s50b32 e30 325i tech1 project

[HybridNz]

Accusump style setup?

yes

[Ray Smoodiver]

Oil pressure sensor with surge tank and high pressure pump which fires a shot of oil onto the bottom end when oil pressure drops. That as some good old baffling. It works out a lot cheaper than running a dry sump the system.

Accusump style setup?

[HybridNz]

Nice design...

Ill probably go with what the jet sprint boat guys use on the blown v8s..

Oil pressure sensor with surge tank and high pressure pump which fires a shot of oil onto the bottom end when oil pressure drops. That as some good old baffling. It works out a lot cheaper than running a dry sump the system.

I will likely CAD up a sump gaurd and have it water cut from alloy to protect the well.

[oddis]

I have used a e34 5 series sump to clear the subframe.

Yes I know. What I ment was that you could cut, modifiy and weld the org B32 oil pan to fit behind the crossmember. The B32 pan is great for anti oil starvation (Much better than B30). The M50 pan is also very good, but get stuk very near to the ground. A well lowered and stiffend track car will scrape the curbs with a M50 pan often.

Only extra to this mod-application is that you need changing the sway bar mounts to the front of the crossmember, in the chassi. And then turn the sway bar 180 deg.

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[HybridNz]

[Teaser]

Wheel design revealed ... Going in tomorrow for their two week surgery.

18x8.5 and 9.5 are going to be this.

Polished lip, gun metal silver centers, black chrome bolts (see second photoshop image below), reverse face for extra toughness and red cap centers (on order)


reverse face vs non reverse.

[HybridNz]

Awesome thread! Look like a well planed swap :)

Love the DTM shifter, thinking of ordering one myself. Like what you did to the relocation of brake booster, not a 2 hour job, thats for sure!

Have you considered modifiying the org. S50 oilsump? You will get around the problem of low oil pan then. But this is a track car i guess?

Regards from far north :)

Yes the DTM shifter has a very nice throw to it yet short shift.. helps control wrong gear shifts.

I have used a e34 5 series sump to clear the subframe. The car will be used on the road to start with then will look into the roll cage etc etc stuff later.
I have a wedding coming up to pay for :) I promised the missus I would finish the car soon hence the rapid pace of completion haha.

The progress of this is outstanding. Top notch work being done, I'm so jealous of everything you are doing. Keep it up!

Thanks!

Your M3 ITBs - I want them. :)

haha, they are around .. scout german ebay or german wreckers.

Really stunning

very very impressive

cheers !

[Alpina]

Really stunning

very very impressive

[Iain]

Your M3 ITBs - I want them. :)

[Spiff325iS]

The progress of this is outstanding. Top notch work being done, I'm so jealous of everything you are doing. Keep it up!

[oddis]

Awesome thread! Look like a well planed swap :)

Love the DTM shifter, thinking of ordering one myself. Like what you did to the relocation of brake booster, not a 2 hour job, thats for sure!

Have you considered modifiying the org. S50 oilsump? You will get around the problem of low oil pan then. But this is a track car i guess?

Regards from far north :)

[HybridNz]

Another update today:

Unbolted the whole front subframe and shock assembly / engine and gear box to finally install the clutch. Turned out the first time we attempted (at 1am in the morning I might add) we bumped the alignment tool and just couldnt get the input shaft into the spigot bearing on the crank. Today was pretty challenging as well, took us 5 goes and 3 practice runs before we could get it in and the gearbox fully on with torqued and loctite'd pressure plate bolts.

anyways .. some cool shots of the engine and suspension.

A video of us dropping it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFuU--mMPRU

Prep work.




and out she comes :)





gearbox / clutch mounting time..




All a bit of a tight fit in the bell housing. But its finally in!


Took the time to tidy up a few other things while the engine was out

Put the new copper nuts for the extractors on and torqued them.



Also modified the s50 water pipes while we had a chance... as it sits in behind the engine between the firewall .. there is much room to move, but we have sussed it now :)


Finshed off now not hitting the number 6 pipe and now allows the heat shield to be put back on. Which is a wise move as a rubber hose sits on that pipe.


Also modified the steering rack so it has 3-4mm clearance from the sump :) .. as I said before this whole thing has been very very tight.



Thats all .. we are now on the home run! .. next just bolting all the misc stuff to the engine and hanging the radiator etc etc. re-hang the exhaust that we took off earlier in the week :) .. will photo it when its back on for ya'll to see.
and then itssssssssssss.. wiring time! :) Will re-align the DME <-> EWS and we should be ready for the first test fire in the next week or so ... :D

[HybridNz]

cheers fellas :)

MK II 1.3 golf brake booster update:

Back from Percision Autowerks, treated and double coated with a factory satin hard shell finish with the added feature of having chemical resistance to common engine bay fluids :)

Before and after



More close ups ...






All rust was removed from every nook and cranny

[Il Duce]

sex-o-rific. Amazingly perfect e30! Brilliant build. Subscribed!

[Court M3]

I need the time and funds to do something like this :( Awesome build, especially Tech 1

[Be30mer]

Great e30 build. I am jealous of the surplus of euro s50's you have