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My '90 325is LS3 Swap Build Thread
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Originally posted by tyeler18 View Post
Just saw sikky post a cover video of this and had to run here to see if it was the same car. Sure enough! Looks and sounds great, if you want to update the cooling without getting crazy with the front of the car, I have the Becool 35202 in my LS1 with milled 243s. Fits the chassis literally perfectly, way bigger core than the m20/sikky style factory replacement radiator and its dual core/triple bypass. I use the exact same radiator in my turbo 6.0 montero which has AC, a giant trans cooler, one single taurus fan, and zero heat wrapping on any of my exhaust parts and it keeps me under 210F in 110F AZ heat. I don't have a fan on my e30 yet but a buddy and I were cruising it around the other day with zero fans in 108F heat and it stayed at 180F if I was moving and barely made it to 192F sitting still for 5+ minutes. For the $240 I've paid for both radiators they've been well worth the money and still have plenty of room for 2 puller spal fans and A/C.
Yup the car that was at sikky is mine. I tore apart and rebuilt the suspension, steering, entire braking system, rear end, and built the engine from an ls3 block using fully forged internals in the bottom end, some trick flow heads, a custom cam and fast intake manifold. Then life got in the way, I moved halfway across the country and the car sat on my family’s farm for prob 4 years. Wound up having sikky finish it as it wasn’t feasible for me to do anymore.
Just as an aside for anyone thinking of working with sikky, they make great products but they’re also awesome to work with on builds. Ben who deals with the build side rather than manufacturing side is a great guy.Last edited by CLM21; 07-08-2020, 03:28 PM.
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Doesn't look like this place gets much traffic anymore, but I figure this build started here so may as well end here. The car isn’t truly done (i guess project cars are never truly done...) but this is probably how the car will remain for the foreseeable future. Only question mark is the rear bumper - I didn't like the fitment of the one I had made, so just wound up re-using the stock rear bumper. Looks a bit goofy but oh well. I'll get some more pictures up this week, but here is a quick one of how it sat after the final wrench:
Last edited by CLM21; 11-24-2021, 10:05 AM.
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Need more deets.
I like the rouge diff cover, that is on my to do list.Last edited by moatilliatta; 11-24-2021, 01:30 PM.
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