E30 Cabrio Widebody V8 swap--chapter 1

[OrganicMechanic]

E38 donor 4.4 M62 ODB 2



PITA to pull, outside at night in the winter--

winter is build season

the collection grows





The Next Day--



The E34 M60 ODB1 5 speed donor car--drove it on the lift at 2:30



out of the bay at 9ish--whole drive line down

home by 10--

the collection grows--



sorry for the crappy iPhone pix--I traded my dslr for a S54 a while back.

[Harry's E30]

lookin good cant wait to see the final result! ive been looking into doing a widebody on my cabby as well!

[OrganicMechanic]

forgot pix of that--





the way she sits now--



When I first got her--



My first E30


who doesnt like a girl shot?

[OrganicMechanic]

the current bay--

[Stackede30]

Always wondered how a V8 swap will go in a e30, looking forward to reading this build!

[BrewCity11]

sorry for the crappy iPhone pix--I traded my dslr for a S54 a while back.

This is acceptable. Oh, and you have my attention.

[freeride53]

sick as funk.

[87vert30]

the current bay--

wow

[widebodye30]

Nice project! Can't wait to see what you do with the widebody:) If it is the kit I think it is you should probably shave the ferrari side vents off for a nice clean OE look;) Good luck with the project!

[moatilliatta]

Subscribed

[Luis325]

Subd!

[bmw325csi]

Quick off topic ? how hard was it to mount the e36 sideskirts, did you do any cutting?

[2002maniac]

Subscribed! If anything ever happens to my 540i6 i'm so doing this.

[OrganicMechanic]

Quick off topic ? how hard was it to mount the e36 sideskirts, did you do any cutting?

I did have to trim to fit but it is ABS and very easy to form--mounting was a tricky affair but 3m black and self tapping screws on the bottom have worked for the past 2 years.

[imdashiz]

update plz