The MR E30 Project Thread

[MR E30 325is]

March 2nd, 2014

After two months of wasted time with Bavarian Auto Recycling (I would avoid at all costs, customer service is literally the worst I have ever dealt with personally) and an unsuccessful trip to the only local junkyard, I have finally found a suitable driveshaft from a user over on Bimmerforums.

My Revshift 24v swap guibo turned out to be a big mistake, and it fell apart on the 8th of January. So the car has been sitting, unmoving in my garage since then.

But, the driveshaft from a 98 328is should be here by this weekend, and I can finally whoop on this thing again.

Roommate picked up a fender roller, so the days of stretched tire are about to become a recent memory. New rubber for my silver E38 Style 5's will be put on order soon. Coilovers will be adjusted and a new stance era will be born.

On a side note, I picked up a 6"x24"x24" foam block recently.

Outrageous/unnecessary is definitely going to happen, with a little bit of engineering thrown in for fun.

Stay tuned.

[MR E30 325is]

March 6th, 2013

Driveshaft is in! Man I missed driving this thing

[MR E30 325is]

March 12th, 2014

I have been honing down tha motoway on 195's for a little too long now.

New rubber for all 4 corners was just purchased today. Direzza ZII's in the 225 variety will be here on Friday.

Subsequent adjustments will be made to the Coilovers, and to the fender arches to ensure a proper fit, that still avoids an unnecessary amount of wheel gap.

The ZII's will be mounted to my unmolested set of silver E38 Style 5's, so there is that color scheme to look forward to again!

New control arms and another alignment will be done before the tires are daily driven to ensure as long a life as I can give them.

Definitely looking forward to this change!

[JCarp90]

This car still excites me.

[MR E30 325is]

March 18th, 2014

Some small juicy updates.

96+ M3 control arms were ordered last night from rmeuropean to replace my current set, which have slight ball joint play. Related pickle fork was also purchased to help with removal.

These bad bitches came in!



So I had em mounted, and laid down to compare the old vs. the new.



I am a gigantic fan of the difference in size of sidewall and tread patch. So much better.

And a quick test fit, no additional rolling of the rears or fronts in this picture, just an adjustment of the rear spring adjusters to raise the rear up slightly.



Much more aggressive and grippy. Really digging this look.

Fenders will be flared this week, as well as the installation of the new control arms and another alignment.

The old stance was for this same E30, but in a different part of its existence.

This new stance is representative of the future of this car. A future I am far more fond of.

Stay tuned!!

[Jib05]

I like this! Good work!

[VintageBimmer]

im excited to see the way your car is heading

[Link]

Looking forward to updates!

[MR E30 325is]

April 23rd, 2014

Stance and drivability have increased ten fold.

Haven't been spending as much time in the E30 due to finals and work, but it sure does look purdy in the garage.

Here is a picture I snapped real quick.



Working on a GoPro Hero 3+ mounting and microphone placement to avoid a nasty annoying fuel pump noise while I am filming my drive. As soon as I get it worked out I will do my best to post some videos.

Thanks again for all the compliments. More and more work will be done in the future!

[MR E30 325is]

May 29th, 2014

More updates are here! A part recently arrived at my door. Very expensive and very heavy!

After unboxing, I was mesmerized by this.



Allow me to introduce it. The Driveshaft Shops 1 piece driveshaft for the 95-99 E36 M3. Balanced to 9500 rpm's, it weighs in at 30lbs and is capable of withstanding very high hp numbers.

Here is it with the stock driveshaft used by most with the ZF in their E30s. Custom adapters bolt to the output and input flanges of the tranny and diff. Driveshaft then bolts to those adapters.



If anyone was curious as to the ultimate direction of my E30, let this piece be a hint. Loads of power are in its future. Simply one more step to getting it ready.

The CV at the diff end is gorgeous, but it is also large. Too large in fact, for the oval hole of the rear subframe.

Emails are being sent to a local rally shop who has done small welding work for me before. The plan is to cut and remove the bottom half of the oval, and have a more square box welded in its place. Looking for roughly 1 more inch of clearance for fitment.

I will keep you all posted on the subframe modifications just in case anyone wants to go the same route I am going.

[MR 325]

Wow that driveshaft is bad ass!

[MR E30 325is]

June 6th, 2014

Rear subframe has been sectioned at the top and bottom where it was interfering with the massive 108mm CV and its hardware. (I forgot to take a picture like a newb).

I dropped it off at 316 Motorwerks this afternoon. Owner said it wouldn't take too long to box and reinforce. I gave him the diff and the driveshaft to ensure proper clearance as he welded it up.

Hoping to have it back by mid next week, and have it all back together by next Friday so I can rip up the mountain road I always take my R6 up. Not expecting to match times up the hill, but I definitely want to enjoy the drive and its uniqueness.

Stay tuned to updates.

P.S. oh I picked up a Walbro 255 fuel pump. Big things are in the foreseeable future.

[MR E30 325is]

June 7th, 2014

The modified subframe has been returned!

This is just about the least amount of material that can be removed in order for proper fitment with this driveshaft. Disclaimer, I have the 12mm subframe spacers due to my subframe bushing kit. If you do not have this, a lot more material will need to be removed from the top.



Next step is install. Here's to hoping the exhaust has no interference with this driveshaft either!

[bmwe30s52SC]

I've been following this thread for a very long time, I never registered until just now because I just want to say this build is amazing.

We have very similar cars. I also have an OBD1 S52 with many of the same suspension setup you have. No cage.. but I have the same supercharger kit (not installed yet) and also plan on putting my 2.93 back in the car after the SC install.

My only issue is the tune, TRM wants $650, AA is unresponsive for anything.


AND I also just started running 225's and finally am glad to leave the stretch tires behind.

Check your PM's.. if you still have that SC tune from TRM i'de like to buy it.

Thanks !

[e30m3s54turbo]

Mike keep the up dates coming. The rear subframe is really modified? Is it because of drive shaft?