E21 S50 Swap

[Spiff325iS]

More!!!!!!

[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.

[Link]

Awesome, keep it up!

[JCarp90]

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

[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

[Mr. Tasty]

such a sweet build!

[Polaris15]

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

[Odin]

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

[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.

[MokinWeet]

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

[jakeb]

Volvo and 323 calipers back from power coating.



Moved over to the lift...




Top of the tunnel where the shift linkage was hitting. It will get clearanced here just a bit.


Where the marker is is where the oil pan was trimmed...I thought I took a picture after it was trimmed but I guess not.


Waiting on a set of e36 headers to see if they will clear without having to make anything.

[Motorsports]

was looking into getting a e21, but the seller wont return my calls.

[jakeb]

I bought set of cheap ebay e36 headers to try out...these are what a lot of the e30 swap guys run.

Here are the headers.


Figuring out just where the engine will live...pictures are in no particular order.


Trans centered in the tunnel


End of the headers


The pan is right about the same height as the subframe. This car will not be super low so if someone were to go really low a skid plate might not be a bad idea. Still adjusting the engine placement tho so...


Headers will need a little adjustment or the heat shield will need some adjustment.








Clearance at the booster...it's close but more than what this picture shows. Ribs on the manifold will get smoothed down to give more room.




Engine is pushed pretty far back...




Will be running a 323 radiator or an aftermarket that will fit. You can see the 320 cover panel removed here. All the hoses will get welded up and smoothed





Originally mounts where going to be sitting on e28 535 rubber but I am thinking of going a different route and will make mounts like I did on the LS3 E36.
Here was the first idea...As you can see the engine is lower than the metal on the mount. I think this will make the mounts not as strong.


So I am planning to put the rubber..well poly at the engine itself. Like I did with the LS3 E36..as shown here.


An idea of how they will fit/look on the e21.


The drivers side will get a similar mount..but here was the first idea, which would work but I want both sides to match.

First idea

[jhaurimn]

Very awesome progress so far. Your attention to detail is amazing. No skimping here :D

[JCarp90]

Very cool. I will be following this.