I have been trolling these pages for a long time now. My metrosexual life partner, Mike a.k.a. white325is, has a project log going on over on e30tech for me..... but I thought I would share with all of you here on r3v. Heres a brief over view of progress so far.
I bought this car a little over a year and a half ago. It was pretty beat and had a horrid square headlight conversion.
The interior was shot and aside from the seats and a very cracked dash... most parts were missing or broken. Most of the progress I haven't really documented up until recently. But I replaced the dash, kick panels, consoles, carpet, seats, rear dash etc..... pretty much the whole interior. The started to focus on other things.
Heres a pic from my first engine swap..... I ditched the eta m20b27 in favor of an m20b25.
This was at the time the greatest thing I could of done for the car. Shortly after this I installed a set of h&r sport springs and beefed up my oil pan a little.......
Then all was well for a little while as I went on to just mainly replaced routine stuff on the e30. Also swapped out the 2.93lsd for a 3.73lsd. Then I came across this.
I must say I love having the 24v swap. What I like most is how much smoother the m50tu is. Of course the broader torque band and improved throttle response is very nice as well. After taking the 24v plunge I turned my attention to the suspension and brakes. This time replacing every bushing, Upgraded to all uuc stainless brake lines where the rubber hoses were, rebuilt the calipers, New pbr ceramic pads with brembo blank rotors. Installed a set of ground control adjustable coils with their camber/caster plates up front and an ireland engineering rear camber kit as well. Also installed a set of I.E. sways while I was at it.
Then I purchased a set of Borbet T wheels that I refinished in satin black. Also replaced a few body panels and performed a plastic bumper conversion even scoring a rear valance from a late model 318i. Theres alot more I have done to the car... But if your like me you just wanna see more pics :)
I bought this car a little over a year and a half ago. It was pretty beat and had a horrid square headlight conversion.
The interior was shot and aside from the seats and a very cracked dash... most parts were missing or broken. Most of the progress I haven't really documented up until recently. But I replaced the dash, kick panels, consoles, carpet, seats, rear dash etc..... pretty much the whole interior. The started to focus on other things.
Heres a pic from my first engine swap..... I ditched the eta m20b27 in favor of an m20b25.
This was at the time the greatest thing I could of done for the car. Shortly after this I installed a set of h&r sport springs and beefed up my oil pan a little.......
Then all was well for a little while as I went on to just mainly replaced routine stuff on the e30. Also swapped out the 2.93lsd for a 3.73lsd. Then I came across this.
I must say I love having the 24v swap. What I like most is how much smoother the m50tu is. Of course the broader torque band and improved throttle response is very nice as well. After taking the 24v plunge I turned my attention to the suspension and brakes. This time replacing every bushing, Upgraded to all uuc stainless brake lines where the rubber hoses were, rebuilt the calipers, New pbr ceramic pads with brembo blank rotors. Installed a set of ground control adjustable coils with their camber/caster plates up front and an ireland engineering rear camber kit as well. Also installed a set of I.E. sways while I was at it.
Then I purchased a set of Borbet T wheels that I refinished in satin black. Also replaced a few body panels and performed a plastic bumper conversion even scoring a rear valance from a late model 318i. Theres alot more I have done to the car... But if your like me you just wanna see more pics :)
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