burns]

Pic for posterity.
Note the e21 Baur, my e30, the 2002ti and e24 in background.
I bring her to the right place.

[Mr. Burns]

it wasn't an auto, it's 5spd from the factory.

either the front driveshaft I bought was misrepresented when I bought it (said it was from an e28 535), or my engine is too far back, OR for some reason a euro E32 730's transmission is some weird Getrag 260 hybrid that's slightly longer than our north American distributed E34 M30 Getrag 260's...

Either way, she's been sent to my E30 guys shop and he'll figure it out (I'm suspecting it'll need to be shortened by an inch)

I'm not a mechanic, and summer is REAL short here in Canada so I want to get this car on the road sooner or later...spent enough time dealing with this.

After this is done, all that's left is wire up engine harness, exhaust headers, exhaust, e-Fan install, and cooling system...

my ETA is another 2 weeks.