Project Neil1138. Adventures of the Cream Machine

[Tougerunner01]

Amazing pictures! Great job with the swap!

[318aye]

Sub'd. Really answered several OBD 1 questions for me as well. Thanks!

[Northern]

just for reference...http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=338153

Some people have had issues with the IE strut brace.

not saying the IE brace wont work but the sparco bar fit without any issues for me.

I feel like most of the issues with the IE brace are with it hitting the M20 intake manifold or throttle cable bracket (this is why mine has been in my basement for a few years) Otherwise, if you order the correct width, it should fit decently.

[MPLFoster]

http://www.iemotorsport.com/bmw/E30-...ing/e30sb.html

just for reference...http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=338153

Some people have had issues with the IE strut brace.

not saying the IE brace wont work but the sparco bar fit without any issues for me.

[Carnage Asada]

http://www.iemotorsport.com/bmw/E30-suspension-steering/e30sb.html

[MPLFoster]

looks like a sparco bar...

http://www.ogracing.com/sparco-front-strut-bar-bmw-e30-3-series

[fresh_TD]

anyone know what strut bar he's using in the last pic he posted above? thanks

[Griffin0163]

I am pretty sure this is my first post but I am very, truly grateful for the excel spreadsheet you provided. Just the list alone answered almost all of my questions. I hope everyone knows how much money you are saving them by providing such a detailed list of parts.

Thanks again, man. :up: :bow:

[tAngo.]

this is very inspirational to start mine on my 84 eta

[WannaBe30]

Man beautiful!

I also have an 89 alpine s52 swap
Would love to see an undershot of the exhaust I have a vibrant muffler but no cat no resonator an would like to see your routing and where the resonator as mine is entirely too loud.

[Mistawall]

lOVE IT, where did u get those 4 lug rims? are they replica?

[iflytii]

Looking great as usual Neil. Also looking forward to hearing that exhaust!

[lambo]

Oof... looking forward to some videos of the exhaust ;)

[Neil1138]

A few updates.

Decided to go ahead and replace all of the intake hoses, etc.



Also, had to trim the e34 throttle cable a bit because it wasn't allowing the throttle body to make a complete seal at idle.



Got the exhaust parts in. All Vibrant 3"





Got the 318/M3 harness covers as well. My god, these things were a nightmare to install. Installed my skidplate. Got the UUC evo3 + dssr in and installed that.



And...

















I'll update the OP with the finalized parts list and I may add a few more engine photos later.

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[bernzpeed]

Tucked the wiring (still waiting on the 318/m3 harness covers), bled the cooling system and all of that shenanigans. Car developed a weird idle, almost like a severe vacuum leak. I disconnected the evap purge valve electrical connector at the advice of a friend and sure enough, car runs perfectly again. Not sure what's going on there but I need to look into it. I'm using the stock S52 purge valve, maybe I need to get the OBD1 version? No idea.

Anyway, drove the car after disconnecting the purge valve and holy hell this car is fast, and loud! I need to set a date with the exhaust shop asap. Additionally, I still need to figure out the intake/airbox situation. I may try hacking up the M20 airbox to make it work but I'm not 100% sold on it. Will update.





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I used the M20 purge valve and it worked flawlessly.

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