91' 318is S52 Swap "The Beast"

[2mAn]

Glad to see it getting reincarnated

[craiggroves91]

Glad to see it getting reincarnated

I can't wait to drive an s52 e30 again. This prius my sister loaned me is killing me, but I love the efficiency.

How do people mount the 325i expansion tank in a 318is bay usually?

In the alpine car I welded the bracket on from the 325i, so I may do that again and just spray the welds with some spray paint. It's not visible.

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[pandaboo911]

I used the plastic clip piece, without the metal bracket, worked fine. Moved it to the battery tray since it fits better there

[craiggroves91]

Bye bye beast. You will be missed, but Brilliantrot has me feeling some type of way.




So I had to grab a lot of parts from the beast, including its front subframe. So pulled the m42 and its front subframe and stock suspension to swap with the beast. Here are some pics of that


Pressure washed the BAE




Subframe and suspension dropped


Dropped the steering column to put in the pedal box from the beast that was welded when it broke a little while back. I figure it is much stronger and it will prevent the same breakage from happening to the stock pedal box.



I've done more since then, but need to take pics still. I am awaiting some important parts, too.

Pumped to get my coilovers on, but I don't have the correct strut not from vorshlag. So hopefully I can get that sorted out.

[craiggroves91]

Subframe bushings are seized on the chassis arghhhh :down:

[craiggroves91]

Success. Rebar vs an extension helped. Also helped to have my dad beat it while I heated it with torch.

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[craiggroves91]

Just some adventures of the day


Burned out the subframe bushings



Painted the brake line holders brackets or whatever just to tidy things up. I also painted the custom coupler nut for my swaybar should I made from e36 m3 endlinks




Test fit the struts with the e36 m3 swaybar tabs welded on and the end links I made. Seems like it will work great. I'll know more when it's on the ground.


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[TheWipprSnappr]

way to bounce back :up: and nice work. Im really digging that front suspension setup. What spring rates are you going with on the gc's?

[craiggroves91]

way to bounce back :up: and nice work. Im really digging that front suspension setup. What spring rates are you going with on the gc's?

Thanks! Yeah I'm super excited to finally habe proper suspension.

I have 700# in the rear and 550# up front. I'm not going to run a rear bar and see how it feels.

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[craiggroves91]

Forgot to post this earlier. Front subframe is back in with new redesigned Condor mounts. They are much nicer


Drilled the holes for the brake booster relocation and notched the firewall for the steering column.



Removed RTABs. This is definitely better than burning them out



Installed delrin brake pedal bushings and bronze clutch pedal bushings


Installed new front wheel hubs with new dust covers and new nuts





Also got wheel studs on



Got the proper strut nuts from vorshlag


Rebuilt the half shafts








Got new parking brake cables installed


Installed a differential stud kit from garagistic

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[MR E30 325is]

Excellent work swapping to a new chassis, though it sucks to hear about your old one.

I rocked a 91 318is with an S52. Was a blast. Hope you get to enjoy yours soon.

[craiggroves91]

Excellent work swapping to a new chassis, though it sucks to hear about your old one.

I rocked a 91 318is with an S52. Was a blast. Hope you get to enjoy yours soon.

Thank you, yeah I'll miss the white one since I invested so much time into it. When it comes down to it, an e30 is an e30 and this new one is overall nicer.

I can't wait to get it on the road!

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[craiggroves91]

Oh and here is an update from the new owner of the original beast.
He still hasn't welded in new radiator support but it's coming along



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[craiggroves91]

Installed bronze pivot pin


Did the differential flange seals and orings




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[eThirtyAaron]

Any way you can update the picture host?

Edit: For the original pictures early on in this thread.