★ ★ Project Glacier | Make the E30 a Daily Again ★ ★

[2mAn]

I predict that same pic in 3 months with snow on the car

[AWDBOB]

24V soon? I have taken roughly the same pace as you.

[MPLFoster]

Glad to see you're pacing yourself. Don't blow out your bicep doing too many beer curls. ;)

[lambo]

I jacked it up, removed the wheels, removed the skid plate, drained the oil, and took a picture. Now it's time to go drink beer.

DSC_6706 by Phillip Keefe, on Flickr

[lambo]

Moved it to the side yard so I can fix the massive oil leak so I can drive it without being super self conscious about leaving oil stains everywhere I go... Hah... That's all.

[lambo]

quit messing with toyotas and finish something on this one!

Haha! I'm getting one more major part for the truck and then I'll be done with it for a while... Finally.

During a meeting today I actually put together a list of the shit the engine needs in order to swap it... There's a lot of stuff I still need to get... :?

[2mAn]

quit messing with toyotas and finish something on this one!

[pandaboo911]

recommending you stay obd2. Run the manifold, but keep the rest.

Also the obd2 throttle body is nicer than odb1, just make sure you adjust your throttle pedal stop to prevent breaking those plastic bell cranks.

+1 on running full face clutch disk. 6 puck is chattery as fuck.

[AWDBOB]

As for the swap, it's slow going... I thought a $300 M52 would be pretty cheap to swap but everything I want to do to it is another $300... S52 cams? $300. ARP headstuds and headgasket? $300. So I dunno when I'll be getting around to that. Maybe I'll set up a car port on the side of the house and do it in the winter.



This is actually something I have been thinking about. I plan to swap the M52 NA (with S52 cams and M50 intake manifold) before I boost it so I can iron everything out. For that I think the G260 will be fine. Once boost comes maybe a ZF will be necessary. I haven't actually done much transmission/clutch research for a ~400hp M52.

I feel that 1000%. It is amazing what the swap actually costs all said and done. But once it's in the car and running it's not that bad to make changes from there!

If you're going turbo eventually, the RHD HD 24v flywheel with the big M5 S38 clutch setup would be ideal. To my knowledge that setup holds 600hp+.

With the HD version of the flywheel you have options, too. You can use the early model M30 (simple/cheap), late model M30 (heavier duty), or the one I mentioned above.

I went with the non-HD RHD 24v flywheel (7lbs) and am just going to use something close to a stock-ish PP/disc to hold all 220 wild horsies.

[Northern]

FWIW, I'm on a stock gasket and headbolts, no ARPs. Similar goals, just without the S5x cams (so far). If I pop a gasket I'll definitely do studs, but people on aluminum blocks seem to get 500+ out of the stock bolts, so fuck it.


Clutch options, I'm running the FX Stage 3 flywheel/clutch/pp with a new OEM TOB. It works fine, but I admit the 6puck can get annoying (especially in traffic).

If I did it again, I'd get an RHD 24v flywheel (the one with m30 clutch disc fitment) + a Sachs 765 PP + some sort of organic sprung M30/S38 clutch disc. Euro guys seem to run a ton of power through that sort of setup.

[lambo]

Falken Azenis RT615K comes in 195/60R14, a great tire choice and not crazy money.

Weird... a week ago when I looked those up on Tire Rack it said they weren't available. Now they are, maybe I'll do that.

[LJ851]

I'm really enjoying the car raised up and on the tall sidewalls of the 14's so I don't want to give that up. But, I want some stickier tires and unfortunately no one is making anything decent in 14" anymore.

Falken Azenis RT615K comes in 195/60R14, a great tire choice and not crazy money.

[lambo]

Well... as expected the Tacoma has taken up the majority of my time and money. However, with the M20 running right, it has been nice to be able to drive the E30 a couple days a week. However, it sucks driving around on winter tires in the summer. I am currently looking for a cheap, but not shitty, set of 15x7's or 15x8's to mob around on this summer. I'm really enjoying the car raised up and on the tall sidewalls of the 14's so I don't want to give that up. But, I want some stickier tires and unfortunately no one is making anything decent in 14" anymore.

I test fitted the 15x7 et38 Enkei 92's my roommate had sitting in the basement. From the side they look great...



...however, from the front/rear they are too far sunk in for me, even with 10mm spacers in the front and 15mm in the rear.



As for the swap, it's slow going... I thought a $300 M52 would be pretty cheap to swap but everything I want to do to it is another $300... S52 cams? $300. ARP headstuds and headgasket? $300. So I dunno when I'll be getting around to that. Maybe I'll set up a car port on the side of the house and do it in the winter.

What are you using for a clutch setup? Are you keeping the g260?

This is actually something I have been thinking about. I plan to swap the M52 NA (with S52 cams and M50 intake manifold) before I boost it so I can iron everything out. For that I think the G260 will be fine. Once boost comes maybe a ZF will be necessary. I haven't actually done much transmission/clutch research for a ~400hp M52.

[AWDBOB]

I think we'll be doing our swaps around the same time, so I'll be watching! I snagged M54b30 internals to drop into my M52 while it's out.

What are you using for a clutch setup? Are you keeping the g260?

[Northern]

I just used my finger to cover up the rear. Lol

Good tip, much more enjoyable now.