5.3 LS Swap into 91 318i

[DividedBeing]

Made some great progress today. Have everything disconnected on the engine aside from the fuel lines. I need to find something or buy something to use as a catch pan before I disconnect those.

Not sure why I had this built up as such a big deal in my head. It seemed a lot harder than it actually was.
Only had to glance at my shop manual a few times to make sure I wasn't forgetting to disconnect anything.

As far as I'm aware, all that's left aside from fuel lines is a ground strap by one of the motor mounts, the motor mounts themselves, the trans mounts,
and I should be able to lift her out. Trying to get this stuff out and sell everything off quick so I can use the funds to buy more swap parts.

I'll post a new video up tomorrow.

[The Dark Side of Will]

It's honestly pretty hilarious, but he can open the rear doors by removing a couple bolts

LOL! That is pretty awesome. Throw some Dzus fasteners on it so you can drop the groceries in the back seat!

[DividedBeing]

lol yeah I had no idea it was a 4 door until he posted that pic with the rear door open.

Apparently he used an ebay knockoff pandem kit with a lot of modding to make it fit. He made the rocker himself.

[Elysian]

That looks pretty funny

I'm a sucker for a Rocket Bunny. Still need to start fitting my kit...

[DividedBeing]

Subscribed. Not many 4 door V8's running around. Keep up with the good work!

Thanks, man. I really appreciate it. I think the 4 doors get a lot of undeserved shit on different forums I've been to. I'll admit if I had to pick between the two, I'd probably choose a coupe. Although the 318i I had back in high school was a coupe and it was such a pain in the ass to try and transport friends/family in that car, trying to squeeze people in the back.

I might do something similar to @jesselom's 4 Door E30.



It's honestly pretty hilarious, but he can open the rear doors by removing a couple bolts



But I'm not completely decided on how I'll handle the car visually. I've just been collecting photos of other people's cars I come across for inspiration.

[Supadave]

Subscribed. Not many 4 door V8's running around. Keep up with the good work!

[DividedBeing]

Not sure if anyone needs it, but it took me a bit to hunt down a factory repair manual for my car. Apparently the Bentley doesn't contain the 91 318i/M42, but the factory manual does.

I made a dropbox folder with the individual files to select from, or you can download them as a zip.

BMW E30 models 1982 to 1991 Factory Repair Manual:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s560mp1bi9oofxx/AABdd9tJHvun8s2wEeoWZsU_a?dl=0

[DividedBeing]

Yeah, I loosely follow r/E30, not too many V8 swaps on there, so when I saw your video post I hit subscribe.

Same. I check in there every now and then. More frequently these days since I'm posting my project there. I like /r/projectcar and /r/lsswaptheworld as well right now. Thanks for the subscribe, brotha.

Added a new edition to the build log today.
E30 LS Swap - Budget 5.3 (Part 5) - Removing Driveshaft

(So the youtube embed appears to be broken here or maybe I'm just doing it wrong)


Only had time yesterday to pull the driveshaft. I just kind of dove into it without really looking at a bentley or anything. Easy enough, but I ran into a few snags I probably could have avoided if I actually followed some sort of procedure haha. Going to get the motor out this coming week for sure. Possibly this weekend.

[Elysian]

Cool. That's the only other place I'm posting about this. I was actually here back in the day, around 2004 or so when I had my 85 318i(it got stolen). It's great that r3v is still around with an active community.

Yeah, I loosely follow r/E30, not too many V8 swaps on there, so when I saw your video post I hit subscribe.

[DividedBeing]

Cool. That's the only other place I'm posting about this. I was actually here back in the day, around 2004 or so when I had my 85 318i(it got stolen). It's great that r3v is still around with an active community.

[Elysian]

Believe it was a reddit post

[DividedBeing]

Funny enough, I was already subscribed

Thanks for subscribing! And that's awesome that you found it. It's great to see that people are stumbling on the channel. Do you know if you saw one of my posts on reddit or saw it through youtube search?

[Elysian]

Funny enough, I was already subscribed

[DividedBeing]

your youtube channel and videos look well made and cool. its admirable your taking on that level of documentation while undertaking the project itself.

I really appreciate that. Thanks a lot.
I'm having a lot of fun putting the videos together. I've wanted to get a youtube channel going for a long time, but couldn't find motivation or interest to regularly film anything. This is basically the perfect opportunity to do it :)

[hkv]

your youtube channel and videos look well made and cool. its admirable your taking on that level of documentation while undertaking the project itself.