Please Help!! 5 lug conversion questions

[Whit3 E30]

Hey I have a 1984 318i with the M10B18 and G240. I have put money into the M10 and will eventually need to 5 lug swap it for bigger brakes from a E36. I have already changed the suspension and brakes front and rear, taken from a 1991 318is. So rear subframe, trailing arms, brakes, ect. Front struts and brakes ect. are all from a 1991 318is, then I bought brand new 84' 318i lower control arms. So now that most of the background information is out there, here is my question. To do a 5 lug conversion, could I use 96'+ non-M Z3 front struts and knuckles, brakes , ect. then a adjustable top plate for e30, with stock e30 non-M lower control arms with a offset solid control arm bushing for the front? Then the rear could I use again 96'+ non M Z3 rear hubs n bearings an brakes? (I Don't know if they use the same size bearings as the 91' iS.) Then get a bracket made for the brake calipers on the 91 rear subframe trailing arms. Or should I just take both trailing arms with brakes and stuff still attached and install them on the 91' Is rear subframe? Could this work as a 5 lug conversion???? Please help!! Or tell me what I'm missing from the setup?? Thanks for your input!! (AS LONG AS YOUR INPUT IS HELPFUL!!)

[TobyB]

For bearing sizes and part numbers, www.realoem.com and look up the 2 parts in question.
That'll tell you if they're dimensionally the same, and if the part number's the same.

This part may not be helpful, but it is pertinent- you've already got pretty good brakes for your weight and motor. You'll be adding a chunk of
unsprung weight in the brakes, and more in the wheels. Do you plan on adding powah at some point? Live at the top of a long steep hill?
Otherwise 'because it's what I want to do' is a fine answer, but you shouldn't need more than the E30 325i brakes...

t
has only done it with ti bits, not z3. And dear God, if you want vintage- style front brakes, the early ti is your baby.

[jbontke]

Turbo charge the m10??

[TobyB]

M10s will hold a significant amount of boost, it's true.
Without a turbo, a 2L seems to top out at somewhere north of 230bhp-
but that's with twin 48DCOEs, 13:1 hemispherical pistons and a redline painfully close to 9k.
Sounds wonderful- and well out of my price range.

With turbo, and the 8:1 compression ratio, I suspect 300 is pretty reasonable with a good
intercooler and good fuelling.

The 1500cc F1 turbo motor, tho, might have had a stock block- but that was about all that was stock.
And the 'quali' motors that could peg the 1k dyno weren't good for more than a few laps...

t
e production 2002 that's never dynoed over 180.