New Daily E34 M5 Touring

[10Toes]

It is a great transmission for the swap, it is just interesting he didn't use a e34 or e28 5 or 6 speed. I am very curious to see photos of the underside if you can take them and more details of ay custom bits.

http://lukerussell.net/mechanical/

[fronton]

http://lukerussell.net/mechanical/

Nice work, thanks. From that website it looks like he had a dogleg and US 265 transmissions. Did you get both with the sale or which do you have?

[poopin04]

I can't wait for more photos

[straight6pwr]

beautiful! while im sure you payed less than what an actual m5 cost, im not so sure you didnt have to sell a kidney to get it either.


as far as his claim:

All exterior components, interior component and mechanical/suspension bits genuine converted M5 pieces.

he falls a bit short and is missing:
gray side skirts/bumper lips
m5 tourings had the 3.8l s38
rear headrests
reduced ratio steering box (15.6:1 servotronic)
i dont think any came with that standard burl wood trim, most had no trim (all the panels are completely different)
and some other small things

[pilotskillse30]

glorious!

[JJe30]

Very nice

[e30construction]

super clean more pics ha

[ZM Blue Devil]

Green with Envy, congrats, on the bucket list.

[IRUNEDM]

Nice work!

[JCarp90]

Hah. I saw this a week or so ago online. Car looks great!

http://bringatrailer.com/2013/04/16/seller-submission-m5-converted-1993-bmw-525i-touring/

[Wschnitz]

The interior smells fantastic.

I loled

[James Crivellone]

Welcome to the E34 M5 Touring (Clone) Club, I built mine last year and its such a fun car.

[Perry Wilson]

Car is stupid fast like s50 e30 fast. Literally everything is power and works. Interior was replaced witb alcatara everywhere and it does smell great. I paid less than half the price of a real one. Awesome cosidering its EVERYTHING is M5 minus the vin. Check out Lukerussell.net its the site the guy set up to sell ot there is like 100 photos. I took some awesome shots down by yhe water downtown today so ill edit amd post them. Plans for the car is just fix old stuff to make it all new again. Also ill probably wrap ot jet black just to protect the body and paint. But all money needs to keep going to my e30 build. Its been sotting here with a shaved and painted bay waiting for the m20 stroker im building. Btw the exhuast is seriouslu orgasmic.

[James Crivellone]

Remember to do a Valve adjustment and reshim if required. I currently have both my cams out having the lobes resurfaced. Keep an eye on the timing chain tensioner (upgrade to the Euro S50B32 one if you need to replace it)

They are VERY picky engines but running properly they are amazing. I'd also invest in a set of Vacuum gauges to sync the throttles.

Oh and the MAF is a first gen Bosch Hotwire MAF, only used on the S38B36 and Motronic Porsche 928, very expensive to replace (over $1000) and around $400 to have repaired.

Enjoy it, mine has tons of Dinan goodies on it (Suspension, Cam gear, Chip, 850i Brembo brakes, etc)

[Perry Wilson]

car is a blast engine runs perfect