Anyone know this e30?

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  • ak-
    R3V OG
    • May 2009
    • 12422

    #16
    Looks like a solid car man.
    I would shorten the lines on the catchcan setup / re-locate it for the shortest possible venting route.

    1991 325iS turbo

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    • kronus
      R3V OG
      • Apr 2008
      • 13000

      #17
      I would just put a stock ccv back in. no reason not to.
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      • dude8383
        Forum Sponsor
        • Jan 2005
        • 10387

        #18
        Man that thing is nearly a twin to my car:







        Congrats :up:
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        • stillkotd
          Advanced Member
          • May 2011
          • 127

          #19
          Welcome to the m50 e30 club! Beautiful swap too.
          1989 325i m50b25tu swap
          1989 325i (sold)

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          • animal
            E30 Modder
            • Jan 2010
            • 804

            #20
            nice pickup!

            never seen it..

            I would say find a smog guy - FK BAR TO DEATH.
            91 DS S52 Slicktop, 91 Calypso M42, 89 Royalblau M20, 84 Bahama Beige 323i, M535, Euro e24, ap1

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            • 2mAn
              Moderator
              • Aug 2010
              • 20074

              #21
              Originally posted by animal

              I would say find a smog guy - FK BAR TO DEATH.
              There's no reason NOT to BAR it.. If it was turbo charged or something else that was crazy, sure but it's a M50 in a late model. He probably needs the exhaust setup cleaned up and a few other things. There's currently a legit un-modified down pipe for sale in Santa Barbara. That's usually the hardest part to find
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              • cbr
                Noobie
                • Mar 2016
                • 30

                #22
                Originally posted by ak-
                Looks like a solid car man.
                I would shorten the lines on the catchcan setup / re-locate it for the shortest possible venting route.
                Originally posted by kronus
                I would just put a stock ccv back in. no reason not to.
                Can you point me at any examples? I'm all about keeping this simple. That said I'm going to be swapping this motor again to an OBD2 S52 setup (I want the onboard diagnostics for some fun displays/etc) so not sure how worth it it is?

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                • cbr
                  Noobie
                  • Mar 2016
                  • 30

                  #23
                  Originally posted by 2mAn
                  There's no reason NOT to BAR it.. If it was turbo charged or something else that was crazy, sure but it's a M50 in a late model. He probably needs the exhaust setup cleaned up and a few other things. There's currently a legit un-modified down pipe for sale in Santa Barbara. That's usually the hardest part to find
                  According the guys at Edge the exhaust is close but yeah not kosher (cats are in the wrong location). The dealer smogged it before I bought it, and other than the cone filter, it looks relatively stock so I'm going to not deal with getting it fully BAR'ed until I'm totally sorted on the motor (i.e. S52, etc). I've got a 2 year window now to get this all figured out...

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                  • kronus
                    R3V OG
                    • Apr 2008
                    • 13000

                    #24
                    if you don't need to smog it between now and putting the s52 in, don't bother.

                    BTW if you want to do a BAR-compliant OBD2 swap, you'll need to retrofit the whole evap system. it's not bad, but it's a point of complexity.
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