3SGE BEAMS converted 89 E30///Stock as a rock 88 E30 325i Touring///

[grippymonkey]

love this swap! I was actually thinking of interesting swaps for the E30 years ago... and this one came to mind. Glad you pulled it off!

[kameleon]

Yeah it was made for it. The amount of PM's and emails i have received over the years about it makes me think we will be seeing quite a few more of these done too.

[kameleon]

Well after 1.5 odd months i finally have the Revshift products. The products are great, i wish i could say that about the rest of the experience.

This brings the count of stuffed around orders from the USA to a all time high for me, next time i will make my own instead of buying for convenience.

Just need time to fit them.

I have found a aerial too (well so says the parts guy at work)

[J3M93]

aw man, i didn't get a revshift sticker when my parts came :(

[kameleon]

How long did delivery take on your items?

I just found your actual thread on the diff mount centre hole is way way too large. What a joke!

something will have to be done about that before i fit this.

[J3M93]

How long did delivery take on your items?

I just found your actual thread on the diff mount centre hole is way way too large. What a joke!

something will have to be done about that before i fit this.

It took a couple of months for me, but I ordered during the black friday sales and they got heaps of orders during that time so I kinda expected it

Yeah, I was pretty bummed about the diff mount but plenty of other people have been using them that way and they have been fine, with that being said I was just going to use it and see if it made any noises and if it did, fab up an aluminium spacer to fit inside the mount

Love the progress you've been making with yours though! Our's are almost twins when they were stock

[kameleon]

Yeah it's pretty crap.... if you were told about a 2 month wait thats fine, but if you were told nothing than thats very poor service.

Moving on.

Removed the rear end today, It fell out except the fact that now the tailshaft has a yoke on one end and is bolted on the other it was a prick getting stuck on one of the studs at the front left. Besides that easy as.

[turge]

Replaced the drivers door lock barrel and got central locking back. Repaired both the door trims as the covering was coming off on the edges. Also replaced the window winders with new items.

How'd you manage to get your central locking back? I've been trying to diagnose mine and no luck so far. :|

[kameleon]

What happens on E30's is the barrel has a powdered/cast metal end piece that when rotated operates the lock mechanism. This has alot of force on it and is made terribly. So when old, used with force or is stiff it will break off. It is easy to replace but make sure you move the window guide rail out of your way so you can remove the retaining clip holding it in place.



Stripped the rear end down with a work colleagues Makita cordless rattle gun (i want one!) work alot better than trying to get the g/f to hold the hubs from spinning like last night....

Ordered some diff seals and gaskets today along with some handbrake shoes as mine are cracked quite badly. Only thing that sucks is having to wait for the parts from Germany.

[kameleon]

[dude8383]

I think that the U.S. equivalent of this swap would be the S2K motor. Awesome build dude :up:

How's the torque?

[kameleon]

Yeah i think the s2k engine would work great, just very expensive here.

It has good bottom end torque but it was made to rev. It is like the 2litre equivalent f a blacktop 20v (just more torque)

[kameleon]

Finally found a cheap working (and not about to die) electric aerial to replace the dead one.

Parts like this are not easy to find in Australia, especially cheap like this.

[kameleon]

Rebuilt the diff today with all new seals, bearings and o-rings along with the M diff cover and Poly urethane bushing. (yes a gear from a T50 Toyota box was a perfect match for pushing out the original diff bushing......)






Stripped the control arms and the subframe beam for adjustment fitting/welding reinforcements, sandblasting, urethane bushes and painting too.

[kameleon]

All the parts are back from the sandblasters etc and have been painted ready to go.

- So the beam had toe and camber adjustment plates fitted.
- The control arms we welded a reo bar in like the M coupe and strengthened the sway bar tabs.
- The driveshafts were rebuilt.
- Replaced the wheel bearings.
- poly bushes as we already know.
- The before mentioned diff.

Reassemble it all this weekend.