ttrousdell's Project Thread (E30 M3 & S38 swap content)

[CW325]

Might have to steal that m30 from you once you pull it out!

[red_e30]

wow nice steal on the motor going to be beast

[FunfGan]

This is going to be fantastic, what a steal on the engine! Good luck.

[ttrousdell]

Looks pretty good considering how nasty it looked in the ad. Keep up the good work.

It was sitting under a slop sink for 2 years. I was happy the internals were so clean

Remember to get the head milled to get rid of the wear. This is going to be awesome and I am SOOOOO happy for you man. You have been talking about this for over a year now. Glad you got a steal on that motor =)

If you don't have a good mechine shop around just bring the head with you when you come to do the suspension at my house. The guy I use is INSANE.

Thanks brandon. Im planning on rebuilding the whole engine. It will be going to Colvin machine which is a local shop by my house. It will be epic.

I take back my offer of grabbing a beer. You s38 building bastard!

:)
P.S. Thats awesome, im jealous.

Thanks dude. you should want to stop by even more now

[F34R]

Remember to get the head milled to get rid of the wear. This is going to be awesome and I am SOOOOO happy for you man. You have been talking about this for over a year now. Glad you got a steal on that motor =)

If you don't have a good mechine shop around just bring the head with you when you come to do the suspension at my house. The guy I use is INSANE.

[CW325]

Looks pretty good considering how nasty it looked in the ad. Keep up the good work.

[Joe G]

I take back my offer of grabbing a beer. You s38 building bastard!






:)
P.S. Thats awesome, im jealous.

[ttrousdell]

nice thread_ what are you doing to the m30 engine? want to ship it to california?

Ill prob hold on to it. Maybe ill swap it into a future build or sell it to a friend. You don't want to pay to have this thing sent to California. It would prob be as much as the engine.


Took another look at the head today.



Cylinder #6. The reason for low compression is clearly evident.



Valve spring compressor and magnet tool for removing the keepers.



Just as we suspected, bent valves. Now how did they get bent in the first place especially when the shop told me the head was just redone and there was no evidence of piston to valve contact?

[amcink]

nice thread_ what are you doing to the m30 engine? want to ship it to california?

[ttrousdell]

Just went through this whole thread from start to finish. Bravo! If im ever back home in LI with my E30 we should definitely grab a beer.

Sounds good. Hit me up when you're around.

So I finally got out of school and it took me probably a day to find a kickass job working as an engineer for a tugboat company out of Philly. That being said I felt that I was finally in a economic position where I could finally afford an M/// engine. Intill now I have looked at S38 swaps with envy. Picked up a complete S38B36 today with, e30 motor mounts, harness, ecu, and custom radiator. I will be using the tranny from my M30 swap with the engine. All of this was picked up for a cool 1100. Why so cheap? The shop I bought it from said that there was no compression in cylinder #6. I took a gamble and brought it home. Here is the teardown.





Accessories that were included



19lb. yellow tops. Spark plugs were undamaged and clean with the exception of 5 and 6 which were pretty oily.



Looks clean so far



Getting some help from my friends.





No sign of wear on the cams at all.



They got a little to crazy with the RVT.



Head off. Looks super clean. All cylinder walls looks great. Underside of the head not too shabby. Celebratory fist pound!








Pan off and oil drained. No metal specs in oil. Turns over great. Relatively clean





Little sludge in sump.



This will be a slow build but I will document everything from the rebuild to the install in the car. stay tuned.

[Joe G]

Just went through this whole thread from start to finish. Bravo! If im ever back home in LI with my E30 we should definitely grab a beer.

[F34R]

I missed the rear rust fix and everything. Looks great man! And I know something amazing that is instore for this e30! Weep r3v!

[poopin04]

I'm happy this was fixed and wasn't a goner. I still haven't seen any extra style-5s anywhere. But if you could shoot me the amazon link to the caps. I need one. I'll attempt to refinish mine this summer

[red_e30]

nice man just read thru your thread sux some idiot hit you
but there is always ways to build it better

[ttrousdell]

Nice update, keep up the good work. Im around tomorrow if you need a hand!

Cool ill shoot you a text in the morning. Ill def be working tomorrow