89 325i LS Swap (Rust Repair & Respray Underway)

[thexfactord22]

what hydro boost set up did you go with?

[Pootis]

Never seen this build thread before, but then again your first post was a while before I became a frequent user :D. Looking forward to more updates, pretty cool to see someone owning the same car basically 10years later.

It's the longest I have ever owned a car. I don't foresee myself ever getting rid of it either. Believe it or not I have probably put less than 10k miles on it in all of the time I have owned it.

[Pootis]

but still no lip?



yes! how dare you show a LS-E30 on the dyno and not tell us how much power its making!

Nice build! How much power is it making?

So does the LS completely roast those rear tires? Hard to tell if your TRMs are 15x8's or 15x7's.

This thing would be a hoot in the rain :rofl:

It made 310 HP which is lower than I was wanting. I was hoping for 340 at least but it's hard to get traction as is. The wheels are 15x8 but I only have a 205 tire on it. And yes I really want an i lip for the car just never think to order one lol

[KIRIEIW]

Never seen this build thread before, but then again your first post was a while before I became a frequent user :D. Looking forward to more updates, pretty cool to see someone owning the same car basically 10years later.

[zwill23]

So does the LS completely roast those rear tires? Hard to tell if your TRMs are 15x8's or 15x7's.

This thing would be a hoot in the rain :rofl:

[2mAn]

..how she currently sits. It runs well but needs a few things tweaked on the tune. It took me 3 years to get the swap done and countless headaches but I am pleased.

but still no lip?

Nice build! How much power is it making?

yes! how dare you show a LS-E30 on the dyno and not tell us how much power its making!

[Codym42]

Nice build! How much power is it making?

[Chrisbike]

That’s one hell of a update!! Awesome build

[Pootis]

Believe it or not I still have this car just with a different power plant in it. Here are some updated pics I will try to keep this thread a little more updated. I blew up the M20 so instead of building that motor I decided to ls swap it instead.

Mod List
4.8 iron block
224r Cam
LS6 intake
Camaro T56
Custom Motor Mounts
3" exhaust
4.10 LSD
Custom Hydroboost setup
GC Coils

I also reupholstered a set of sport seats in Natur vinyl and did a general clean up. I am also building a set of OZ Vega wheels that will hopefully be on it this summer.

enjoy







And how she currently sits. It runs well but needs a few things tweaked on the tune. It took me 3 years to get the swap done and countless headaches but I am pleased.

[Pootis]

Oh and added a sticker (yes the vinyl cutter missed part of the T it will be fixed)

[ak-]

:up:

[Pootis]

Long time no update!

Well I really drove the car for the first time in almost a year today. Turbo builds are very slow processes. Here is some of the progress over last year
To recap I tore the car down to change the headgasket and install some of the new stuff.

Changed timing belt and all. Put it back together went with stock headgasket and metric blues (more on that later)
I went ahead and rebuilt the turbo and cleaned it all up.

I got it all back together and started her up.

Something wasn't right ended up accidentally installing the plug wires in the order of a v6 so it was wildly off.
Got the car out of the garage so that my parents could have their garage back.

I ran into some snags after this between frying coils (accidentally grounded out the coil long story) and not having any tuning experience. The car was also pissing oil. Realized the bitch tube didn't seat so off goes the intake manifold.

I also ran into an issue of the car making zero boost. Well there are certain things that and turbo rebuilding is one. The shaft ring did not seat right and ended up cooking itself and blowing the turbo. Anyways $300 later new turbo on and hello boost :D
Nice set of cars here. (S2K and e30 are mine mustang my family's)

Oh how I should have listened about metric blues. Combination of boost spike bad bleed and metric blues and pop it goes.

So now I am doing it right with arp's and a perfectly resurfaced head

Put it all back together and here is how it sits I have no idea how I'm going to get the front bumper on but that's next weekends plan.

I bumped boost down to 10 lbs until I build a real engine but it's still quick and a blast to drive. I will keep the updates coming as I add more things.
Here is a quick pull

Mod List:
HX35
OBX Manifold Adapter
44mm Tial Wastegate
Racing Parts Solutions 50mm BOV
42 lbs lucas injectors
Megasquirt with Wasted Spark
ARP's with Stock HG
3" Straight Through with a single resonator
I'm sure some other things I'm forgetting

[Pootis]

Uh oh I may have to have the mods move this to the project forum just picked this up last weekend hx35 with the 12cm exhaust housing. I'm in the process of rebuilding it now I also just purchased an obx manifold adapter. I haven't seen many reviews on these but when compared to the 666 they look identical I'll keep the thread updated with the progress it may be slow at first though. Hoping to make +400. I have my basic setup mapped out just need to start buying. :D

[Eurospec]

Like where this is going... keep it up :)

[e30damen]

Nice work!

Its cleaning up nicely!