91' 318is S52 Swap "The Beast"

[craiggroves91]

Iamcreepingdeath,
The little plate was supposed to go inside on the bottom of the subframe I thought?

[iamsam]

Iamcreepingdeath,
The little plate was supposed to go inside on the bottom of the subframe I thought?

It can go in either position. I chose the top side because my car is a rally car and I wanted to lift the engine as much as possible for oil pan clearance, and so that the skidplate would fit without hitting the oil pan.

[craiggroves91]

It can go in either position. I chose the top side because my car is a rally car and I wanted to lift the engine as much as possible for oil pan clearance, and so that the skidplate would fit without hitting the oil pan.

I see I see. Makes sense!

[craiggroves91]

Got the front suspension stuff torn apart.
Only things I'm using out of this pile is the struts, brakes, and eyeballs probably.



How do I get the CABs/Eyeball off the damn Control arm?

[Cronopoulos]

How do I get the CABs/Eyeball off the damn Control arm?

Fire

[MR 325]

Or a vise, or an air hammer.

[craiggroves91]

Or a vise, or an air hammer.

I think I have an air hammer. Didn't think of that.

Maybe I'll play with it.
I was thinking of just buying new brackets.

Looking into radiators a little bit now, my original intention was to run the late model 325i setup, but now that I think about it I prefer not to have a seperate expansion tank.

Been looking into mishimotos of some sort haha

[VANOS714]

very nice.

[acolella76]

IIRC mishimotos use a separate expansion tank as well, but I could be wrong. A friend of mine has a Mishimoto E36 M3 clone that looks pretty good... haven't had any problems yet.

[g3n0cid3]

How do I get the CABs/Eyeball off the damn Control arm?

Harbor Freight balljoint puller works great.

[craiggroves91]

IIRC mishimotos use a separate expansion tank as well, but I could be wrong. A friend of mine has a Mishimoto E36 M3 clone that looks pretty good... haven't had any problems yet.

Yeah I saw that. Is there any info on a s54 m coupe radiator fitting? It has a integrated expansion tank. I had one on my e36 m3.

[craiggroves91]

Ordered new lemforder control arms.
Painted the oil cooler, alternator bracket, and diff cover. Came out sexy

[craiggroves91]

Did a little work today.
I took out the brake booster, master cylinder, and ABS unit.


I also got the brackets on the passenger side of the engine bay off!

[craiggroves91]

Damn brackets


Almost ready to start prepping for paint!

[drutt23]

Nice work man! It's lookin good. Keep it up. It will be rewarding in the end! Lol