M50 swapped 318is.. $1000 total goal!

[Simon S]

"This is from.. Matilda.."

[lbreevesii]

Lookin good. I miss my 240 hatch. I was running a high comp(11.1:1) KA.


gotta ask, where'd the name for the car come from?

[Court M3]

240 looks pretty good, another car I'm looking into while in Japan although a 180SX model.

[FunfGan]

Yes I am. My name on there is Michelle.

Well sweet, looking forward to seeing whatcha do. The 240 looks great!

[irockface18]

Oh yes. Are you on stance works by any chance? Your 240 looks very familiar.

Yes I am. My name on there is Michelle.

[FunfGan]

Oh yes. Are you on stance works by any chance? Your 240 looks very familiar.

[Simon S]

Good times..

=-)

[irockface18]

M50 swapped 318is.. $1000 total goal!

Thanks guys!

Yeah, our place around here is Pull-A-Part and I mean you can find some gems in there. We have 3 locations around us, none really that close of course, but we manage to hit them up every 2 weeks or so.

And my car is far from completion. It's pretty ugly, I'm also KA-Ting it since we will have this as our daily beater.




And if you're interested on the build, here's the link. It's been through hell and back.

[Court M3]

pics of 240sx? Nice project you got there.

[MattAvino]

thats awesome work within a budget!
keep going

[lbreevesii]

dman you got off cheap on some of those parts. Pick n' pull i'm guessing?

[irockface18]

Hi.




This is Matilda, my boyfriend and my 1991 318is. It was originally his sisters car but she ran it hot and cracked both the head and the block. We ended up buying the car from her to swap an M50 in it as our daily beater. We've both got project cars (he has an E34 M5 and I've got a 240sx) and we are both full time college students so driving project cars to college sucks and people LOVE to slam their doors into your car there.

This is what the car looked like when my boyfriends sister bought it.


And this is it now.


And this is our M50


Here's the motor after I cleaned up the plastic panels and I repainted the valve cover.




Yesterday, we pulled what was left of the block, trans, and driveshaft out of the car.





We just bought the engine mount arms this morning so we are waiting to get those in. So hopefully we will have the motor in by this up coming weekend. We still have to have a couple custom things made but it won't be too much longer.


We are also trying to build this whole car under $1k. We only spent $160 on the motor ;)

Car- $650
Engine- $161
wire harness adapter(DIY)- $7.29
e36 325i driveshaft- $13.26
E21 brake booster- $8.88
Environmental charge- $2.35
Motor mount arms - $30.00
Ebay longtube headers - $95.00
Turner Motorsports exhaust manifold stud/nut kit: $44.91
Various shifter parts and random needed stuff: $93.96
Selector Rod: $21.99
402 ECU: $38
M50NvMAF: $30
RMEuropean various parts: $60.00

Profit from parts sold from M42
+$70
+$32
+$48
+$55
+$20
+$10
+$20

Current costs: $1,001.64