A Tale of 2 Sedans M42/S52

[eternal24k]

Thanks! I actually did see that sale and placed an order, I think they arrive today. I've been gone hiking for the past few weeks but was fortunate enough to leave the car with Zach at Centerbar Motorsports, active member here with some side business working on E30s. He swapped the rack as well as PS Pump and Odo gears (oddly enough my VDO cluster had motronic gears?). I will be servicing the motor and swapping seats this week

[iXguido]

^+1 great seller and great product. Buy from Jeff and support the e30 community, it's also a really good price.

[twiggletwaggle]

Looking good and you're getting the right things sorted first. A member on here was selling seat shocks recently.

[eternal24k]

Got some parts, going to be doing a full tune up and gaskets soon as well as shifter rebuild with Z3 shifter and a Z3 steering rack swap.

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I also picked up some sports seats for $450, but they need a little TLC, shocks are spanked and a little rusty. Best source for reasonably priced shock sets?
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[eternal24k]

What I've done or plan on doing

• replace gaskets (ordered full set)
• tune up, fuel/air filter, spark plugs (purchased)
• fix exhaust
• swap comfort seats for sport seats (purchased, just need to get from MI)
• Z3 rack install (purchased rack, working on parts)
• MtechII wheel
• Paint (some day)
• Z3 shifter & rebuild
• Euro lights and grill
• stainless brake lines
• figure out if I can bring this S50 pile to life..........

What am I missing? What should I be doing
Open to thoughts and suggestions. And if anyone in VT wants to tackle this motor with me ;D

[eternal24k]

After selling my E36 M3 and truck to consolidate vehicles to an E91, I found myself really missing the spirit and drivability of older bimmers and finally got an E30.
I’ll be honest, I never once considered a 3 series that didn’t have a straight 6, but after finding a rust free 1991 318I from NV I just made it happen, and despite it’s leaks, loving the little 4 banger.
The car:
Nevada car, PO purchased and shipped to east coast last year. Before him the owner clearly neglected it. I am not sure if I got a good deal, but rust free in my neck of the woods combined with a decent amount of work by PO on things I would want done got me to part with 4k...

PO had the following work:
• New control arms and M3 CABS
• E46 rear shock mounts
• 4.10 LSD
• Replaced window and defrost switches
• New rear axles
• Bilstein sport suspension
• H&R springs
• Basketweaves
• Antenna
• Radio replacement
• Mtech1 Steering wheel
• Crack free dash install
• Blower motor
• Driveshaft center bearing
• Poly subframe bushings
• Trans mounts
• Poly diff bushings
• Tire rod assembly
• Tie rod lock plate
• Glove box replacement
• Shift boot
• New comfort seats

What it needs:
• Paint
• ODO gears
• Headliner (or finish tearing out the headliner the PO tore out half-assedly and paint it)
• Figure out why the radio is dead and no lights on blower controls
• Replace seals on leaky M42
• Fix lock on driver door
• Small trim piece on bumper
• Fix leaky exhaust and rattling heat shield
• Shifter rebuild
• Steering rack replacement (had no PS, found empty reservoir, I foolishly poured some lucas PS stop leak in it before assessing, came out an hour later to a huge puddle on the ground)


And while I always wanted an S50 swap E30, I had begun looking into whether or not I could tighten the M42 up enough to boost, then I found a local craigslist ad for a disassembled S50 with extra parts.

So now I have a **** ton of parts I need to assess (and do a lot more reading on). I haven't had the time to go through the parts, seller said he confirmed it's an S50 despite M50 cover, I had a friend pick it all up and plan on assessing myself once I get my garage cleared out and prepped.








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