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

[kameleon]

inner eastern suburbs you?

picked up the tailshaft this morning and they under charged me.

Happy Australia day :-)

[Podge]

Awesome work mate sooooo maybe I won't sell the beams I have here from my corona project :) lol where abouts in melb are you?


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[kameleon]

How is it all going?

Quite well actually. Engine is straight and upright and clearing all items now. It is resting as far back as possible and looks like it belongs there.

The engine and gearbox crossmember mounts are all complete and fitted (as oem as possible using the nicely made Altezza aluminium mounts etc)

I pick the tailshaft up tomorrow, looking at the wiring diagrams the whole stock cluster can hopefully be used (may integrate the m40 coolant temp sensor into the beams cooling system and will hopefully get a tach adapter for the rpm so i can retain the oem look)

The gear shifter actually lines up with the transmission tunnel hole perfectly too.

Heater hoses rerouted easily enough. brake booster has been angled 2mm or so to the left hand side for extractor clearance. Amazingly the beams 4-2-1 extractor exhaust fits with minor mods to the heat shields that surround it (stops after the transmission in a almost identical manner to the m40 besides it being on the opposite side)

Wiring will be undertaken in the next few weeks.

The things that are left are:-

* Radiator (stock item does not fit with the Altezza airbox)
* Fit the stock airbox (not simple, it has a 2 stage opening and is quite large)
* Custom a/c pipes to connect to the compressor etc (different positioning)
* Custom swaybar (sits on the bellhousing of the gearbox)
* Connect and mount the power steering reservoir
* Mount the wiring/ecu etc in the engine bay like the oem Altezza
* Mount the washer bottle somewhere else
* Wiring
* EPA legal exhaust
* Engineers cert
* Rego
* Drive (street sleeper)

Will post more pictures and video (as soon as it starts and runs)

[kameleon]

cheers mate!

[SA E30]

Not sure which of the JPS cars that is, but I do know the very 1st one was actually a converted 325i. As far as I recall the JPS cars were also very early itinerations of GRP A cars and that is more than likely the reason for the stock trailing arms (were the arm mounts modified in anyway?)

Really like how the engine sits upright in the bay. Looks awesome!

[kameleon]

UPDATE

Well its in :)



Many more things to adapt, move and look factory (worked on the heater and coolant lines today) Moving along quite quickly (we only wheeled it into the shop a week ago) now and chipping away at all the small items.

the goal is for this to be a stock looking reliable form of daily driving;)

[kameleon]

Understand all of that, was just wondering why the rear control arms and subframe looks to be stock unlike the DTM and other race cars i have seen.

[Ant_e30]

Looks pretty good suspension wise to me? Coilovers in front are top height adjustable by turning those top threaded sleeves. I assume rear is the same. Rear has been converted to full coilovers with spring on shock, adjustable too. Surely enough fully strengthened too

[kameleon]

Still not in the workshop!!! Oh well the longer it isnt the more money i accumulate for the conversion itself.

ANYWAY

Attended the World Time Attack Challenge at Eastern Creek in Sydney on the weekend and this was there:-

David Towes E30 M3 race car. What suprised me was the stock like suspension in the rear? It has centre lock wheels but what looks like a stock rear arm setup. Can anyone comment on why this may be/thoughts???

[kameleon]

Thats a local guy Angleo that lives on the other side of the city from me. He goes the extra yard to build things properly and certainly makes things look great (and stock for that matter) the only bad thing with Angelo is that he never wants to go for a drive, meet anyone or come to the MR2 events we have here (MR2 nationals is soon at a local race track called Winton) which is a shame as we would all love to see how this car goes. He loves to show his stuff only which is nice though.

Anyway,


Good news and BAD news...

Guy at work who was looking at this swap too that i previously mentioned had a bingle in his E30 so it's going to the wreckers....

Thats the bad news, good news is myself and another E30 guy from work (built M10 turbo 2 door) swapped a whole heap of dead things from our car with good things from this car.

So i now have some matching smiley headlights :) Some nice badges, a front lip!!!!! and the fog light blanking i was missing, a full toolkit and some roof racks (handy for my bike)

His seats etc were rubbish like mine, but spewing i couldnt get the carpet dash mat or power windows in time :(

Update on engine conversion? My mate has to get rid of a "Matra" and a racing BMW 3.0 CSI then it's all systems go for this swap. I will update as we go.

[mr2peak]

Thread that might interest you, MR2 build with a BEAMS, and a super incredibly amazingly clean rotrex install.

http://mr2oc.com/showthread.php?t=323444&page=1&pp=30

[kameleon]

The headlight has been replaced and obviously with the incorrect item, no body damage or radiator support damage though which is good.

The main reason we did not entertain the idea of the 2grfe (a friend has one in his MR2 which is indeed VERY rare worldwide let alone in Australia) is because we wanted to stay with a good handling 4 cylinder package, and once disguised might even fool the fuzz if they ever pull the car over.

The costs involved in the 2grfe would also be close to double or more also.

Ant:- My friend is an engineer and so is a close friend of mine and in theory i could engineer it, but i would rather just register with this engine number/make the engine cover (cam cover "cover") and see how i go.

I don't intend to leave the car as an engine swapped standard braked death trap so i think ill be ok with the cops.

[mr2peak]

Coming from the MR2 scene myself, why not a 2grfe?

Definitely a cool engine choice though, very exotic and rare!

[psyber_0ptix]

I love non common swaps. Looking forward to the progress

this is quite common even in germany actually. many headlight sets are sold with one smiley (at least on ebay)

[psyber_0ptix]

you only have one smiley?

this is quite common even in germany actually. many headlight sets are sold with one smiley (at least on ebay)