M30 E30 official roll call thread

[Tino-m30b35]

1987 325i(A) Coupe
With 1989 735i(A) M30B35
+ M10 5spd box
+ 3.64 LSD
+ 173 ECU

[martijn76]

Engine is in the car, now getting it to run, no fuel yet..
E30 1986 convertible
e34 M30 1989 with '88 m20 loom
Manual gearbox e34
300mm.de enginemounts
300mm.de 312/294mm Brakes
Bilstein b6
3.91 LSD

[The Humjet]

Posting this on behalf of my friend

89' e30 318I
E34 m30 3.5
m10 gearbox with spec stage 3 clutch (soon to be getrag 265) nothing wrong with m10 gearbox
e30.de engine mount copies (position 3)
323i auto tailshaft
e30 320i loom
3.15 open diff (LSD coming soon)

Good fun lots of low down grunt. I'm trying to convince him to turbo it but he keeps saying no "I got no money".

[jim325]

Well, now that I have my car up and running for about 150miles I feel confident and posting in this thread.

Specs:

1989 325i Body.
1986 535i Engine and radiator.
1986 535i manual transmission with modified output shaft, whatever trans came in my M20 output flange and untouched 89 325i driveshaft.
Qbang Motor Mounts in the rear most hole.
AKG 75D Engine and Trans mount bushings.
Peter Florance MS using Super ETA wiring harness.
Good N Tight turbo exhaust manifold.
Completley rebuilt block.
JE forged picstons.
ARP head studs.
MLS head gasket.
eBay turbo.
2.5" intercooler piping.
4"thick, 22"long, 9"tall eBay intercooler(emusa, I think those are the right measurements)
eBay RS type BOV.
Tial 38MM wastegate 9 PSI spring.
Full 3inch exhaust, eBay cat, Magnaflow muffler.
30 or 32 lb hr injectors(0 280 155 8110)
Eibach pro-kit springs and drop hats in front with 3mm?pads, spring pads removed in rear. KYB shocks.
205/50r16 crappy tires on fake style 5's.

EDIT: Forgot, no A/C and no P/S. Electric fan mounted in front of the radiator.


Engine bay wiring still needs to be cleaned up(it's done just gotta figure a way to hide it). Still doing some tuning but it's coming in nicely. Gonna try and put the MTech 2 front valence back on monday.

CRAPPY iPod pics.


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[kronus]

our lemons car has moved under its own power tonight, so I feel like we can participate in this thread.

old-ish pic, I'll get some better ones tomorrow


motor, harness, ecu: m30b35 out of a 635csi
motor mounts: copies of funkmasta mounts
trans: e28 getrag 260/6 out of some dude's garage from under some 2x4s (he also gave me a metric mechanic M10 head)
trans mount: stock
driveshaft: '87 ETA big guibo
shifter bits: stock e30 linkage. interestingly enough, we didn't need to shorten the selector rod, but that may be because we made a DTM-style mount out of an early sheetmetal console
exhaust: stock headers and downpipes out of a e34 5-series into 2.5" single pipe with a resonator, y made out of junky bolt-on exhaust tip twinerator
firewall modifications: ample

race is this weekend! wish us luck!

[csermonet47]

I suppose I belong here now.

1991 E34 535i M30B35
3.73 LSD
Getrag 260/6
Spec stage 1 clutch
E24 Flywheel
AKG Poly Engine and Trans Mounts
M20 Harness
Good&Tight Mounts in the rear position

[jim325]

Clean install, looks way good.

[spiDmang]

84' 325e chassis
M90b35 (out of an 80' 635csi)
635csi g260/6 trans
3.25lsd

[jerbroc]

89 335is

Location: Phoenix, AZ
M30B34 (from 86 535i) Purchased this motor fully rebuilt and cheap
5 speed Transmission (90 535i)
Motronic 1.3 (88 735il auto)
Wire Harness (88 325i)
front half of drive shaft (87 325es)
e28 Radiator

I took this week off to install it, it better be running by Sunday night since it was my only running vehicle.

So far old motor out and m30 ready to be rewired and installed.

[mcskibadee1]

Thanks Chris at Castros for the MAF, CAI and exhaust. Drives beautifully!!!

[CorvallisBMW]

I suppose I belong here now.

1991 E34 535i M30B35
3.73 LSD
Getrag 260/6
Spec stage 1 clutch
E24 Flywheel
AKG Poly Engine and Trans Mounts
M20 Harness
Good&Tight Mounts in the rear position

How'd you get the m20 harness under the stock m30 injector harness plastic cover thingy? I thought it was attached to the m30 harness.

[csermonet47]

How'd you get the m20 harness under the stock m30 injector harness plastic cover thingy? I thought it was attached to the m30 harness.

It is attached. I had to cut it all out then I just put the M20 harness in there and tried to make it all neat. I had to dremel out certain areas to allow plugs to fit. Here is what it is like underneath the box:

[Bearmw]

Well since I'm nearly done I guess I can post something:

89 Royal Blau vert with custom engine harness
B35 with 10.50 C.R. lightened and balanced stock rods (removed the pads on the big end)
worked head/N21 grind cam (simply beautiful courtesy of Paul Burke)
92.5 mm forged pistons which weigh 435 grams compared to stock 522 g.(also from Paul Burke)
standard size Glyco main and rod bearings
E28 535i radiatori
Getrag 260/6 from e34 with 533i flywheel balanced to E28 clutch & pp, UUC dssr
87 Eta big guibo driveshaft fits with no modification
home ported port matched intake, Bavauto long tube headers into y pipe with 2 1/2" single outlet to resonator to single inlet/outlet Walker muffler
3.5 Bar FPR gives about 50.8 psi so the injectors flow a bit over their 24 lb. rating.
67 mm bored throttle body
wide band o2 sensor
LS "D585 " truck coils on valve cover for sequential
Bosch 24 lb "715" injectors
home brew cold air box/filter setup with flow stack and SB cone filter
Revshift m20 motor mounts
E21 "green" transmission mounts
Rogue Engineering oil cannister cap with oil temp and pressure senders
MS3X in progress...


Otis' mounts in position 2 (gives me 1" between fan coupling on water pump and the radiator)
80 degree t stat
VR-1 20W50 oil
NGK BPR6ES plugs at .032"

I'm excited because next week I'm finally going for some dyno tuning. I had to track down a couple issues: fully bleeding the cooling system and not having one of the injector terminals fully seated. Oil temp and pressure looks good and my Spal fan kicks on and off as it should. Im going to a shop near Boston that has a Dyno Dynamics machine. They are supposedly known for low numbers /they calculate a 25% drivetrain loss so I'm interested in what numbers I get. Before that I am waiting on a new TPS to arrive because the current one has no continuity between pins 3 and 18 at full throttle and so the computer isn't getting the signal which means the tune that's in my chip isn't working to potential and is likely lean. Idle is currently Ok at about 900 rpm but I expect that too will improve because it seems a bit rich. I think the base 10 to 1 tune I got from Miller is for 19 lb. injectors. Most likely going to run near 50 lbs. of fuel pressure. I would like to run 91 octane but most of the stations don't have that grade; they have 89 and then jump to 93 so I will probably tune for 93. I'm going to keep a conservative redline of about 6500 rpm.

[tfritz]

Well it finally runs right, so I suppose it belongs here now.

m30b35
custom motor mounts
Resurfaced head (not a significant amount removed, you can still vaugely see the old gasket outline)
Reground valves
new valve seals (guides checked out within specs)
port matched
Ireland Engineering Dual Race
IE race rocker
IE 292 reground cam
oversized eccentrics
Korman adjustable cam gear
Factory Head gasket
ARP studs
Miller
Miller WAR chip

[Bearmw]

Project Update: Finally got some dyno tuning done using the Miller WAR chip. I still have an intermittent misfire so I will have to recheck all ignition parts and also wiring. In any event; misfire aside the car is running good with 205.4 hp at about 5100 rpm's and peak torque of 240 ft/lbs at about 4050 rpm's on a Dyno Dynamics machine. I still have some exhaust restriction with the B35 manifolds as well as some pipe restriction before the y pipe so there is more power on the table. I haven't been able to find reasonably priced decent fitting headers yet...but in any event not too bad for an "agricultural engine".