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

[kameleon]

Nice one. yhere are alot of superchargers from Blitz etc and there have been some group n engines for sale previously too, just nothing suited my setup as it needs to be stock standard to be engineerable in my case.

I am always looking out for the TRD throttle setup for the future however.

[Cal]

^ I have those.

Might be onto a Tomei supercharged motor in Japan.

[kameleon]

Did some small stuff today.

Adjusted the headlights and a few other bits and pieces mocked up and fitted the M3 offset castor rod bushes. Made a huge improvement but i think mainly due to the old ones being flogged out hahaha

[kameleon]

Nengun/importmonster and many others is your best bet. even ebay have cheaper options than 4.5k

you could get a half cut from New Zealand very cheap too, you just need to shop around.

[Ant_e30]

^ find someone bringing in a container and get it put in there?
maybe ask like Kristian from Iron Chef Imports for a start just to see if he can help or point you in the right direction?

[Cal]

Some knobs in Australia want $4500 for a front cut.

[kameleon]

Cal:- I purchased mine from Yahoo auctions japan complete on a palet for well under 2K :) not coming with body panels makes it cheaper to import. FYI these engines are DIRT cheap rom Japan and gearboxes can be had for a pitance.

Cronopoulos:- Thanks mate

[Cronopoulos]

Very nice build, +1 for making it all come together beautifully! Sub'd

[Cal]

I'm having trouble finding a front cut for the right money. Who did you source yours through?

[kameleon]

Im in inner eastern suburbs. The car is not engineered yet, but once all that is done will meet up if you like.

[Leo_328i]

4AGE in AE82 Twin Cam Corolla.

Where abouts in Melbourne are you? I'm on the SE side, come down and have a bite with me and the E30 guys if you're not far! Would love to see your car, its pretty awesome stuff.

[kameleon]

BTW Leo 4AGE in??

[kameleon]

Thanks Leo.


Ant:- The Beams uses a long set of 4-2-1 pipes (a secret to the power it makes) that is very hard to tuck up out of the way. That is why the car looks like a normal lowish E30 (aka can go lower) In the future i will look at getting some oval Nascar style tubing for that area and make a new gearbox crossmember and then we can run at this ride height again.

For RWC/Engineers it will need to be raised though.

All the cars i own run coilovers of some type and bearing in mind this car is a daily driver the girlfriend will also drive the car cannot be too harsh, nor too low as she will rip it apart hahahaha

[Leo_328i]

Mate, this is awesome stuff.

Great conversion, very suitable engine for an E30, completely agree! I'm a 4AGE, M42 and M52 driver here so feeling the Toyota/BMW love right here.

[Ant_e30]

Looks nice mate, disappointing you have to raise it for your commute though :( it honestly doesn't look that low really. The back does a little but it always will with the lower late model arch, but as a whole it doesn't look bad. What is scraping? Can you tuck some things to make it a bit more livable?

Also perhaps with harder springs it may lift a bit better over bumps etc? 6/8 may allow it to compress a bit so it scrapes. My plan is to go for 9/11 rates =]