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

[G-Man the Visionary]

Hey G-man all is good now! Thanks for looking out:-)

Ps: really loving the mounts btw. Great feel. Feel connected but not overly like solid mounts

Anytime, have extra stuff laying around, don't be afraid to ask for anything.

I'm using the G-Man mounts too, they're fantastic. Absolutely no more NVH than stock, but far better motion control of the motor under high-G forces.

Glad you guys like the mounts!

[Mr. Burns]

Thanks and best of luck!

[curtis_luu]

Yeah, maybe i'll just bite the bullet and get and try to weld one up.
Going to lay my m20 exhaust down, and try to copy it with some 2.5" pipe and a cheap magnaflow on the back.

Thanks for the help! Love how your car turned out.

[Mr. Burns]

Christ yes.
I had many fitment issues.
Not sure if it's because I have a vert, but I needed some very custom exhaust bending($$$$$) to make them clear the tranny tunnel, and had to hammer in one header to clear a mount bolt.

They have a great sound, not really sure about actual performance tho.
They looks great too.

Heres a link to my experience with ie headers and garagistic mounts.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=359097

Garagistic mounts and ireland engineering m30 headers

[curtis_luu]

Hey Burns,

any chance that you ran into IE headers fitment issues because of being too far back?
I remember reading somewhere that someone ran IE headers with OEM rubber bushings (instead of the polyurethane) and only put the firewall back about an inch and a bit.

I want to run the IE headers, but I dont want to run into the same situation you did!

[CorvallisBMW]

I'm using the G-Man mounts too, they're fantastic. Absolutely no more NVH than stock, but far better motion control of the motor under high-G forces.

[Mr. Burns]

Sorry, to clarify i used Garagistic mount arms and g-man poly urethane mounts, instead of the oem rubber bushings

[TimeMachinE30]

Thank you for that.

Know of any stateside retailers who sell the e30.de mounts or those identical?

When the swap happens, I would prefer using stock bits anyhow. Or will the G mounts also fit stock headers?

[lukeADE335i]

The e30.de mounts are a perfect fit providing you use the standard exhaust manifolds - if you want tubular headers though you'd need e30 / M30 specific ones, or modified e34 headers - off the shelf e34 headers don't work with them (which is meant to be the advantage of the Garagistic mounts, but wasn't Mr Burns experience here).

[TimeMachinE30]

If no to the G mounts, what mounts would you use? e30.de?

[Mr. Burns]

Hey G-man all is good now! Thanks for looking out:-)

Ps: really loving the mounts btw. Great feel. Feel connected but not overly like solid mounts

[G-Man the Visionary]

Have both types available. Let me know if you still need them.

[G-Man the Visionary]

Think I have a few TPS's laying around, both styles. Let you know tomorrow. PM me, name your price.

[Mr. Burns]

I'd love to see a pic or three when you're done. I'm leaning toward these for my swap

Lean AWAY.

honestly garagistic shouldnt market their mounts as "IE header friendly"

They'll fit, but at the expense of some pretty fking expensive headers.

A couple of tube need some serious massaging in order to clear the mount and the head of the bolt, and the tranny tunnel needs a good sledgehammering in order to get it to fit.

Would I recommend?
Short answer, no.

[Mr. Burns]

Not all that much

The front part of the driveshaft was $50 used.
New csb was about 60? (I bought a good one)
Guibo was I think 25 ish?

To have it balanced was about $120 and then installed the new csb at the same time