regular old m60 swap

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New csb, tranny crossmember/bushings, and a 530 slave. Shits about to get real.

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Did some work last night. Let me start off with it being pretty cold while this was happening.


Decided to go ahead and slap the motor in to start mocking up some mounts.

My buddy in the pic not feeling the cold weather hahaha

But he's a true homie


So we get the motor out with ease and go to fit the trans, and sure enough she doesn't slide in...

As far as it would go. Stuck my phone in through the starter hole to see what was going on inside. If there's ever something you can't see cuz it's a weird part of the bay(or in my case the inside of the trans), just stick your phone in there and snap a picture, comes in real handy.

Turns out I used the pilot bearing from the e36 clutch set. Which has too small an inside diameter, stopping the shaft from sliding in the motor. Oh well. Still some progress made today just didn't get as far as I hoped. Slapped the trans in the trunk and dropped the motor in the bay and set it on some wood.

There she sits. Next up is finding a new pilot and fitting the driveline to mock up some mounts.

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Alright so I have no idea what happened but realoem lists the same bearing for e34s and e36s so hopefully the bearing in the clutch kit was just some cheap non application specific bearing.

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Bought the new bearing. Double checked and it fits. When I went to oreillys they had 2 bearings one being $12 and the other $21. Turns out the $12 one is the same size as mine right now, and the $21 one has a slightly larger inside diameter. I'm assuming the smaller one is for autos?

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Nope, there is no bearing for auto trans. Weird.

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Got some shit done Wednesday night. Started working at around 11:30 and by 12:15 some cops showed up lol. They got a call about someone being "shady" hahaha. The only reason I was ducking from you neighbor, was because I'm 75% sure doing this shit in the parking garage breaks my lease, and I don't want you to see me doing it... That being said the cops were pretty cool and we all had a good laugh about it.

Rented a slide hammer with the pilot attachment. Turns out the arms are too big to fit inside the bearing so I took one off and pulled it only using that one side☝
don't have any other pictures due to the death of my phone. But I was able to slide her in and bolt up the driveshaft and tranny. Finally finished up around 3:30 only to get in trouble with my girlfriend for working on my car so late. Couldn't stop giggling the whole walk back.

Now im nothing but eager to finish the motor mounts and get the last few maintenance and motor parts.


So If you have any misc parts you think I might need, or a good condition alternator, or wiring harness. Please feel free to shoot me a PM

[ginger1340]

sub'd. is modding the oil pan 100% necessary and if so, whats the reason?

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sub'd. is modding the oil pan 100% necessary and if so, whats the reason?

no, you do not have to mod the pan if you space the subframe down.

http://www.rtsauto.com/e30-m60-m62-v8-engine-mounts/

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My manifolds finally came in!!!!!

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no pictures but i tacked together my engine mounts, and gave them to my guy to have fully welded up!!! next up comes compression testing, fingers crossed shes clean. the guy i bought it from said good even compression, but you never know.

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Mounts are all welded!!!

And I just paid for a harness! Shit is coming together

[ncrmtrsprtsE30]

wow where have i been, i remember seeing this post when the v8 was in your living room.. you've come a long way! i am also doing a m60 swap at the moment. also with the wilwood pedal box.. i didnt have to file down my pedal assembly though..

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wow where have i been, i remember seeing this post when the v8 was in your living room.. you've come a long way! i am also doing a m60 swap at the moment. also with the wilwood pedal box.. i didnt have to file down my pedal assembly though..

Hahaha yeah man, it feels good. I dont recall if I needed to file it or not, but I did anyway.

[marshallnoise]

Just to add some more encouragement, I freaking love this engine.

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Can't wait to drive my waffles car again!

Did some work tonight, mostly consolidating all the extra shit I have from my old motor.