e30 rb25 swap

[aDdiktD]

Sub'd

I swapped a sr20det in mine, so next step is the rb!
Can't wait to see updates, good luck!

[ZekeTheSneak]

Sub'd, Its gonna be fast and make silly noises

[Meighty7]

Sub'd build looks cool already; do you have any info on your bag setup? Your old wheels are dope they gave me an idea for wheels.

[illest318i]

Ive never seen an rb swapped e30. Good luck with it. Ohh!! And those steelies were sick, definitely sub'd.

[Slow4Door]

This is gonna be awesome! I came to old BMW's from my old S13 coupe so I have a softspot for RB's!

Another guy sub'd to a cool build!

[brandon5]

Sub'd build looks cool already; do you have any info on your bag setup? Your old wheels are dope they gave me an idea for wheels.

PM me if you have any questions man!

Thanks guys, things are starting to move along again!

Biggest update, Engine mounts are tacked up and my hood closes!!!!!!!





For the mounts i used 3x3 1/4inch square tube. I felt that for the amount of weight and torque that the rb has, i didn't want it sitting that far from my subframe. I felt that welding them to the chasis would be alot safer.





I chopped the shaft and did a quick test fit. i also wanted to see if everything lined up. I dont have a lot of room to look under my car at the moment so im going to eye ball it. So far everything looks pretty good :up:



I removed the heater box tubes and was able to push the motor back close to an inch. The only issue so far is that the starter side of the tranny will hit the firewall, and the speed sensor hits the tranny tunnel. Im going to mark where they hit tomorrow so i can persuade them when the motors out. Other than that nothings really "too" close to anything besides the dp.

This is where the shifter sits now, a little trimming will have to be done.



Because the motor sits so far back now, i dont think ill have much room to play around with a brake booster. Instead, i think im going to go with a wilwood pedal cluster. Ill be running manual brakes from inside the car, This should also help me with the clucth seeing as the master and slave are different bore sizes.

This is how she sits now



My wiring harness will also be done tomorrow thanks to a buddy of mine! Ended up costing me only 175 bucks. IF i can some vacuum and boost lines figured out, as well as my fuel lines ill hopefully start it this week. Might as well see if it works while its under warranty.

Thanks for watching so far!

[mdlimy]

looking good man, check out my build for any ideas. i welded mount perches to the frame rails also, and i also ditched the booster, plated the firewall and moved the master cylinder over and mounted a remote booster on the passenger side under the dash....just another option for ya.

[jaywood]

The mounts are interesting....

Looks like a cool project!

[Mylch]

This is cool, excited to see the outcome.

[brandon5]

looking good man, check out my build for any ideas. i welded mount perches to the frame rails also, and i also ditched the booster, plated the firewall and moved the master cylinder over and mounted a remote booster on the passenger side under the dash....just another option for ya.

I'll have to check that out! Thanks man.

As for the mounts, yes they do look interesting lol. But so far they are feeling pretty strong. I'm not exactly done yet though. I'm adding some stuff to it hopefully tomorrow. The tranny mount should also be done tomorrow as well.

Also, I got my wiring harness back today and it looks awesome. The only thing he could hook up was the check engine light. I'll be wiring the cel to a light which will turn on if it's triggered. That way I can still read my code off the ecu.

I'm hoping to get some fuel lines and vacuum lines this week. I'd really like to see of this thing starts and idles right.

I'll try and get a video ad some more pics tomorrow or the next day.





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[Robotin]

shit!!! ive been dreaming about a RB25 e30 for years! is a DET model? so badass, keeping the 2.5L

[Cronopoulos]

Get rid of the ceramic bladed turbo ASAP lol

[brandon5]

Haha yea man! I always dreamed of a 2j but this is a lot cheaper.

As for the turbo, it came with a gt2540 Hks. Good for 20 psi and 400 hp.

Thanks guys!


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[decay]

Get rid of the ceramic bladed turbo ASAP lol

i don't think any of those are still intact by this point; they all shit the bed the first time the original owners tried running a few pounds more than stock.

[brandon5]

Small update,

Tranny crossmember is done.







Finishing up a little idea i had for the motor mounts at the moment so i should have more pics tomorrow.