Intro: (another) E30 LS3M3

[canakami]

Damn.

That's all I got.

[freeride53]

Yo. Let's have an SF meet this summer and I want to see this car in person :up:

[garretvs]

Nice job on the swap!

[naterry]

do you think on track having an intake and oil cooler stealing some air from the radiator will affect cooling?

The car looks awesome by the way -- definitely inspiring as I think it looks much cleaner than some of the other swaps I've seen pics of.

I'm also on the fence about the y-pipe exhaust or duals. Any thoughts? Obviously the single y-pipe style is better for clearance and the duals sounds better, aside from that in the 350-450hp power levels I'm not sure there is much of an advantage to duals.

Cheers! So minimizing obstructions helps, and it probably depends on how big your intake and cooler are. If it were me I would mount the oil cooler in a corner of the front air dam in lieu of brake ducts. Hard to say- On the exhaust I like the lighter weight and simplicity of single. Plus, on this car there wasn't much space to get around the corner of the cell and out the back.

Yo. Let's have an SF meet this summer and I want to see this car in person :up:

Absolutely!

Nice job on the swap!

Thanks Garret, excellent work on your brackets!

Who makes the long tubes and how did they fit? Nice work

Thanks! The headers are bastardized JTR's. I had to re-route the driver's side to clear the steering:

[matthugie]

Damn, that is impressive! We need some video of this thing running to fully balance the awe it inspires.

[poopin04]

Looks like you failed at reaching your goal. What do you consider flashy? An M3 E30 in my books is damn flashy in my world. LOL

Geez this car is amazing! Got any videos?

The goal was to build a fun car that didn't attract too much attention. Something capable but not too flashy.

[pacmanE30]

Awesome intro man. Now for videos!

[Rc 415]

Thanks! The headers are bastardized JTR's. I had to re-route the driver's side to clear the steering:

Got the p/n on which headers they were by chance? Looking to do the same thing

[naterry]

Got the p/n on which headers they were by chance? Looking to do the same thing

Yep, here you go: http://www.jagsthatrun.com/Pages/Par...7-Headers.html

[Rc 415]

1-3/4 or 1-7/8?

[HawaiianE30]

Geeeze.. So much win. I want to do this bad, not sure if I would ever have the funding :(

[naterry]

1-3/4 or 1-7/8?

1-3/4!

[IronFreak]

While I'm not doing and LS3, I am doing a different Merika swap. Thanks for the inspiration man!! I wish I was closer to the west coast, seems like some of the sickest E30 reside that way!!

now..........


VIDEOS!!!

[Rc 415]

1-3/4!

Thanks!

[F34R]

More of the Rx7 please.