My '90 325is LS3 Swap Build Thread

[CLM21]

Yeah, Vorshlag was one of the few that I talked to. Same boat.

[The Dark Side of Will]

haha nice, have a pic of the whole vehicle?

Ehh... no. It's sitting at my dad's place right now with the original 258, auto trans and 2.35 gears. Imagine a beat up 1980's AMC in bronze...

It's getting 4.0, NV3550, NP229, keeping D30 front and going to non-c-clip D44 rear with disks; 3.54 gears. I'll paint it industrial beige from the belt line up and undercoating or bed liner from the belt line down. Strictly business.

Well I wanted to go with AST until I contacted a few companies and everyone said the lead time would be like 8 months out to get a set... so I wound up just going with GC.

Did you talk to Vorshlag? They're an AST/Moton dealer. I forget who bought whom, but AST's might have limited availability because of the merger.

[CLM21]

Also, pictures of the 416 ls3 short block should be up in the next week or 2.

[TeXJ]

no problem, i'm just enjoying the build

[CLM21]

I will. Let me get the entire suspension/brake assembly together and I'll take a bunch. Might be a few weeks though, wilwood brakes aren't cheap and I haven't picked them up yet....

[TeXJ]

awesome! Any pics perhaps :D

[CLM21]

Installed the entire front suspension this weekend and pulled the rear out. The rear trailing arms are gonna be sitting out of the car until I can get some reinforcements welded on. Then I'll toss em back in with the struts/springs from GC. Sorry no pictures, I'll get some up when the entire suspension is done.

Then it'll be on to brakes and an e36 steering rack. Coming together very slowly... But surely.

[lexusdrft]

Wow, i soo want that Sikky kit!
Looks great mate! best of luck

[CLM21]

what brand?

Well I wanted to go with AST until I contacted a few companies and everyone said the lead time would be like 8 months out to get a set... so I wound up just going with GC.

[MyE30]

Quite the endeavor. Those parts are looking pretty awesome so far.

Our LS1-E30 cost us around $8k, which included engine & tranny, new brakes, springs, shocks, steering rack, etc etc, welder, tools. If you are in for 14-15, you must be doing lots of stuff that is "icing on the cake".

^"cost us"...not sure if the OP does this for a living, but comparing a business' cost to a DIYer's cost...

[TeXJ]

what brand?

[CLM21]

Got my coilovers in this week... plan on slappin these on this weekend.

[Spectre]

Sub'd! This is going to be awesome! Any progress so far??

[TeXJ]

Very few people get to do what you're doing. Enjoy it brotha!

[CLM21]

Me too man, me too. I have been wanting to do this for a long time now.