My '90 325is LS3 Swap Build Thread

[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.

[lexusdrft]

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

[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.

[TeXJ]

awesome! Any pics perhaps :D

[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]

no problem, i'm just enjoying the build

[CLM21]

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

[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]

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

[shiboujin]

:) want pictures of engine.

[Pipes]

Subscribed!!

[CLM21]

Finally got the engine shipped in. I won't have a chance to get at it this weekend, but I promise pics are coming soon haha. Still waiting for brakes before I can put together the entire suspension/brakes together but that should be happening within a few weeks. Progress has been much slower than I would have hoped.....

[shiboujin]

Aw come ooooon. Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiix

[TeXJ]

^haha

[blusylver]

where you located at? im in round lake beach, il. Im nearly done with my procharged LS6 swap