32v > 24v >12v (v8 is gr8)

[e30s52]

Do either of you have the mounts/spacers from the posted 300mm link? Loved the m60 in my 540i, did not love the 3700 lbs of e34 that it carried. m62's are dirt cheap, unfortunately the 6 speed trannies are not.

Greg made his I think.

[gregslow318i]

Do either of you have the mounts/spacers from the posted 300mm link? Loved the m60 in my 540i, did not love the 3700 lbs of e34 that it carried. m62's are dirt cheap, unfortunately the 6 speed trannies are not.

built mine out of flat stock, cost me about $20

[Jean]

welcome to the club.... 2k daily driven miles and counting

Damn! Pics of the underside / tranny tunnel modifications etc?

[gregslow318i]

Damn! Pics of the underside / tranny tunnel modifications etc?

lol...lets just say you need to get a running start in order to get it to fit....
I only have a few becouse my cam took a shit during the first week of the build,,,but here are a few



there should be a few in my album under my profile

but I used the stock e30 5 speed trans crossmember, the rear half of a stock e30 shaft and a custom front half, as well as cutting about 3 in out of a stock e30 shifter arm and selector rod, oh and it has working ac :-D

[gregslow318i]

my car is a the 4:30 mark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0awSuqWZIoQ

[Jonsku]

Do either of you have the mounts/spacers from the posted 300mm link? Loved the m60 in my 540i, did not love the 3700 lbs of e34 that it carried. m62's are dirt cheap, unfortunately the 6 speed trannies are not.

I have the spacers & the mounts, they're good quality and fit the engine nicely to good position. Though lowering the front subframe isn't good thing to do but can't help..


I dunno if there're many manual E39 540's around there, but here in Europe you can buy one for 3-5k€ so that's the best combination to start with.

[Jean]

lol...lets just say you need to get a running start in order to get it to fit....
I only have a few becouse my cam took a shit during the first week of the build,,,but here are a few


there should be a few in my album under my profile

but I used the stock e30 5 speed trans crossmember, the rear half of a stock e30 shaft and a custom front half, as well as cutting about 3 in out of a stock e30 shifter arm and selector rod, oh and it has working ac :-D

PRetty impressive! The engine is WIDE but it's short, so I guess it's a trade off lol. How much work was involved for the tranny to fit etc? Can you do the clutch job or remove tranny w/o pulling the engine etc? What radiator and hoses did you use?

Very cool!

[gregslow318i]

PRetty impressive! The engine is WIDE but it's short, so I guess it's a trade off lol. How much work was involved for the tranny to fit etc? Can you do the clutch job or remove tranny w/o pulling the engine etc? What radiator and hoses did you use?

Very cool!

sure can,and NO subframe spacers, I made sure when I was building it that you could do a clutch job w/out having to pull the hole dam motor. the rad was/is still a pan in my ass. I had to cut 3/4 of and inch out of the front sub frame (rad support) in order to get it to fit, the rad its sell started out as ford bronco 2 that I then had to custom mod both end takes, then I used a e3m3 coulant res with a spall 14 fan, oil cooler ect...

[Jean]

Doesn't sound too bad other than radiator mess lol. So the firewall/tranny tunnel was left untouched?