Good News! I've got a blown head gasket!!!

[jonmon6691]

These e30tech and r3v double posts are really confusing. Anyway, if L-jet tronic blows, can't you use some other generic engine mgmt like ms or something that doesn't suck?

[Ray Smoodiver]

You should look for e28 533i cars... same motor. Keep in mind that the SA 333i had an Alpina cam and some other goodies.

Also I think the Aluminum fenders and hood are NLA.

I'm probably the only one on R3V with them :D

The doors were alloy too.

They didn't come on the 333i though, they came on the first 500 run of the 325iS.

Later 325iS Evo 2's didn't have them.

[rThor432]

i would highly suggest an m30 from the e34 line of cars

Good call; the newer engine management is excellent. Besides, the motor (exterior) is virtually the same minus the slight difference in the logos on the valve cover and intake manifold.

Internal displacement shouldnt matter so much, go with the more efficient motor. My opinion though, just tossing it out there.

[Beach Bum]

Japandrew, can I get dibs on the distributor? PLEASE? Or are you keeping the motor?

Good luck with the M30!

[Jb325is]

Good call; the newer engine management is excellent. Besides, the motor (exterior) is virtually the same minus the slight difference in the logos on the valve cover and intake manifold.

Internal displacement shouldnt matter so much, go with the more efficient motor. My opinion though, just tossing it out there.

+1 I wouldn't do a b32 unless I was going with megasquirt. Also, with the b32's and b34's there is a little more bfh work that needs to be done to the firewall. The b35 is motronic 1.3 and the mounts are much easier to get.

[Adrian_Visser]

not all b32's are L jetronic I had an '84 533i with motronic, not 1.3 though and it had idle problems.

[Japandrew73]

Japandrew, can I get dibs on the distributor? PLEASE? Or are you keeping the motor?

Good luck with the M30!

From my M10? Yea, I guess I could part out what's left of the M10, doubt anybody wants anything from it though.

Had a talk with my friend Paul Cain today. I've decided I'm looking for a series 3 M30B35, (from e28 535i's from 1985-1987), we will make the engraving on the block go from 3.5, to 3.3. Yea, it's called a 333i replica for a reason. So it has the extra horsepower because it's a 3.5 liter, but it will look identical to a 3.3 liter block, just like the 333i.

Searching for a donor car now...

Everybody keep in mind, this is my first engine swap, I'm learning as I go...

[Jb325is]

From my M10? Yea, I guess I could part out what's left of the M10, doubt anybody wants anything from it though.

Had a talk with my friend Paul Cain today. I've decided I'm looking for a series 3 M30B35, (from e28 535i's from 1985-1987), we will make the engraving on the block go from 3.5, to 3.3. Yea, it's called a 333i replica for a reason. So it has the extra horsepower because it's a 3.5 liter, but it will look identical to a 3.3 liter block, just like the 333i.

Searching for a donor car now...

Everybody keep in mind, this is my first engine swap, I'm learning as I go...

That's an m30b34 actually. The b35 was in e32's, late e24's and all e34's

I would really get a b35. The difference in torque is quite noticeable from the b34 to b35

[kronus]

Since you're swapping from a 318i, no reason to not go with a B35. I'm going B34 only because it means that I can use my current engine harness.

[HiTheNameIsBJ]

Can someone give me a link with more info on the 333? I found a little info and they seem pretty sick.

[kronus]

Can someone give me a link with more info on the 333? I found a little info and they seem pretty sick.

SA market only sort-of-a-homologation-special. Came with an M30B32 that had its naughty bits touched by Alpina, aluminum front-end sheetmetal, Mtech I kit, and a 333i badge.

[Farbin Kaiber]

[kamotors]

^ cool info.

[Hick]

why not badge it a 333i with an s52b32 swap

[Japandrew73]

why not badge it a 333i with an s52b32 swap

Because that's not the engine the 333i came with now is it?

those and m50's just don't look right in an e30 engine bay to me. the M30 at least looks period correct. And also, i'm not made of money. If I had my way, I'd get an s14.