My daily '84 318i m30 swap

[glnr13]

are you going to move the battery to the trunk?

First thing is to get it running sound again. This trans swap is more necessity than upgrade since ive lost a chunk of 1st gear on the 240.

Next is relocate/replace overflow tank so I can swap the hood. Maybe do the battery relocation at the same time. A lot of little things to do this fall.

[2mAn]

Nice, it sounds like its going to have a nice bump in reliability

[wworm]

What motor mounts did you end up using? Assuming garagistic as I haven't really heard of much else. Just picked up a set of the same wheels but with black centers


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[glnr13]

What motor mounts did you end up using? Assuming garagistic as I haven't really heard of much else. Just picked up a set of the same wheels but with black centers


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yup, garagistic mounts

[glnr13]

I guess it's time for a mid-year update.

Spent many hours swapping in the big trans at sherpaking's in April. Modified the shifter plate to mount on the top side of the tunnel and added a dssr, much more firmer and very little play. Feels really solid. Trans almost got put in without fluid, thanks for catching that Charlie! So much more confidence when I drive it. New driveshaft, giubo, center support bearing installed at the same time.



Door handle died, easy fix.


Got a new fancy lighted key, modified and upgraded to LED.


I thought my Spal died on Friday but it was a fuse failure. Looks like I used too big a fuse and too small of a wire in there so it was time to do it all right. I took the opportunity to wire in a temp switch off of the radiator.


Also reflowed all connections to the speedometer and successfully got it to work again. Nice to know how fast I'm actually going after it stopped working 4 years ago.

Still have a few things on my want to do list. More to come soon.

[2mAn]

I can’t wait until the next update... see you in 2019!

[glnr13]

Wiper linkage replaced today. Pics of the broken one...

[glnr13]

I did this a couple of weeks ago too

[wworm]

:)

[glnr13]

here's a boring time lapse of me swapping out injectors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REI17Y2OUOY

[glnr13]

thermostat, hosing reroute, coolant reservoir swap and relocation.

[glnr13]

working on a tucked radiator. dimensions for radiator support opening.

[2mAn]

and then ITBs?

[glnr13]

megasquirt first, get that up and running solid with the stock setup. then wasted spark, still undecided if I want to use coil on plug or just remote. after that's sorted i'll go to ITB. a little wiretucking here and there in between those steps.

[2mAn]

Awesome