6/83 grey market 323i.. mtech I S50 5-lug

[ThatOneEuroE30]

At this rate your gonna beat me dude

[Farbin Kaiber]

Yay progress!

[CorvallisBMW]

Yay motor!

[Wh33lhop]

nice! wind up buying david's motor? :)

[kronus]

Holy crap an update!

Let's see where Mr. 323i is right now:



Oh, it's exactly the same as before. However, next to it, what's this?



An S50! That doesn't burn 2 qt of oil per tank of gas!

Also I installed the trunk top trim.



More stuff tomorrow. Project's moving again.

[pandaboo911]

Lemme know from where you plan to leave for the picnic. I'm down for a caravan


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[kronus]

wowowow an update!



I'll be getting the rest of the kit attached to it and the interior reinstalled this week. Then, I need a glass guy to come by and put the front and rear windows in.

I still need to arrange for a motor that doesn't burn all the oil, though..

[golde30]

You have a nice list there. I wouldn't mind another caravan up to WA. My e30 needs a new trans-->diff before it can go anywhere.

[Farbin Kaiber]

damn.

[kronus]

It has been decided. I'm driving this damn thing to the Picnic this year. Just need to..

- rebuild s52
- 5-lug swap
- reassemble all of the interior
- put all the glass in
- find a driveshaft that works with the 245/11
- put on all the mtech 1 stuff
- clean up and repaint the engine bay
- get all the OBDII stuff flashed and harness converted

sounds easy, yeah?

also I got new beltline trim, and the front fender sections have these weird pins on them:


what is used to actually fasten them to fenders? this is some new style I've not seen..

[kronus]

not with the turbo, if you're after wastegate fitment opinions.

you're probably gonna need to cut the tower support.

[CorvallisBMW]

Did you ever end up fitting the turbo'd motor in to an e30?

[kronus]

M106 pushed our lemons car to 14th in the last Sonoma race. It actually makes for a very reliable race motor without a turbo!

I'm going S52 with 245/11 dogleg, keeping the bigger dogleg for eventually putting into the M5.

[CorvallisBMW]

So what's the plan for the engine now? S52? Did you ditch the m106 idea?

[kronus]

a full set of new beltline trim, rear e32 calipers, e30 m3 rear rotors and various clips is on my desk at work right now.

I hurt my back pushing a dead e36 up a hill though, so I haven't carried it to the shop. Stupid calipers are heavy.