My E30 S50 swap + progress (updates pg. 7)

[DisgustipatedAP1]

Wow, just wow. Fucking speechless. What a well put together car in every aspect. Perfect combination of my AP1 S2000's rawness, handling, responsiveness, and 'go-kart' feeling with the horsepower and torque of my 6-speed TL... and dat sound. Holy fuck the exhaust note is amazing. I thought my S2000 with 3" HKS exhaust + 3" high flow cat was good... But the S50 just sounds like heaven.

The previous owner spent a lot of time and money on this car and getting it well sorted, and has basically upgraded everything on it: every bushing, sway bar, mount, all of the suspension, SS brake lines, custom intake, custom exhaust, tune, wheels, CF hood, some Style 5 wheels... just EVERYTHING. It was everything I expected and more. For the right price, too. ;)

I'll shut up now and throw up a couple of pics (more to come later with a REAL camera + photographer):







Spent today cleaning the interior, using Lexol on the seats, door panels, and the dash. Tomorrow I'll wash the engine bay, the car itself, check the air filter, and maybe order some Meguiars M105 and M205 so I can get to work on refreshing the clearcoat on the paint with my Porter Cable DA oribital polisher. :D

I am so excited to be driving a fresh, well-taken care of swapped E30. Thanks for reading, and I'm happy to be part of the community.

Edit: New pics 04/19/12












04/22 UPDATE:

Alright, so the carbon fiber hood on my car had some major oxidization across about 95% of it. I decided to attack it with my Porter Cable DA random orbital polisher, an orange 'harsh' pad, and some Meguiars M105.

Left side is before, right side is after:

[FredK]

Sweet. AND it has air conditioning. Can't get any better than that!

[Acehye559]

Nice looking car, your going to love it more everyday. Is it 5 lugged or are you running adapters with those wheels?

[RUFFLZ]

begging for dat is' lip doeeeeeeee

[CrusherCurtis]

How much?

[Holland]

Gorgeous car. Little ot but I will own an AP1 someday.

[CoreyZ]

Welcome to the club 8)

[e30 gangsta]

Welcome nice car

[e30damen]

Welcome! I'm currently working on my own S50 swap. Can't wait to drive it!

[penneroyal]

Swap looks fun! Please get a front lip tho!

[CoreyZ]

By the way, S2000 seats aren't that hard to fit in an e30 :D

[DisgustipatedAP1]

Nice looking car, your going to love it more everyday. Is it 5 lugged or are you running adapters with those wheels?

They're actually filled and redrilled for 4 lug. If it was 5 lug I'd try to find some Volks CE28's or RE30's for it, haha.

begging for dat is' lip doeeeeeeee

I know :(

How much?

I'll pm you.

Gorgeous car. Little ot but I will own an AP1 someday.

DO IT! AP1's especially are so much fucking fun. If you ever need help finding one and want me to look in SoCal, I can find you a legit one. I recently found a white '02 with red interior with 21k miles for $18k, one owner. :|

Welcome! I'm currently working on my own S50 swap. Can't wait to drive it!

You are going to love it. It is the engine these cars should've come with.

Swap looks fun! Please get a front lip tho!

Yeah I'm going to order one this week. ;)

By the way, S2000 seats aren't that hard to fit in an e30 :D

Are you serious? Oh lordy. I can get mint S2000 seats all day for $300-400/pair. I might have to look up how to do that swap.

What I'd really like to fit are some NSX seats... those are some of the most comfortable seats I've ever sat in. And they fit the style of the E30.

[Vivek]

So...how fast is it?

[freeride53]

That is truly a wonderful car that you have there.
And if anyone starts bitching at you about "built not bought" (knowing someone here will) tell them to go fack themselves.

[DisgustipatedAP1]

So...how fast is it?

To be honest, I have only redlined it twice. It is very quick, but I have not measured it against another car yet. I will test it out against my cousin's fully modded AP1 (gutted soft top + hard top, rims, 3" HFC + 3" exhaust, intake, no tune, about 2550-2600 lbs~) tomorrow. My TL pulled on him once it got to 100+ when he had 4.77 gears, now he has 4.10 gears.

I'll also be testing it out against a friend's Nismo 350z, another friend's 380 whp Evo X, and any other buddies that wanna bring out their toys. I enjoy gauging the performance of cars against my friends, especially the guy with an Evo X... he is an incredible shifter (a bit faster than me) and perfect to test against. :)

That is truly a wonderful car that you have there.
And if anyone starts bitching at you about "built not bought" (knowing someone here will) tell them to go fack themselves.

Thanks man! And yeah, I don't really care about the "built not bought" bullshit, I am basically just taking on someone else's project and using it as a foundation for my own goals. Castro Motorsports did EVERYTHING on this car (suspension, exhaust, swap, everything) and there's nothing shameful about that.

I have already built cars from scratch (my S2000) and it is satisfying, but no more satisfying than improving upon someone else's tasteful project. Plus, it's really nobody's business whether or not you bought the car with work already done to it. It's a mantra that reeks of insecurity and overcompensation.

Oh, and I'll be taking more pics of the rest of the car tomorrow after washing it and putting 'em in this thread if anyone cares. :)