E21 S50 Swap

[george graves]

Fantastic build.

Nice work. Love the attention to detail.

- using a tube to make the engine mounts is a great way to go. Wish I had done that with my e30m30 swap(we played around with the ida, but didn't happen). Very simple, and simple is good. Not to mention very strong in all directions. I hope other people that make engine swap mount take note of it. It should be the way to go IMHO.

- My first BMW was an e21. It's a handful with it's suspension design. Good luck with twice, almost 3 times the HP!

[MR 325]

Wow nice work! I like the cluster a lot too.

[jakeb]

Is there a sale thread anywhere?

Not yet

Send me a PM if interested

[jntar]

He is going to bring it if he is able Trent. He has decided to sell the car though.

Is there a sale thread anywhere?

[BamaE30]

Hi Jake great build... Jeff

[ST1G]

Fantastic build.

[jakeb]

He is going to bring it if he is able Trent. He has decided to sell the car though.

[TrentW]

Great work as usual Jake. Always loved the E21 and now you've solved the lack of power issue. Don't know who the owner is, but he can bring it to VintageFest next month and get lots of eyeballs on it.

[dirty30]

WOW! Awesome!! Bumpers look killer too!

[jakeb]

I've slacked on keeping this thread updated. The car is done and back to it's owner (who has decided to sell it, having a baby, etc etc)

Here is a BIG update showing the car done.

3.45 e36 LSD into the e21 small case



Single intake high pressure pump


e36/e30 m42 radiator mount using cut down hockey pucks.







Working on tucking the bumpers
Rear




trimmed bellow


Front trimmed bellow

tucked front bumper



Installing e30 projector headlights











Outside and powered on it's own for the first time in awhile



exhaust pics







Using modified OBD2 manifolds and downpipes







Starting to look like a real car again



Because we are using the m3 trans there is no speedo output. So....we swap to an electric speedo and tach installed in the original cluster.



Random engine bay pics



underside pics


Pictures of the entire car





Interior



Some video

[kristov]

What did you use for covering the firewall?

[TrentW]

Wowza--great update.

[AwakenNoMore]

That's awesome, and congrats on your new shop!

[jakeb]

O_O someone looks to have picked up a Dyno.

yupyup

[AwakenNoMore]

O_O someone looks to have picked up a Dyno.