Nicks m50 swap and restoration project

[dnick]

Good Job, keep up the work! Im currently swapping to m50...Why dont you work in your garage though?

thanks! and im trying to finish it very soon. oh nice! yeah im excited about it.

hhahaha yeah that garage is fucked. the door is all sorts of messed up, and there is a bunch of shit in it. lol

[thepoloplaya]

Good Job, keep up the work! Im currently swapping to m50...Why dont you work in your garage though?

[dnick]

well, this is where im at so far, waiting for my flywheel because i had to get it shaved 1/8'' on the back, waiting for my subframe from getting bushings pressed out and in. Still have to order a couple things. But itll be together soon!!!

[dnick]

update!

SO things have changed ;) My friend is selling his m52 to me and I'll be swapping it to obd1! that swap will happen in a week to 2weeks. . ( He's waiting on some parts for his s52 that he got). In the meantime, I just ordered blunts suspension rebuild kit and new rotors/pads! Next will be lowering springs and shocks/struts. I was going to do a GC setup but thatll have to wait :(
got "new" wheels/tires and a rear lip thanks to ill4noreason. (those wheels cleaned up REAL nice!)

Ill make sure to update when parts arrive!

EDIT: The m52 deal didnt fall through, I got ahold of a m50 for a little bit more, but half the miles.. 61k to be exact!!

Took the old m20 out, It was pretty easy taking it out!

[dnick]

alright update time!

well went to avdance auto and got a few things, timing belt&tensioner , spark plugs, water pump, fuel filter, oil filter, oil, got a new clutch kit.

Dont have any pics right now, but i got the drive shaft out.. holy crap that thing is a bitch to take out at first.. started unbolting the tranny and then i realized that i needed a torx socket for a few bolts on the tranny and it turns out no one likes to stay open past 10:45pm ahaha! so i finished the night off by taking a fun trip on backroads in my friends boosted mini.. that thing rips holy shit lol.

ill try to take more pics when i work on it next, hopefully later today!

[dnick]

Alright cool ill do that, thanks

[ForcedFirebird]

In the meantime, read strictlyeta.net. he outlines the swap for an early model pretty well.

[dnick]

cool, well im def going to do this swap sometime this summer. right now i need to get it running! haha

thanks for the help!!!

[ForcedFirebird]

Few hundred bucks and time.

[dnick]

Link is broken.

Luke, he will need the i valve springs, the engine will over rev and float the valves if just the ecu and harness is swapped.

Best way to go about it is to take the entire top end off an is, the engine harness, the crank trigger wheel, all the sensors, the ecu, don;t forget the vacuum hoses.

I did the swap and my car gained quite a few ponies, proven on the dyno. Went from 120 crank hp and 170 crank tq to 134whp/145wtq using the stock eta 2.7 bottom end...

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=179031

Click the link in my sig to take a virtual ride in my eta with it's long 2.93 gears :)

shit, here http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=110242 , and what was the cost for you to do the swap?

[ForcedFirebird]

Link is broken.

Luke, he will need the i valve springs, the engine will over rev and float the valves if just the ecu and harness is swapped.

Best way to go about it is to take the entire top end off an is, the engine harness, the crank trigger wheel, all the sensors, the ecu, don;t forget the vacuum hoses.

I did the swap and my car gained quite a few ponies, proven on the dyno. Went from 120 crank hp and 170 crank tq to 134whp/145wtq using the stock eta 2.7 bottom end...

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=179031

Click the link in my sig to take a virtual ride in my eta with it's long 2.93 gears :)

[dnick]

Toothed crank wheel on front of motor, that was the other thing I forgot.

Go look up a motor on realOEM for an 87 325is, you will see the differences.

I bet there are guys out there that would sell yo all the shit for $150 shipped, errybuddy is broke right now

yeah im reading this right now, and i understand it all now. itd just be the matter of getting it all now ahha.

[StereoInstaller1]

Toothed crank wheel on front of motor, that was the other thing I forgot.

Go look up a motor on realOEM for an 87 325is, you will see the differences.

I bet there are guys out there that would sell yo all the shit for $150 shipped, errybuddy is broke right now

[dnick]

Well, no, actually.

Injectors, AFM, something else I can't remember, but it is all cheap and easy bolt on shit, then find a set of SETA pistons and an 885 head later.

You will want a different tach too, and you will break your cam if you try and rev too high, but it won't anyway as your intake is basically incapable.

hmmm... well i kinda want to do this now lol. interms of like a reference sensor or something like that, how is that done on the 1.3? like timing and whatnot

[StereoInstaller1]

Well, no, actually.

Injectors, AFM, something else I can't remember, but it is all cheap and easy bolt on shit, then find a set of SETA pistons and an 885 head later.

You will want a different tach too, and you will break your cam if you try and rev too high, but it won't anyway as your intake is basically incapable.