Hey
I'm located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada I'm 20 and a second year electrical apprentice.
I have had my e30 for just under a year, bought it last october, and daily drove it for about 10 months. In that time i did all the fluids, timing belt, radiator, plugs, wires and cap. Then i deleted the power steering, built an exhaust for it. I put a chip got some basket weaves, powder coated them and got new tires. Got euro grills and smilies. Then my girlfriends dad backed into it and messed uo my fender, headlight, grill and front valance. so i decided i was gonna do an engine swap and get a different car for a daily driver.
Here is my car, there is rust on the rear arches which i'm going to fix soon, and i have two clean fenders and am just looking for a valance. Its going to be painted eventually but i think i may just sand down the current paint and spray paint it because i have a lot of little surface rust sports i don't want getting worse, and then it will match more.
Here it is
Over 330000km on the body and current m20 but it still runs like a champ
Also sorry for crappy iphone pictures but its all i Have
Damage from my Girlfriends dad
One of the clean fenders
The plan is
M52
Obd1 Swap
Mishimoto radiator with massives brackets for spal pushernfan
S52 cams (brand new score on ebay)
M50 Intake manifold
Lightened flywheel
Longtube headers
3.25 lsd
E36 steering rack
Condor speed shop Solid motor, transmission, diff mounts
Markert Motorworks Harness conversion
TRM chip
Rebuilding all stock calipers
Strip interior to check for rust
replace cracked dash for non cracked one
Short shifter of some kind
Plastic bumper swap
and there is always other things i will update as i go
Some time in the future
GC coilover
Possibly style 5s
Complete suspention refresh
So i bought a 1997 328i with front end damage for my swap. I am going to us the ZF transmission along with the drive shaft.
here is the car after i was done with it.
So far i have separated the engine and transmission and tore down the block
swapped the e34 oil pan and cleaned a lot of parts
And here is the block
cleaning it up and getting ready for paint
I will update as i go but i have a question, when i took apart my head i noticed scratches on one of my cam lobes and its scratched into the the top part of the bearing i think?
should i just try and get a set in better condition? or can i sand it down with a fine sandpaper? What do you think?
Anyways, i know this is a long read but i hope you enjoy it, big thanks to FE4R for convincing me to start one. I'm gonna have lots of questions as this is my first build of this large of size.
Thanks!
I'm located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada I'm 20 and a second year electrical apprentice.
I have had my e30 for just under a year, bought it last october, and daily drove it for about 10 months. In that time i did all the fluids, timing belt, radiator, plugs, wires and cap. Then i deleted the power steering, built an exhaust for it. I put a chip got some basket weaves, powder coated them and got new tires. Got euro grills and smilies. Then my girlfriends dad backed into it and messed uo my fender, headlight, grill and front valance. so i decided i was gonna do an engine swap and get a different car for a daily driver.
Here is my car, there is rust on the rear arches which i'm going to fix soon, and i have two clean fenders and am just looking for a valance. Its going to be painted eventually but i think i may just sand down the current paint and spray paint it because i have a lot of little surface rust sports i don't want getting worse, and then it will match more.
Here it is
Over 330000km on the body and current m20 but it still runs like a champ
Also sorry for crappy iphone pictures but its all i Have
Damage from my Girlfriends dad
One of the clean fenders
The plan is
M52
Obd1 Swap
Mishimoto radiator with massives brackets for spal pushernfan
S52 cams (brand new score on ebay)
M50 Intake manifold
Lightened flywheel
Longtube headers
3.25 lsd
E36 steering rack
Condor speed shop Solid motor, transmission, diff mounts
Markert Motorworks Harness conversion
TRM chip
Rebuilding all stock calipers
Strip interior to check for rust
replace cracked dash for non cracked one
Short shifter of some kind
Plastic bumper swap
and there is always other things i will update as i go
Some time in the future
GC coilover
Possibly style 5s
Complete suspention refresh
So i bought a 1997 328i with front end damage for my swap. I am going to us the ZF transmission along with the drive shaft.
here is the car after i was done with it.
So far i have separated the engine and transmission and tore down the block
swapped the e34 oil pan and cleaned a lot of parts
And here is the block
cleaning it up and getting ready for paint
I will update as i go but i have a question, when i took apart my head i noticed scratches on one of my cam lobes and its scratched into the the top part of the bearing i think?
should i just try and get a set in better condition? or can i sand it down with a fine sandpaper? What do you think?
Anyways, i know this is a long read but i hope you enjoy it, big thanks to FE4R for convincing me to start one. I'm gonna have lots of questions as this is my first build of this large of size.
Thanks!
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