My 87 325.

[White325is]

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.

[Wh33lhop]

I have no more then 700 max into the whole car/motor swap. 90% of the stuff I already had laying around the garage. I found ways around buying other things to save lots of money to do the swap.

Already mentioned these in the previous PMs I take it? (slotting firewall to reuse M20 brake booster, etc)

[White325is]

Niiice. How much did you wind up spending altogether?

I have no more then 700 max into the whole car/motor swap. 90% of the stuff I already had laying around the garage. I found ways around buying other things to save lots of money to do the swap.

I know you aren't leaving that motor stock ;) What are your plans for it?

Nope, Stock. This is going to be my daily driver. With the weather getting bad Im going to need something reliable. This will fit the bill just perfect.

[MR 325]

Somebody stole your radiator cap!

Nice quick work, should be a fun DD, eh?

[Court M3]

I know you aren't leaving that motor stock ;) What are your plans for it?

[Wh33lhop]

Niiice. How much did you wind up spending altogether?

[White325is]

Well a 87 325 popped up FS on the forums here. It was actually 1/2 a mile from my house. So it actually worked out perfect that it was so close to me.
Someone before me did an "I" swap on it and tried to use the "E" electronics and some other "E" parts. I wasnt going to piss around with the current motor since it had some oil leaks and what not.

Anyways this is what it looked like when I got it.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=147330

I bought the car last month on Aug 24th. I had the old motor pulled out and the engine bay cleanded up first thing on the 25th and the new one sat in place.














I had to leave on Aug 26th for vacation so the car sat from then till the 30th. Yesterday and today I finally got to finish everything up. Big Big thanks to EricT for wiring up my harness and taking car of that whole deal.



And here is a little video of her running.



Exhaust will come tomorrow. Waiting on the short shifter and H&R springs to come in the mail. Should have all that stuff taken care of by the end of the week.

Not bad for only a few days worth of swapping in a fresh motor.