My 87 325.

[Wh33lhop]

I like what you've done with it. You must have a few swaps under your belt, huh? I've got about 6 or 7 full days into mine so far and Its still not ready to fire up.

Always takes at least 3x as long as you think it will. Generally, even if it's not the first time you've done it. :p

[Lof8]

I like what you've done with it. You must have a few swaps under your belt, huh? I've got about 6 or 7 full days into mine so far and Its still not ready to fire up.

[White325is]

I can haz custom shift boot?



If anyone knows where I can get the rear headrest and more material to make a ebrake boot let me know.

[White325is]

Hope this helps, I doubt it will do much. I will "TRY" and get photos.

[White325is]

I used a 12 inch 1750 CFM pusher fan and I hooked it up to the temp relay switch thing..
The mechanical fan will not work. They say for using a mechanical fan you need atleast 2 inches between the fan and rad anyways..

[Wh33lhop]

Yeah the M52 headers are the same...

As for the booster I wish I took more photos because I knew people would as more questions. I will make something up in MS paint to try and explain it a little easier to everyone. Sucks that the intake was already shaved like that when I got th motor because it wasnt needed with this setup. Im gonna have to clean that up a little.
I used the M42 rad. I bought one hose for another car and I cut both of my hoses out of that one hose. I will get the part number off of it later today or tomorrow.
And the wiring isnt that hard really, EricT did it for me but I understand better on how he got the info he did.

Personally I've got the M50 rad hoses (came with the motor) which should work for the M42 radiator. But don't let that stop you from posting the part number for others. What fan setup did you use? From what I understand using a mechanical fan is a no no (space as well as efficiency issues) so most people go for an electric SPAL (or ebay) pusher or something. What have you used to control the fan?

Car's coming along nicely. Keep us updated, and I'm still interested in the brake booster diagram.

[E30Kaiser]

lol Wish my 325 was cleaned up like your's, god knows it needs it. Awesome job with the project so far man.

[White325is]

Yeah the M52 headers are the same...

As for the booster I wish I took more photos because I knew people would as more questions. I will make something up in MS paint to try and explain it a little easier to everyone. Sucks that the intake was already shaved like that when I got th motor because it wasnt needed with this setup. Im gonna have to clean that up a little.
I used the M42 rad. I bought one hose for another car and I cut both of my hoses out of that one hose. I will get the part number off of it later today or tomorrow.
And the wiring isnt that hard really, EricT did it for me but I understand better on how he got the info he did.

[Wh33lhop]

Yup.. Slot the firewall 3/4 inch. The "C" shaped piece off the booster will now connect to the actual pedal instead of that bracket.
I will snap a photo tomorrow. This is how much room I have.



Instead of buying the e28 mounts my buddy made me some out of derlin from work.



Instead of buying an adapter for 150+ I just bought the M20 c101 and pins from the dealer for 20.00 and EricT wired it directly in my harness. so the engine harness is plug and play.

Instead of 125.00 for ebay headers that are thin and dont fit well. 50.00 for S52 headers with plugged 02 ports and welded EGR..

With them 4 mods alone I saved about 450.00 + or -

150 saved from not buying a booster and res.
60 saved from not buying motor mounts.
150 saved from not buying an adapter.
75 saved from not buying ebya headers.

Things add up. people just dont think before they buy.

Cool. I've already got E28 mounts and S52 manifolds (getting welded by a buddy, they're identical to M52 manis aren't they?)

I was planning on doing the wiring myself, still looking into that.

Two more things

I'm still intrigued by the booster setup (don't feel like shortening/thinning/threading a new booster), do you have any more pictures of how you go about this?
And, what radiator did you wind up using? It was an '87 so the stock radiator wouldn't work directly, unless they swapped to the later rad when they did the engine conversion. I'm half considering trying to get different rad hoses that would fit my '87 radiator, and half considering just buying a new M42 rad so I don't have to worry about rad hoses.

[White325is]

ok little update..
The interior of this car was a mess. Wish I would have taken more photos of it before I started.




Anyways this is what it looks like now.

Switched out the Mtech one wheel for the airbag wheel. I like these wheels better. some people dont but I guess thats just me.


Carpet is all nice and clean, Thanks to the wife for scrubbing the shit out of it.



Then I pressure washed the interior and replaced the seat back on the driver seat, mucho better now.



Rear seat all nice and clean.


I figure since the interior was out and I was waiting on it to dry I would dye the headliner.


Yeah I did the rear speaker deck at the same time.


Well thats all, more to come later.

[White325is]

Got everything done. Well almost. Waiting on the short shifter from the dealer and the throttle cable.

[EricT]

Those mounts are hot.....and they will prolly outlast your car! When we goin for a rip? Got that thing done yet?

[namsayin]

you're a machine michael!

[White325is]

Budget swap. Paint isnt going to make it work any better then it does now.

[Jean]

Brake booster, clean/paint it or replace it :)