K24-Swapped E30 (Street-able Racecar?)

[Tascar3D]

Hello R3v,

Long time viewer of this forum, but have never posted anything! I figured I would share my car, which is a result of 7+ years of modifying, breaking, fixing, tracking, and most of all, spending money like its going out of style. Say hello to my 1991 "324is" ;)

Instagram: @Matty_E30

Drivetrain:
2007 Honda K24a2 engine
KPower Industries swap kit
ZF 5 speed transmission
OEM E46 330i clutch
S2.93 LSD (swapping to shorter final drive soon)

Suspension & Brakes:
Feal 441+ Road Race spec coilovers, custom valving w/ Swift springs
Garagistic bump-steer adjustable tie rod ends
Garagistic Spec E30 front sway bar & adjustable endlinks
UUC front big brake kit, 11.75" two piece rotor with Wilwood 4 piston caliper
Z3 steering rack
CondorSpeedShop LCA solid mounts
CondorSpeedShop rear subframe bushings, RTABs, and diff bushing

Exterior:
Ford "Deep impact blue" paint
OEM body panels, the way god intended
Custom front splitter (coming soon)
NLR E30 Big Wang kit (coming soon)
Tascar3D headlight intake
Tascar3D brake ducts, fully functional
Tascar3D reflector blanks

Wheels & Tires:
Konig Dekagram 15x9 all around with 245/40r15 RT660 (track setup)
Rays Gramlights 57DR 15x8 with 225/45r15 RS4 (street setup)

Interior:
Sparco suede steering wheel
Sparco EvoII drivers seat
Sparco Sprint pass. seat
IRP chassis mount short shifter
Tascar3D vent gauge pod
Tascar3D check panel delete

Electronics & Management:
LINK ECU HC20x stand-alone
KPowerIndustries K-swap RWD harness
KPowerIndustries E30-to-K chassis adapter harness
AiM Solo2 GPS lap timer with ECU CAN-BUS integration

Engine Specifics:
2007 K24a2 RBB out of Acura TSX
OEM Honda internals
New OEM rod and main bearings
New OEM gaskets
KPower RWD Intake manifold
Modified S2000 exhaust manifold
AC/PS deleted
KPower throttle body with E30 wheel
Modified E21 throttle cable
Retained OEM IACV
8300 rpm redline
KPower baffled oil pan
KPower oil pickup tube
RSX Type-S oil pump
KPower K-to-ZF adapter plate
Koyorad E36 radiator
K-Tuned FPR
EP3 idler pulley setup
215 WHP / 180 WTQ on 93 octane

[82eye]

look at all that space !

bet it was fun. glws.

[Tascar3D]

look at all that space !

bet it was fun. glws.

Oh she's not for sale! I just got the swap done, now its time to enjoy it :)

[82eye]

Oh she's not for sale! I just got the swap done, now its time to enjoy it :)

oh crap. was in the wrong forum. go and enjoy it.

[2mAn]

Lets see how the whole car looks? I was tempted to do this with a 324D which would make it streetable in California

[ForcedFirebird]

Pretty cool. There's actually one here at work right now hehe.... LINK

That battery tray shows signs of turbo action in the past lol.

[Tascar3D]

Pretty cool. There's actually one here at work right now hehe.... LINK

That battery tray shows signs of turbo action in the past lol.

Good eye! Before this swap, it was turbo M50 swapped. It was a lot of fun and very fast on the straights, but unbalanced in the corners!

[downforce22]

i would be curious for some in car footage to see what it is like

[moatilliatta]

Are you running 3" exhaust?

[Tascar3D]

i would be curious for some in car footage to see what it is like

https://youtu.be/oQdIhQukyXA

Here's some in-car footage from one of my first track days with this swap!

[Panici]

Looking great! Thank you for posting.
I love an engine bay that's been breathed on.

Maybe you can figure out an alternate coolant overflow tank and move the air filter to the other side? Would clean things up further.

Any idea how much the car weighs?

[Northern]

I've seen you post this on reddit/ig/maybe facebook, but this answers a lot of questions I had.

I have a set of dekagrams with 245s on them, but in 15x8. How do they fit with the 9s?

[ForcedFirebird]

Good eye! Before this swap, it was turbo M50 swapped. It was a lot of fun and very fast on the straights, but unbalanced in the corners!

Fortunate enough to work on e30's as a job, every day. :)

[spike68]

Hey I follow you on IG already!

Thanks for posting and sharing. Love the build. You've inspired my brother to want to go with a K-swap for his next e30.

Would love to see some videos of the car as well to get an idea of how the power is.

Cheers!

[Jb325is]

Car looks pretty happy man- Rotates pretty nicely on entry. What are spring rates and do you have scale #'s and ride heights? Is that a used stock diff? Seems a bit loose

Nice driving though! That track has a really nice flow to it, especially like the last 1/3 of it.