E21 S50 Swap

[MokinWeet]

Sorry to be off topic but classicdaily.net is really cool.

[jakeb]

Coming along nicely. Whats the ball park number you charge for this job, just curious?

Price depends on soooo many factors. PM or email if you are interested.

Cool, what do you have in mind for the speedo-drive ?

Will run an electric speedo

Well the car is still on jack stands but I couldn't wait any longer.

Mounts will get made with it on the lift as it's a ton easier to move things around but at least I can get an idea of where I want things to sit.

Engine is not in it's final resting place...it needs to go lower in the front or higher in the rear (which will be tricky), also the front needs to go slightly to the drivers side, and the entire thing will go back a little bit more.



Intake clears the brake booster


Front the front...front of engine will be a tad lower or rear will come up.




Oil pan clearance to front sway bar


Front clearance...it will go back a little further. I pulled back the 320 vs 323 rad sheet metal.


intake off..


oil pan above subframe


I am going to have to trim this part from the oil pan as it is hitting the steering rack mount. Trimming will allow me to lower and adjust the engine where I want it.


Front exhaust manifold will need to be changed or switch to a set of headers.


Trans fitment...tons of room in the tunnel


Here is why I can't go any higher in the rear tho. trans shift linkage is hitting the top of the tunnel. Tunnel will get massaged here and linkage might change...still up in the air.

[Odin]

Cool, what do you have in mind for the speedo-drive ?

[Polaris15]

Coming along nicely. Whats the ball park number you charge for this job, just curious?

[Mr. Tasty]

such a sweet build!

[jakeb]

I plan things out and I jump from project to project.

Brake calipers all pulled apart to go off to powder coat.


Pulled off all the wiring, intake, etc etc off the engine. It will get power washed and cleaned up before going in the car for the last time.


Up inside looks clean


e34 525 pan swapped on

[JCarp90]

How do you have time for all of these projects? And still do awesome work? Shit. I am inefficient as fuck.

[Link]

Awesome, keep it up!

[jakeb]

Rear suspension is just about all together. I miss ordered (or was shorted) and missed a dust seal for one of the rear wheel bearings. So that is on the way...to finish putting the other trailing arm together.



bad picture...


This diff will get pulled out when I build the LSD for it. But I needed something to be able to get the car back to a roller and moved over to the lift.

[Spiff325iS]

More!!!!!!

[Lof8]

Jake does the coolest builds. subscribed.

[jakeb]

Getting things put together.

New steering rack bushings...these were a pain to get all put together.
old vs new


Mounted on the fresh subframe. Tie rods will get replaced once it is up on the lift.


Dark pic but on the car.


Drivers side


Passenger side...waiting on dust seal thing to put the strut all back together.

[jharrel]

I've been wanting to do this to my e21, can't wait to see the outcome :)

[jhaurimn]

Wow, looking good so far. I have a friend rebuilding an e21, thankfully his is completely rust free, which is extremelyyyyyyyyyyy rare with e21s. Seems like they all started rusting away before people appreciated them. Not to mention getting parts for an e21 is 9999999999999x more difficult than getting e30 parts.

[jakeb]

It will be either an e30 speedo or an aftermarket speedo run off a drive shaft sensor. I use a after market VDO on my m42 2002 swaps.