84 325e m50 plastic bumper swap: Now on Catuned coilovers

[Rdreas]

So at the beginning of the summer I was shopping around on craigslist and stumbled upon this e30. She wasnt the prettiest but I was in school for automotive collision and had painted a few cars in tech so I was not afraid. I bought her for a reasonable price of a shell since she wasnt running. The way the PO described the last time he drove the he made it wasnt going to take much to get it running... He was wrong. I towed it to school and started ordering the basic parts it obviously needed and then hooked a battery charger to it and tried to start it. It was not making the right noises.. Could hear audible starter trying sound but nothing else. Did some tests found out I didnt have spark at the wires but did at the coil. Decided to see if the crank was free and guess what.... It was completely locked. I didnt see it as the worst news in the world since I wanted to do a motor swap anyways.. If only I hadnt started ordering parts I started doing research and collecting my basic swap parts.

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Got this thing for a steal off a junkyard donor. X20 from e36

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The m50tu

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[Rdreas]

Anyone know what the specs on the 4 bolts needed to go to the getrag 260 are?

[NeedaE30]

i do not know the answer to your question, but i want to say congrats on the e30, i look forward to seeing more progress

[Rdreas]

Got some more work done over the weekend.

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clutch doesnt look the best but still has a little bit of life.. I hope..

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Anyone need M20 parts? they will be going cheap!

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Sanded and painted my lolli's then pushed in some new condor speedshop bushings.

[BMWManiac]

All that work to put that clutch back in? Call up Kentucky clutch.....I got my M20 flywheel resurfaced, new sach's pressure plate, new clutch, TO bearing all for about $180....

[Rdreas]

All that work to put that clutch back in? Call up Kentucky clutch.....I got my M20 flywheel resurfaced, new sach's pressure plate, new clutch, TO bearing all for about $180....

Damn thats not bad yeah I'm looking into it now I just still have a list of other parts I'm needing so its probably going on there too.

[BMWManiac]

Just would hate to see you go through all this trouble and have an issue with the clutch....beg, borrow, steal so you don't have to do the clutch again anytime soon!

[Rdreas]

Just would hate to see you go through all this trouble and have an issue with the clutch....beg, borrow, steal so you don't have to do the clutch again anytime soon!

haha you have a very goood point so clutch is now on the list for sure. Also need to get my flywheel machined.

[AwakenNoMore]

Good work so far. I have those same, horrible wheels on my E30.

[Rdreas]

Good work so far. I have those same, horrible wheels on my E30.

I hate them but I'm on a tight budget so they will probably be the last thing to go. I'll probably plastidip them black or white.

[Rdreas]

So it was stupid humid in Atlanta this week so progress was slow. I'm also waiting on my clutch kit and need to get my flywheel machined.
Old block lookin shitty but was expecting worse.

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Head was surprisingly ok too.

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Found out my tranny can run the alloy shift carrier:o...

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might have to just cut the metal one up twist it and weld it... Thoughts?

[Rdreas]

Its been another slow weekend/week. Clutch is in the mail. Loaded up some parts in my car so I can roll by the car wash at some point and degrease them a little better. Here is my e34 pan after 2 hours of scrubbing and still needs more.

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Got myself a harbor freight engine stand and put my m50 on it

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Got my flywheel back today!

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Hopefully I will be able to get the e34 pan cleaned up and on this weekend and maybe even mounted to my subframe...

[Rdreas]

so last week I cleaned my e34 oil pan up and mounted it to my m50. Also cleaned up my subframe and tranny while I was at it.

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Spent like 20+ dollars and 2+ hours at the self serve car wash

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Clutch kit came with a broken throw out bearing

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Clutch kit and shaved flywheel

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Had one hell of a time getting the last screw off this pickup

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New pickup and gasket on ready to roll

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Also replaced my oe water pump with a meyle and they were both metal finned but the meyle looked so much beefier and well built. I have a comparison shot somewhere ill post later

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[Rdreas]

so been working on it a couple weekends now engine is just about ready to go in still have a lil bit left to spray before i drop it in though.

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mocked up my subframe and e36 rack swap before painting my subframe

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painting subframe up

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finished product after drying

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bay prior to undercoating

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bay mostly undercoated still have to do the radiator support. It was still dirty and in need of more sanding.. and i ran out of undercoating.

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so this is my m50 starter and i was wondering what i do with the two smaller wires on the sides. they look like they are connected to ground... but my m20 starter only has two posts ill need to take a picture for better clarification.
last of all cracked open my ecu to order a chip tonight and its a silver label 413
and i found out it has a dinan chip already so do i need to chip it to delete ews?? or will this chip delete it?? if i got a red label and swapped this chip into it would it raise my redline to 7k???

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[Rdreas]

So i finished painting my radiator support.
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Bolted up engine and trans and bent my metal shift carrier and shift linkage.

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Here is how i bent the carrier incase you wondered

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unmasked it and put the headlights and harness back in
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ix booster installed

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