91' 318is S52 Swap "The Beast"

[craiggroves91]

finally got my engine hoist all sorted out, so hopefully the m42 is coming out today!!!

[craiggroves91]

M42 coming out! Almost there

Further! My Dad and friends hard at work

And its out!

My friend riding the dirty girl

and I got my poly motor, diff, and trans mounts

[deutschman]

That's a super sexy m20 man! Can't wait to hear her spool up!

[craiggroves91]

youlld spend more time unbolting the trans then taking them both out in one shot.

Definitely was a lot easier with the trans attached!

That's a super sexy m20 man! Can't wait to hear her spool up!

Neither can I !!

and thanks!

[drutt23]

UUC bushings?? Or AKG???? I can't tell...things are lookin good tho man! That's how clean I want my M20 to look when I'm done buildin it. You've given me inspiration.

[craiggroves91]

UUC bushings?? Or AKG???? I can't tell...things are lookin good tho man! That's how clean I want my M20 to look when I'm done buildin it. You've given me inspiration.

AKG!

I wish I was responsible for building it!
It sure is beautiful though :)

thanks!

[Bey]

Oh man! Dibs on a test ride when you're done!!!!!

Get that bad boy in there NOW! hehe

[craiggroves91]

Oh man! Dibs on a test ride when you're done!!!!!

Get that bad boy in there NOW! hehe

For sure man!

haha, I'm trying to make the engine bay pretty before I throw it in!

[craiggroves91]

got the front valence off and started brainstorming with the intercooler I have.

Kinda funny pic

[drutt23]

What size is your intercooler? I don't remember if you said already or not...

[craiggroves91]

What size is your intercooler? I don't remember if you said already or not...

I don't know the size. I don't even know if itll fit. It came with the engine I bought.

Its one of the low mount fat long and skinny ones

[craiggroves91]

Cleaned up the engine bay the best I could today. looks cleaner in the pic than it does in person. It's most likely getting painted.



Also got a getrag 260, 325 driveline, some other little bits.
here is the getrag getting ready to be cleaned


and cleaned a little, might paint it I don't know yet

[craiggroves91]

I got a new larger air compressor so I am able to use air tools and other things more effectivly.

Sanders, grinders, spray guns, etc.
Gonna get my dad to wire the garage for it. Thats what I'm dealing with right now.
Once that is up and running im going to grind the brackets off the engine bay and start prepping it for paint.

Any advice for painting the engine bay? Can I move the fusebox out of the way ? enough to spray under it?

I'm also looking at doing the Z3 1.9 steering rack swap. If you have one of these you are looking to get rid of shoot me a PM!

[drutt23]

You can check out my build thread for some pretty decent engine bay cleaning and painting. The link is in my sig. I just used a large garbage bag to wrap around all the wires and the fuse box and moved it around while I painted. If you could suspend the fuse box from above the car while you painted the bay, it would be much easier though.

[craiggroves91]

You can check out my build thread for some pretty decent engine bay cleaning and painting. The link is in my sig. I just used a large garbage bag to wrap around all the wires and the fuse box and moved it around while I painted. If you could suspend the fuse box from above the car while you painted the bay, it would be much easier though.

That could help me!
Looks like I gotta get to sanding sooner or later