Want to do an M30 swap

[JoeMadoo]

Thanks kyle me either. I'm curious about the highways :)

[gotKRAUT]

lookin good joe, cant wait to see vids

[Funkmasta]

The car just moved under its own power. woohooooo! It is on its way to the exhaust shop.

[Funkmasta]

My motor has Bosses for both mounts, so I will probably build them on my car...

:)

[Mike325]

The E32/E34 mounts will probably be another month past that...

Just wondering how you will make the mounts for this engine? Are you planning on doing another swap with the e32/e34 motor?

[Funkmasta]

The E32/E34 mounts will probably be another month past that...

[Mike325]

Awsome Joe, thanks. I was not looking forward to buying some from Germany.

[Funkmasta]

Timeframe, month and a half to two months.
Price: less than I paid for the fabrication of mine, haha.

If you need some before then, I can have another set hand built, but they are going to be around $400 if I have to have them hand cut and hand built.

[ldsbeaker]

Timeframe? Price?

[Funkmasta]

We will be making more of the mounts that I have now. With the Earlier head, you WILL need to modify your firewall, period. There is not enough room in the engine bay for the early head and a radiator. :(

[ldsbeaker]

So, how likely is it that you will make more mounts for the E24/28 engines?
I would like some. M30 from an '86 535i.

[Funkmasta]

Nice work Joe:D So your custom made mounts seems to be working out well? I will need a set for my 92 735i m30. I forget, will the ones you made work for this gen m30 without hitting up the firewall?

The mounts I made work for the E24/E28 block... Since my motor is out of an 88 635, it has the E32/E34 head...

Basically I will be making another set for the E32/E34 block where there is no modification necessary to the firewall.

[JoeMadoo]

Wow good job. I should have a movie in a few days whenever the post office finds my mounts.

[Mike325]

Nice work Joe:D So your custom made mounts seems to be working out well? I will need a set for my 92 735i m30. I forget, will the ones you made work for this gen m30 without hitting up the firewall?

[Funkmasta]

The harness we used was from an Automatic 88 635.

It is FAR from fresh in my mind, we just whipped through it because of the schedule we are on. When we get back we are going to take it back apart and make pinouts.

We lost a whole day today, because when we built everything originally, we used a G260 for sizing purposes, thinking that the G280 was the same dimensions.
We were wrong, and the driveshaft we had set aside did not fit. Most of today was spent scrambling, figuring out which driveshaft to use. We ended up modifying a 98 M3 driveshaft, and it seems to work. We will get the clutch and cooling system hooked up over the weekend, and the car to the exhaust shop on Monday. (then cross my fingers and drive it hard for 2 days). We will be well tooled on the trip lol.