I have now entered my 4th month of 320i auto ownership and have decided to plant the 'Big 6' into my engine bay along with a 5 speed
As the title suggests, this is my first engine swap and will hopefully be quite the learning experience.
The engine I'm using came from an '89 E34 535i that has covered 300,000km and the transmission is a Getrag 240 pulled from an M10 318i
The car receiving the transplant is my daily driven 1989 Delphin Metallic 320i Sedan that has done a mere 165,000km and is in pretty great condition.
I should probably start putting photos in to keep you interested... So here are a couple of pictures of the car just after I got it driving from Nelson in the South Island of New Zealand to Auckland in the North Island.
Stopped on the side of the road to enjoy the view of Pelorus Sound around the top of the South Island between Nelson and the ferry at Picton. I'm a fan of the dual square exhaust tips the car came with
Stopped again halfway up the North Island beside Lake Taupo for lunch. The swans came round to check the car out too.
The car made the whole 900+ km home without stranding me. It did struggle on the motorway coming into Auckland. Traffic was crawling and as it turned out... my viscous fan was broken and the engine got very hot. Once I got moving again the idle was surging and the engine was hesitant on acceleration. I managed to make it home alright and cleaned out the ICV and throttle body the next day which fixed the problem.
Anyway.... to swap related photos! Starting with the first parts I picked up. Which was an M10 Getrag 240, manual pedal box, clutch master cylinder + slave cylinder, manual transmission mount, shifter, and a 318i manual driveshaft which I plan to have shortened to fit once everything is fitted in the car.
A little after and before picture of the Getrag 240 and two cans of engine degreaser later (I went a bit overboard)
A week later I went and had a look at an E34 535i and struck a deal with the owner where I could take anything I needed relating to the swap from the car for a fair price.
As you can see the engine has seen better days but it ran well and the oil and coolant looked good. I'm planning on painting the engine regardless so it's rough look isn't a big deal.
This picture brings us to a couple days ago where I trailered the engine home and lifted it into the garage. The M30 with an auto box attached is a fairly heavy package and because I don't have any female torx sockets it had to stay attached for the manoeuvre out of the trailer and into the garage.
And a picture of where I managed to get the engine to in the garage. It's just resting on a sheet of ply with blocks of jarrah under the engine mounts and the hoist is still attached to provide a bit of a fail safe.
And this brings us to yesterday where I did my first bit of cleaning and started stripping bits off the engine to be de-greased. It's fun finding all of the stamps on the parts buried under decades of grime!
I'm hoping to have the car running by the end of April. Although it's more likely to be June before the car is moving under its own power. I hope to update the thread every step of the way so you can see me struggle all the way through the swap and hopefully get some tips from people with experience.
This is all for now :D
As the title suggests, this is my first engine swap and will hopefully be quite the learning experience.
The engine I'm using came from an '89 E34 535i that has covered 300,000km and the transmission is a Getrag 240 pulled from an M10 318i
The car receiving the transplant is my daily driven 1989 Delphin Metallic 320i Sedan that has done a mere 165,000km and is in pretty great condition.
I should probably start putting photos in to keep you interested... So here are a couple of pictures of the car just after I got it driving from Nelson in the South Island of New Zealand to Auckland in the North Island.
Stopped on the side of the road to enjoy the view of Pelorus Sound around the top of the South Island between Nelson and the ferry at Picton. I'm a fan of the dual square exhaust tips the car came with
Stopped again halfway up the North Island beside Lake Taupo for lunch. The swans came round to check the car out too.
The car made the whole 900+ km home without stranding me. It did struggle on the motorway coming into Auckland. Traffic was crawling and as it turned out... my viscous fan was broken and the engine got very hot. Once I got moving again the idle was surging and the engine was hesitant on acceleration. I managed to make it home alright and cleaned out the ICV and throttle body the next day which fixed the problem.
Anyway.... to swap related photos! Starting with the first parts I picked up. Which was an M10 Getrag 240, manual pedal box, clutch master cylinder + slave cylinder, manual transmission mount, shifter, and a 318i manual driveshaft which I plan to have shortened to fit once everything is fitted in the car.
A little after and before picture of the Getrag 240 and two cans of engine degreaser later (I went a bit overboard)
A week later I went and had a look at an E34 535i and struck a deal with the owner where I could take anything I needed relating to the swap from the car for a fair price.
As you can see the engine has seen better days but it ran well and the oil and coolant looked good. I'm planning on painting the engine regardless so it's rough look isn't a big deal.
This picture brings us to a couple days ago where I trailered the engine home and lifted it into the garage. The M30 with an auto box attached is a fairly heavy package and because I don't have any female torx sockets it had to stay attached for the manoeuvre out of the trailer and into the garage.
And a picture of where I managed to get the engine to in the garage. It's just resting on a sheet of ply with blocks of jarrah under the engine mounts and the hoist is still attached to provide a bit of a fail safe.
And this brings us to yesterday where I did my first bit of cleaning and started stripping bits off the engine to be de-greased. It's fun finding all of the stamps on the parts buried under decades of grime!
I'm hoping to have the car running by the end of April. Although it's more likely to be June before the car is moving under its own power. I hope to update the thread every step of the way so you can see me struggle all the way through the swap and hopefully get some tips from people with experience.
This is all for now :D
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