The v8 conversion progress

[JasonC]

EWWWWWWWW

A 5.0? Its probably because I'm a bowtie boy but that has got to be the worst motor swap possible for an e30.
A good ol 3 half SB would do nice though ;)

I had a 350 short block where i could of put this TPI on it. But i gave the motor to my buddy. This 305 will be fine for now just put in a little bigger cam in it. The car is still going to be my DD so i don't need a power house that will rip the car in half. I thought i never say that in my life, but i just did..

[backtrail69]

Hes doing a 305 TPI motor...that is a SBC...

[808BMW]

EWWWWWWWW

A 5.0? Its probably because I'm a bowtie boy but that has got to be the worst motor swap possible for an e30.
A good ol 3 half SB would do nice though ;)

[BimmerToad]

Nice work, can't wait to see it all polished up.

So how much power and revs are we talking about? Engine is probably pretty torquey since it was made to haul a luxury cruiser. Are aftermarket camshafts made for the engine?

[JasonC]

O sweet, that will still go well! are you making a custom drive shaft?

yes for the custom drive shaft. My dad will do that, he's did some on some of my other cars and there was no vibration so i have faith in him to do this one right.

[drifty340i]

It's not going to be that hard on the motor or chassis, i'm only going to put a little TPI 305 in it, or 5.0 for you metric guy's. I've had cars with solid mounts in them before. The transmission mount will be rubber cause there does have to be flex in the drive line somewhere.

O sweet, that will still go well! are you making a custom drive shaft?

[drifty340i]

about bloody time! :)

is heaps more room for turbo's with a ls1 in the engine bay ;)

Well there is room but.....i like quad cams and revs lol

[JasonC]

Its mounted using the factory bmw mounting points with adaptors made to suit.I do no advise using solid mounts! it will be very hard on the engine and the chassis

It's not going to be that hard on the motor or chassis, i'm only going to put a little TPI 305 in it, or 5.0 for you metric guy's. I've had cars with solid mounts in them before. The transmission mount will be rubber cause there does have to be flex in the drive line somewhere.

[Firestorm]

about bloody time! :)

is heaps more room for turbo's with a ls1 in the engine bay ;)

[drifty340i]

How do you have it mounted in there? I'm going to have solid mounts coming off of the frame when i do mine.

Its mounted using the factory bmw mounting points with adaptors made to suit.I do no advise using solid mounts! it will be very hard on the engine and the chassis

[JasonC]

How do you have it mounted in there? I'm going to have solid mounts coming off of the frame when i do mine.

[drifty340i]

Very nice! It pains me to see your car like that! Soon, very soon. Why is it that all these blocks look like they were meant to be in our engine bays? Esp v8's!

Oh it will be back up and beyound what iit looked like before! ive got some ACS goodies comming, not just the mags hehe

[drifty340i]

Nice. Would love to do that with the 4.4 out of the X5.

I would of used one of those, but they are soooooo expensive and dam hard to tune compared to theses

[drifty340i]

What engine is that? And what did it come out of?

Will

Its a 1uzfe out of a 1997 lexus ls400

[WillisE30]

What engine is that? And what did it come out of?

Will

It's a 4.0 V8 out of an LS400.