Gertech's '86 325es LSx T56 Swap

[Gertech]

Any news here

Not too much, just been driving and enjoying it. Still contemplating what I'm doing with the brake setup. Just swapped to a 3.25 LSD from the 2.93. Definitely woke it up a little bit, don't think I'd want any more gearing than the 3.25 though. It's plenty in such a light car.

Side skirts are OEM iS parts.

[Gertech]

Oh and I repaired the damaged parts on my original houndstooth interior and put that back in. So much nicer than the tan vinyl stuff I put in before!

[jalopi]

you gonna be at bimmerfest in a few weeks? it'd be good to see your car. i know of one other LS swapped car that'll be there.

[Gertech]

Possibly. I'll have to see if a few buddies want to take the trip down. Would be a good time.

[jalopi]

well I'll be there in my blown up piece of shit, you'll know it when you see it.

[rzerob]

Did you ever post a video?

[Gertech]

Hi guys, been a while since I've updated anything here. No great videos, but here's a short burnout clip my buddy shot in a parking lot somewhere in Baltimore. We traveled down there for a photo shoot with Anna Taylor from More Than More for Performance BMW magazine. If you're able to find the October issue at Barnes and Noble or another book store, check out the feature on my ride!

[TeXJ]

nice vid

[bmk]

Not too much, just been driving and enjoying it. Still contemplating what I'm doing with the brake setup. Just swapped to a 3.25 LSD from the 2.93. Definitely woke it up a little bit, don't think I'd want any more gearing than the 3.25 though. It's plenty in such a light car.

Side skirts are OEM iS parts.

How do you like the 3.25? What rpm are you at crusing at say 80mph? Is there a noticeable difference in acceleration?

[Gertech]

The 3.25 is great. Really woke the thing up a bit from the 2.93, but is still very reasonable on the highway. My tach isn't exactly accurate, so I'm not entirely sure on cruising RPMs. I'll be going on a good highway run with is tomorrow though, so I'll plug in my scanner and get an accurate number for you.

Also I just upgraded the front brakes to the 310mm Wilwood kit from Ireland Engineering. What a difference! I was going to do some kind of hydroboost or something, but not any more. Manual Wilwoods it is!

[bmk]

Good to hear. I've been searching for a 3.46 for months without any luck so I went with a 3.23 from an z3m. Hopefully I'll have time this weekend to put it in.

[Gertech]

Well somehow I forgot to bring my scanner on this weekend's trip to Oktoberfest at the Bimmer Buddies shop, so I don't have a solid cruising RPM to give you. But it did average 24.4 MPG on the 200 mile round trip cruising at 70 most of the time. Not bad!