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

[NickL]

Still have to trim the last harness cover but my grinder broke.

[lambo]

Haven't sold the RS's yet?

[NickL]

Haven't sold the RS's yet?

Decided to keep them for this season

[lambo]

Decided to keep them for this season

Good choice! Haha

Out of curiosity, how much were you selling them for?

[NickL]

Good choice! Haha

Out of curiosity, how much were you selling them for?

Haha I couldn't let em go just yet. I was asking 2000$ shipped with adapters, no tires.

[dillon7]

Absolutely love everything about this car. Can't wait for more updates.

[Evan12]

Name of rear valence, please!!!

[NickL]

Absolutely love everything about this car. Can't wait for more updates.

Thanks man

Name of rear valence, please!!!

Its a zender

Got my coils/wheels on the vert yesterday too.

[dillon7]

specs on the vert?

[NickL]

Vert is 16x8 -6, 16x10 +6, gonna update this here in a second with what I've been up to lately on both cars.

[EVLE30]

Love that steering wheel! :up:

[NickL]

Okay so heres some updates. Got the car running/driving. Ran like shit but it ran haha, drove it to a meet a few hours away. It rained, a lot.



Cracked a barrel on one of the RS's on the way home, so I sourced another, split/resealed.



Fixed that, went and got some goodies. Euro 3.5" MAF, Bimmerworld intake boot, fuel rail beauty cover



Stock maf vs. euro and my sweet autozone cone filter



Installed the fuel rail cover, cut off useless brackets in the bay, grinded down and touched up with some paint



Installed Euro maf/boot, relocated the main ground strap and diag connector to behind the harness cover on the passenger side for a cleaner look



Exhaust shot, still needs a little work but for now its there. Raceland headers, Y-pipe to a single 2.5" pipe, Vibrant ultra-quiet resonator, y-pipe, 2 2" pipes out the valence which will be changed to 2.5", (slight mishap with the exhaust shop). And rear section needs tucked a little more. But it sounds great. Can also see the trans brace.



Im cheap so I decided against paying 60$ for a 318i bracket to mount the 413 red label, so I gutted the M20 ecu from its case and stuffed the red label 413 inside. Mounts right in the factory location, and was free :)



The real reason why the car was running like shit. Stock chip in the red label 413 is meant to run 17lb injectors, stock S52 injectors are 21.5lbs, so I ordered a TMS chip. I read back and forth reviews between TRM and TMS. I havent compared the two but I have noticed like people said, the TMS chip is a bit rich up top. No biggie.



And a shot of the vert to to end this update. Both cars are running great and im enjoying both. I leave for SoWo Wednesday so if youre going to be down there make sure to come up and say hi!

[TroyShark]

What management do you use.

[kevvve]

soo good. let me know if you ever decide to sell the RSs

[NickL]

Gonna go ahead and update this since I havent in a while. Things have been going great with the car. Its been to multiple shows this year and has been driving great. Heres some pictures from this summer.











The summer is coming to an end now with only one last show and thats h20. I sold the RS's off the car because its time for something different. Its currently sitting on jackstands awaiting its new wheels.

Off to UPS in my Avant





I upgraded the air ride management to Autopilot V2. This cleaned up the overall inteiror of the car and it a worlds difference from manual management. Rise on start, 8 presets all at the tip of my fingers.






As soon as H20 is over, the car is completely getting torn apart. Besides the fact of it being black, its going to look like a completely different car next season. I have huge plans for it this winter.