another 5.0 302e lol

[jeepywave]

so i have been looking around the forum for a few days i picked up a 87 325e and it has not been running right since i bought it. I think it might have a bad valve so Im thinking i might throw a 5.0 in it. This car is going to be a track beater and that is it for the sake of simplicity i might do carbs or figure out enough of the wiring to get it running and do my own cluster since that is dead in my car anyway. I have some decent fab skills but will probably buy the motor mounts and oil pan from e30v8.com i have mounds of nissan parts laying around that i can fit to help. i was thinking a mishimoto 3 core 240sx radiator i know that will keep the 5.0 cool pusher electric fans and a custom exhaust i have sourced a 5.0 out of a 88 f150 with the harness and good compression.I will be picking up a t5 trans from my boss this week with the lack of 5.0 swap parts up for sale here and elsewhere Im guessing people that have done it love this swap.

[eurotrash]

No complaints here

[jeepywave]

Do you have any tips or tricks to make it go a little easier I see not everyone wrapped the driver exhaust around is there enough room to squeeze it in the steering shaft

[jalopi]

Funfgan set his exhaust to dump forward of the front wheels; surprisingly, it's not that loud going down the road (even when you're not in the car). Maybe because there's only 2.5L of American fury venting in each direction?

Also, you'll want to go to massivebrakes.com and pick up a booster delete... unless you want to place the booster in front of the drivers' strut tower.

[eurotrash]

Dont listen to them it is that loud. Cops especial tend to take notice of how loud it is. Custom header or wrapping is the only "legit" way of doing it but its expensive.

[Exodus_2pt0]

I still don't know how I'm doing the exhaust. Being that I'm running historic plates on a v8 swapped car, I want as little attention as possible. All I know right now is that my shorty headers are facing forward, and I have a ton of 3 inch mandrel bent piping and straights laying around. Where there is a will, there's a way.

I want this to sound suspicious, but keep people questioning what's under the hood.

[IronFreak]

I still don't know how I'm doing the exhaust. Being that I'm running historic plates on a v8 swapped car, I want as little attention as possible. All I know right now is that my shorty headers are facing forward, and I have a ton of 3 inch mandrel bent piping and straights laying around. Where there is a will, there's a way.

I want this to sound suspicious, but keep people questioning what's under the hood.

Right through the high beams bro.....

Do it.

[jeepywave]

with the driver side turned around do you still have to delete the booster i wanted to go with two passenger side manifolds and wrap the driver around to the passenger and then back and i to want this thing quite little rumble but not too much

[jalopi]

with the driver side turned around do you still have to delete the booster i wanted to go with two passenger side manifolds and wrap the driver around to the passenger and then back and i to want this thing quite little rumble but not too much

Yes. The problem isn't the exhaust manifolds, it's the drivers' side head/valve cover that gets in the way of the stock booster. Now, I have seen people use teeny, TEENY little boosters off of geo metros and the like... but I really can't see those things providing that much assistance.

Then again, my car isn't done yet, so I can't really provide any real input as to how the booster delete kit works out. Funfgan seems to like his though and he didn't seem to have any problems stopping when he took me out for a ride.

[eurotrash]

I like my booster delete. Seams like its narly stiff at first but you get used to it quick. Ive had zero issues with mine.

[Exodus_2pt0]

Currently I'm running a piece of 1/4 inch steel plate as an adapter to mount the master directly to the firewall while I wait for the Massive kit to come in. Even with the stock ratio it is manageable.

[jeepywave]

so mine is up and running but i have done the same with the 1/4 inch plate and remount the master cylinder but the pedal is super hard as i expected i would like to swap out the m/c i have stock breaks what do you all think is a good one to go for i have been reading up on size this and size that but it is over my head

[Exodus_2pt0]

http://www.massivebrakes.com/brake-systems.php?p=brake-booster-delete

[jeepywave]

so i figured out the brakes now i am seeing the car get a little warm when i beat on it im guessing the stock radiator is a little weak so im searching for something better