College kid M60 E30 (ongoing build)

[artoo93]

^^^ The X5 headers are probably the easiest in terms of the least amount of work involved in making them fit especially on the driver side with clearance for the steering linkage. Myself I am looking at trying to fit the manifolds from the e38 that donated the motor for my swap. I am going to swap out the steering linkage with one that was done by another guy using two e46 linkages. We'll soon find out!!

[alco]

Can those headers be used without significant modification? I had always heard that the late E39 or X5 headers were better for this...

[MJCRO]

Why'd you go with a b30?

It's super clean, got a great deal on it, and it's sorta unique IMO. I'm not really concerned with power for this build. I just wanted to go V8 with reliability in mind.

Stay tuned guys.

[Vivek]

Why'd you go with a b30?

[burlmays9]

Holy short stroke V8...that should be fun.

[chance]

That thing is clean as hell

[MJCRO]

Update: March 27th

After looking at motors online and calling junkyards, I decided to go with an M60B30 871 Alusil motor with the build date 7/94. I can't describe how clean this motor is. The throttle body plate is almost mirror clean. It came out of a manual 95' 530i with 86k on the clock according the junkyard owner. Compression is good and there are no visible leaks anywhere on this motor.

I also bought a Canon T4i Rebel a few days ago so the quality of my images won't be blurry anymore!

Anyways, I need advice from r3v M60 OG's on this motor. Any huge differences swap wise to expect from the B30? I also did some reading around and found out you're able to swap a B40 intake manifold and throttle body on this motor to make more power if need be. Is this true?

Moar pics.















The manifolds are really clean as well.

[MJCRO]

Update: March 25th

Refinished four of my six salad shooters I picked up last week. Still need to finish the rear 9.5's and then tires!

Also gutted the interior today. I'll be rebuilding my dashboard which I'll have a separate thread on that. ATM I have around $3000 cash saved plus another $2000 coming to me this week for a total budget of $5000 on this build. Every penny will try to be saved on this, though every swap has its unexpected costs involved.

Goals for this week:
- Refinish the other two wheels.
- Start my sourcing for an E34 donor car via junkyards.
- Rebuild my dashboard.





The 9.5's on the right which I still need to do.







Squirrel/mouse issue with this car since it had sat for a while.



Dashboard out!

[MJCRO]

Update: March 20th

Sorry for the delay but I've been on the school grind ATM. Picked up six salad shooters, four of which are 16x8.5 and the other two 9.5's for the rear. Gave them a good power wash today. Over the Spring break I plan on refinishing and maybe respraying them too. I'll be starting my sourcing of parts, motor and transmission over the break and the upcoming weeks will be the start of my project and I'll update it frequently as it comes along.

[MT325is]

good luck, this should be kinda badass.. keep us posted and already wanna see some tire marks!

[PeabnutBubber]

I myself am doing an M52 swap in my driveway but I completely support this V8 endeavor! Good luck homie! My room mate just did the unthinkable and dropped a Lexus 1uz into a 81' Corolla wagon in our driveway. Downright inspirational. I'll be keeping an eye out for this.

[EREKSHUN]

^

[jpn]

Sub'd

[bradnic]

Just bought Frank's M60 writeup. Very useful and full of great tips, highly recommend it to anyone planning on doing the same swap.

this. HIGHLY recommended.

[artoo93]

Working on this myself into my '87 325e!!! Also doing it in my driveway!!! Got the engine in my shed about 3/4's torn down to reseal and clean. Do some checking around for the engine and trans. I pulled a complete M60 with all accessories along with auto trans out of a 740iL for less than $500. Sold the auto for $250 and purchased the 5-speed for $500 shipped to my door. Can definitely do this on a tight budget!! I have spent about $800 between 3 different parts suppliers for all the seals and some other misc parts I need for the engine. Most likely going with Garagistic for his mounts and pedal mount to make my life that much easier!! I am going boosterless and deleting the ABS as well!! I'll try to get some pics and start a build thread on mine as I go too!! Keep at it!!!