Mission 310: South Bay LA e30

[DDKing13]

wheareabouts are you in the southbay? I'm around the area if you help wrenching, there's a few of us out this way

Sorry I'm just seeing this bro.
Im in Harbor City, right behind Narbonne High school.


UPDATE
So after a few months of research, me and my uncle dug in and replaced the injectors, the o2 sensor, gaskets, accelerator cable & grommets, cleaned the ICV and the throttle body, and replaced a leaky hose. After all that, the car ran way better….but still did not get rid of the dreaded 1222 code. Frustration ensued, and i was THIS close to giving up.

Then my uncle had an idea.

He plugged the hose that connects to the Fuel Tank breather valve, and told me to start it up. CODE GONE. So after all of that work, it turned out to be a faulty breather valve. The car is now running fine, I just passed smog and everything. Now this project can finally continue!

[DatUtahGuy]

wheareabouts are you in the southbay? I'm around the area if you help wrenching, there's a few of us out this way

[IRON-E]

I could be wrong and have never done a m42 > m20 swap but, I have heard that, the only difference is the front subframe and everything else is a straight swap.

[3vilE30]

If you're thinking about engine swaps, why not m30b35 it ;D

[efficient]

Drop an m50 swap for $2k, you'll be happy.

This.
M20 is a good motor just m50 you have a bigger market on parts.

[DDKing13]

So I'm thinking either doing an m20 swap, or finding new pistons for my m42.
Anybody know where to find pistons, or know of anybody selling any?

Or, in regards to the m20, if I get the engine, motor mounts, and the tranny, will it fit into my 318? My understanding is that all of the models are the exact same body wise, so the engines should all fit, but I don't want to just assume.

[IRON-E]

Drop an m50 swap for $2k, you'll be way happier.


Btw, the DS2s also came in super rare 4x100.

[animal]

nice.

[KIRIEIW]

Ya go buy an engine at the junkyard. Borrow a friends truck.

[freeride53]

Lol a low-mile M42 engine can be had for a fraction of that cost.

[DDKing13]

I haven't been doing really anything to the car as of late because of school. Working full time and going to school full time really is a bitch…lol. But just a quick update:

Got stock motor mounts installed. Turns out not only did he put those giant poly mounts, but he still had about 6 washers on top of the mounts as well. Didn't realize that that was also causing the fan in the front to rub against its shroud, causing a rattling noise. So now that that's taken care of, the engine vibration is practically gone. And now the engine is aligned correctly, I can install a stock air box and finally get the car smogged and registered. lol

Unfortunately, they discovered that I have an oil leak AND a transmission fluid leak AND an AC leak somewhere. More problems for another day.

Some good news though….my lost euro grilles came in the mail!
I also bought a euro clock off of a forum member, that I still need to install.

Actually one pretty big step of progress is I got some new wheels! The ones I really wanted too, some DS2's. I had these in mind before I even got the car.
They need a bit of work on the curb rash, but I got a good deal from a guy on bimmerforums. Set of 5 staggered wheels (3 17x7.5's, 2 17x8.5's). Here's one of em


Also just got the adapters from 42 draft designs today as well.

That's about it. I have a couple other things that I need to install, but i'd rather wait to post those up until the day I actually install them, just for the sake of storytelling. lol

Cheers!

[DDKing13]

Not this guy's fault Abby, the ret-ard previous owner, purposely stacked washers on the motor mounts for oil pan clearance., hence the reason, he's still hitting the inner part of the hood.

yeah he actually installed these giant poly mounts that raised the oil pan considerably.

but of course, my engine burned through the insulation and is literally rubbing on the metal of the hood. and dont even get me started on the vibration...

[IRON-E]

You need the throttle body of an early model car that's still sports an m20b25 (87's or verts) so your engine will stop hitting the ceiling of your hood.

Not this guy's fault Abby, the ret-ard previous owner, purposely stacked washers on the motor mounts for oil pan clearance., hence the reason, he's still hitting the inner part of the hood.

[DDKing13]

You need the throttle body of an early model car that's still sports an m20b25 (87's or verts) so your engine will stop hitting the ceiling of your hood.

but i don't have an m20, i have an m42 engine..?
sorry i'm a noob when it comes to that stuff

[ak-]

You need the throttle body of an early model car that's still sports an m20b25 (87's or verts) so your engine will stop hitting the ceiling of your hood.