Gertech's '86 325es LSx T56 Swap

[M3 Ryan]

Awesome work!! I love it.

[Gertech]

love your car!!!

mans car with a mans engine

your man card goes vip now

lol thanks dude.

[Gertech]

Lol... traction? This guy

1st is a joke. I'll bet you've got a bit more power than me and better throttle response. So there. Double joke.

2nd isn't so bad. If you just want to go fast, easing into the throttle will do it. If you want to go sideways, it does. Easily.

3rd can get a little squirrely, but that's only if you WOT powershift that bitch. If you had it sideways/squirrely in 2nd, it'll stay that way through most of 3rd (too scared to spin tires at 90 or so, so I let off)

4th is fine.

5th on my car kinda sucks with the 3.73. At 70, it puts my rpms around 2400, which at that range when you're cruising the exhaust dronesssssss pretty bad.

Haha, that's about what I expected to hear. Even with the 2.93, my car pulls decently, so I was thinking that a ratio somewhere in the low to mid 3.xx would be a good compromise. I actually like the current rear more than I thought I would, but it's a never ending project so I'm sure it'll be swapped out for "testing purposes" later.

[knuklehead92]

love your car!!!

mans car with a mans engine

your man card goes vip now

[jalopi]

How's the traction with the 3.73?

Lol... traction? This guy

1st is a joke. I'll bet you've got a bit more power than me and better throttle response. So there. Double joke.

2nd isn't so bad. If you just want to go fast, easing into the throttle will do it. If you want to go sideways, it does. Easily.

3rd can get a little squirrely, but that's only if you WOT powershift that bitch. If you had it sideways/squirrely in 2nd, it'll stay that way through most of 3rd (too scared to spin tires at 90 or so, so I let off)

4th is fine.

5th on my car kinda sucks with the 3.73. At 70, it puts my rpms around 2400, which at that range when you're cruising the exhaust dronesssssss pretty bad.

[DrLeadFoot]

Looks amazing!

I keep seeing an e39 touring LS swap in my future.

[TimKninja]

Well fucking done my man, not like most of the murica V8 swaps on this forum, I love that you retained all the interior and stuff. Im really not a huge fan of Stripped out interiors.

and it still looks classy as hell. Wow. A++++++++++

[archie]

Love this car!

[freeride53]

Wow...hats off to you sir.

[ELVA164]

Wow, it looks like a completely different car from when you purchased it! Did you just save the work and buy a second one? ;)

[Gertech]

Makes me want to buy some apex wheels, plastic bumper swap my car, and put on some h&r race springs because your car looks bad ass and my car would look similar in the end. Nice job man!

Thanks man! I'm really happy with how the bumper swap came out. It's a lot of work, especially if you do the rear valance swap, but I think it's well worth the effort. Do it and post pics!:)

[brutus87]

AWESOME.

JUST LOOKS GREAT.

Not what you see every day.

[KIRIEIW]

Makes me want to buy some apex wheels, plastic bumper swap my car, and put on some h&r race springs because your car looks bad ass and my car would look similar in the end. Nice job man!

[Gertech]

You might want to try a shorter rear end out... my car came with a 2.93 and while it was fantastic for highway driving and gas mileage, it felt like I was driving a mustang. Put a 3.73 in and wow, what a difference! Feels like a proper sports car now.

Besides, the gear ratios are ridiculous on those t56's... just crunched some numbers and with the rubber you've got you'll still only be turning 2k rpms at 70 miles an hour. Sure, your fuel economy might take a hit... but I'm assuming that's not what you built the car for :D

Yeah I've been contemplating what rear end to go with as I'm not sure I'm sticking with the 2.93. How's the traction with the 3.73? I have a 3.73 in my LS1 powered S10 and it rips, but there's not as much rubber under the e30.

And yeah...I definitely didn't build it for economy! But my last tank averaged 22 mpg. A little highway but mostly whooping it's ass on the back roads haha. Not bad! I think 25 is attainable.

[Gertech]

Good luck with that, I am in PA as well and with the snow and forecast for the week I wouldn't expect to film anything anytime soon. Maybe spring?

Tell me about it man! It might have to wait a while. I'm glad to have it "finished", but it could have been better timing. Now I have to wait for the winter until I can really drive it.