College kid M60 E30 (ongoing build)

[salty]

love the work man
keep it coming

[george graves]

How dare that battery tray try to slow this swap down!

[MT325is]

that looks awesome!!

[jwads]

nice - sub'd

[MJCRO]

Update: June 9th

Today was the first test fit and it went really well. I got the subframe spacers installed but the sun was already down so I couldn't get any shots of it. I'll save those pictures for later when I get my steering shaft assembled and installed soon.

But all in all, the motor fits perfectly into the engine bay but I still to bang in my transmission tunnel and firewall to give more clearance for the rear coolant lines. Modified my batter tray too to give room for some hoses on the rear of the motor. I'll be also modifying my core support to fit my OEM replacement Z3 M radiator farther away from the power steering reservoir too.

Stay tuned! I'm trying to get this done fast.

[MJCRO]

Most places won't surface a DM FW because there are two pieces. They don't have the equipment to hold both parts together so they literally cannot resurface them.

Also, search around, call around. Lots of people with more money than sense will slam LTW flywheels into their cars then slam their cars into a wall. That's how I got my VAC flywheel, M5 clutch, etc.

Hear ya on that. I'll be ordering an OEM replacement LuK flywheel since I already have the clutch kit to go with it.

[slammin.e28]

Most places won't surface a DM FW because there are two pieces. They don't have the equipment to hold both parts together so they literally cannot resurface them.

Also, search around, call around. Lots of people with more money than sense will slam LTW flywheels into their cars then slam their cars into a wall. That's how I got my VAC flywheel, M5 clutch, etc.

[MJCRO]

Just buy one new. There is absolutely no point in resurfacing a DM flywheel. They're made as consumables.

Yeah I decided today I'm just gonna order a new one. Ugh the $450 though is why I thought maybe a resurface would be a good idea but it's really worn out and way too rusted now to even bother.

But that's for a single mass, not dual mass.

True.

damn, bro! Ya'll gonna be busy next weekend? I'll be picking up my chick from new ro, I'd like to stop by and say whaddup.

-Galen

Yeah dude! Come by next weekend, I think me and my brother are gonna try a test fit this weekend but we'll see though because he only has Sunday off and I'm not sure the wiring will be ready by then. I'll PM you my number.

[bataangpinoy]

damn, bro! Ya'll gonna be busy next weekend? I'll be picking up my chick from new ro, I'd like to stop by and say whaddup.

-Galen

[Jean]

$100. I felt was sorta a rip off compared to other places that will do it for half that.

But that's for a single mass, not dual mass.

[Vtec?lol]

Just buy one new. There is absolutely no point in resurfacing a DM flywheel. They're made as consumables.

[MJCRO]

What did he quote you? A new dual mass Luke flywheel is about $450, as in brand new.

$100. I felt was sorta a rip off compared to other places that will do it for half that.

[Jean]

What did he quote you? A new dual mass Luke flywheel is about $450, as in brand new.

[MJCRO]

Bay looks trippy with everything in that color!

Most shops won't touch dual mass flywheels, problem isn't so much with resurfacing the clutch area but the part where the two parts of the flywheel are put together, that's the main failure point.

Yup, he told me he could do it but he'd have to rig something up to make it work. But I wasn't gonna bother anyway since he was already asking too much money.

[Jean]

Bay looks trippy with everything in that color!

Most shops won't touch dual mass flywheels, problem isn't so much with resurfacing the clutch area but the part where the two parts of the flywheel are put together, that's the main failure point.