14 years - 1991 325ix, Stroker/5-Speed (N52 swap?)

[ForcedFirebird]

Working on your parts and decided to see if you have a build thread. Low and behold. Always loved your car.

[Simon S]

always been fond of your ix nando..

:up:

[EyExR]

Hmm - I can't figure out what you're doing to that cluster...

[peytonracer4]

what springs did you switch to when coming from h&r?

[nando]

Maybe you'll like this:

[jaywood]

I think I just realized something...your username on e30tech. You have helped me out quite a few times over there!

Amazing car. It's good to see you still have interest in it after 10+ years!

[ButtJuice]

This thread is so gangster

[Gregs///M]

Fantastic write-up and beautiful car! Great workmanship too!

[bernzpeed]

lemme just say, i like this thread. so much info. not that I would attempt any of them. but I'm surely impressed by this.

[nando]

really? yours looks like a pretty much ground up resto. I bet at this point, yours is probably nicer than mine! :)

[EyExR]

Great read. I just figured out you're Chris325iX... lol.

I got my iX the same time you did.

[nando]

yeah, I wanted the 21mm version, but ended up with the 23mm instead. the 21mm version came on E46 323i's and is plenty stiff enough in relation to the stock 17mm front bar. I'll probably want to couple it with a 17-19mm rear bar so the ratios don't get out of wack.

pretty much it should bolt right up, but I need to find (or make) a bushing first, and I also need a set of the bushing brackets to test fit with.

[325ix]

Now that, is a sway bar!

[nando]

2012 updated - wiper linkage, blower motor, gauge cluster, etc..

[nando]

well, I have an S52 block, but it has a different purpose. :)

Picked up this:





thanks to somebody who suggested an E36 swaybar might work, I think I've discovered something. the E46 RWD swaybars are 99% dimensionally the same as the ix. you can get them from 21-26mm. I wanted to get a 21mm bar (stock is only 17mm) but this one is 23.

I think I will have to pair it with an E34 swaybar link, we'll see. I can use my adjustable ones for now. the only thing I don't have to bolt them up 100% right now is a bushing. crazy huh?