E30. M60. California Smog Legal / BAR'd.

[ckarsonkidd]

This is great to see and all the details for it kept asking myself for longest if this could be legal

[WYZEUP]

Have you got any pics of how you ran your coolant pipes using that rear accumulator pipe as i may go that way to make my swap easier and give me more clearance

[36brua]

Any pics of what you had to do with the headers? Ive thought this would be something that was possible. Congrats on doing it the right way

still no pictures, I am guessing you read the post above I wrote out a while back about how I went about the headers.

I'll be swapping the motor for an "upgraded" m60 in the next month or two... hopefully can take some pictures when the motor is out.

[2mAn]

Any pics of what you had to do with the headers? Ive thought this would be something that was possible. Congrats on doing it the right way

[P Arkus]

Hahaha and sig'd

[jpod999]

Isn't that what these forums are all about making stuff easier... OO no never mind this is r3v... hahaha

hahahaha yup!

[36brua]

Nice! I kinda figured that was possible but haven't had the waterpipe in front of me to check. You just made my swap easier, thanks!

Isn't that what these forums are all about making stuff easier... OO no never mind this is r3v... hahaha

[jpod999]

No, the one we had already have the holes in it, they were just plugged.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=DE11-EUR-01_1996_E39_BMW_535i&diagId=11_1536#11531702201

remove 8 and 9

And the diagram on RealOEM is the older style

Nice! I kinda figured that was possible but haven't had the waterpipe in front of me to check. You just made my swap easier, thanks!

[36brua]

Did you just drill and tap a hole for the coolant sensors in the M62 pipe?

No, the one we had already have the holes in it, they were just plugged.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=DE11-EUR-01_1996_E39_BMW_535i&diagId=11_1536#11531702201

remove 8 and 9

And the diagram on RealOEM is the older style

[jpod999]

Cooling:
Mishimoto M Z3 radiator
Spal pusher fan
Rear waterpipe between cyl heads from M6211531702201 no welding required

Did you just drill and tap a hole for the coolant sensors in the M62 pipe?

[36brua]

post pictures of your "modified" exhaust i need ideas!

unfortunately my pics of exhaust build were crap.
basically I didn't attempt top use the modified single outlet manifolds (X5? see garagistic site for ref.) . so Ive no idea if they would pass BAR.
I wanted a 'stk' configuration 4>2 /2>1
at heads : cut off flange end of stk header leaving as much 2bl wall header as possible to fab onto. used SS pipe
reused stk 2 bolt flanges at ends, 'headers' end next to blk/trans joint. Stacked, not side by side. pointing down at 45*+- . this is tight but workable.
Reused the stk 2>1 connector/pipe w/ reshaped pipe to end of headers.
Then 21/2" back to Calif legal 540 walker cats w/ O2 sensors. dual 21/2" cat back to muffler.
The BAR ref commented the headers had been modified but were representative/ close enough to what his diagrams showed.
Your results may vary.
I probably paid more for the exhaust system then all the rest of the swap.

[robiniscool]

post pictures of your "modified" exhaust i need ideas!

[arch4ngel]

It's detailed in my project thread.
Basically vapor recovery is stock e36 except the e30 evap tank.
I'm hoping to put together a how-to thread in the near future.

BAR inspection was at the Alameda college location.
Inspector was a stickler for exhaust modifications but everything else was fairly straightforward.

[36brua]

Awesome work.
Getting my obd2 s52 through the bar inspection was hell but well worth it in the end.

Thanks ! but an OBD 2 BAR swap is impressive . Especially in an E30. how did you handle vapor recovery ?
where id you go for BAR ?

[arch4ngel]

Awesome work.
Getting my obd2 s52 through the bar inspection was hell but well worth it in the end.