Bagged E30, S52 swap, never ending build - Shaved bay + more

[mitchlevy7]

Car looks great man.

Gotta tuck the shit out of your exhaust when you build it. Bags, bbs, and 24v is a great combo

[NickL]

The night before I was headed to pick up the S50 a good friend of mine called me and told me he had a mint S52 in his shop with only 70k on it and everything I needed to go OBD1. It was a no brainer to pick it up for the price. So we drove down there with a little Uhaul trailer and brought it home.


On the stand at home

[e30shmobberr]

nice! cant wait

[NickL]

Thanks! Does anyone have/can take a diagram/pic of the hydraulic tensioner setup for the alternator/water pump? I didn't get a tensioner assembly with the motor and I'm trying to figure out how it all works.

Edit: Maybe the S52 is mechanical? Hmm can anyone chime in on that?

[hfabricius]

Awesome! You coming down to SoWo? It'll be cool to see this in person.

[NickL]

Yep Ill be at Sowo!

[brandon5]

Ill be following this one!

[lambo]

I love how it's aired out on the tow truck haha

[NickL]

Ill be following this one!

Following your RB swap too on Instagram man. Bay is coming along nice!

I love how it's aired out on the tow truck haha

Haha it was a must.

Moved car to my mom's garage to leave space at my Dad's for putting the motor together.

Realized im an idiot and the motor already has a good working mechanical tensioner on it. Mounted up the alternator. Need a good belt part number for an S52 with no P/S.

Went to the junkyard and picked up random bolts.

Snagged an E34 oil pan/pickup and all the goodies from Ebay today. Placing an order with CondorSpeedShop tomorrow for mounts, picking up some gaskets as well.



OEM seats back in

[NickL]

Bought Solid Mounts, Trans mounts, and a P/S delete from Condor today. Also bought a bunch of gaskets/replacement parts as well. Picked up an M42 rad also.

Still need headers, knock sensors, a clutch and some smaller things.

[obes]

my favorite car pulling off the diving boards!

but you won't like the oil pan once the swap is done..sits way over an inch lower than the m20 oil pan

[Nick_S]

How does a 19yr old full time student afford air ride and an S52?! My life sucks.

Love the car, pretty sure you're local and have some mutual friends.

[NickL]

How does a 19yr old full time student afford air ride and an S52?! My life sucks.

Love the car, pretty sure you're local and have some mutual friends.

Haha I buy cars and flip them which yields me quite a bit of profit. And you'd be surprised the air ride was less then a set of GC coil overs.

Thanks man, yep I'm pretty positive I've seen your car over at the flow.

[NickL]

Parts are coming in, CondorSpeed Shop motor mounts, trans mounts, and power steering delete.

[Nick_S]

Haha I buy cars and flip them which yields me quite a bit of profit. And you'd be surprised the air ride was less then a set of GC coil overs.

Thanks man, yep I'm pretty positive I've seen your car over at the flow.

Ahh gotcha. Had a friend that did that for a bit. It was a good bit of extra cash for him. And yep you certainly have.