325IX restore and build continued(turbo, e34ix diff, DCT)

[nomansland92]

[emoji7] it's so pretty
Z45 cam, forged rockers, +1 valves, upgraded springs and retainers, and all cnc ported.



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[jeenyus]

I like that AN cooling line at the back of the block.

[nomansland92]

Drilled and tapped the block, not gonna lie I was pretty nervous about that but it turned out perfect.

Bottom end and trans is in for hopefully the final time. The rest of the parts will be In for the head this week so I can assemble that next weekend hopefully.

Still so much work left but there's light at the end of the tunnel

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[Supadave]

Build is awesome. Now I want a IX.. I see some awd drive drifts in my future.

[Garage30]

Amazing work! Seeing an M20 bolted to a DCT makes me warm and fuzzy inside:p

[jeenyus]

Should be plenty of pictures of the oil pan further back.

OK, i found what I was looking for. I think i missed it. Looks pretty damn cool and inspiring honestly.

[nomansland92]

do you have any information on how you're attaching the front diff?

Should be plenty of pictures of the oil pan further back.

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[jeenyus]

do you have any information on how you're attaching the front diff?

[nomansland92]

Really wish I had more time to get in the garage lately but I'm still hoping to be driving it this spring.

Sent the hot side out to get ceramic coated, now I'm looking into reconfiguring the turbo drain. Its extremely tight so I'm going to hard pipe it till it clears the manifold then go to braided line and drain it into the block above oil level. Just as a note, dont drill and tap a fitting into the block were it's at in the picture for an ix, motor mount is completely in the way, good thing it's a scrap block.

Also some new goodies showed up last week, I'll post some pics when I get a chance.

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[The Dark Side of Will]

Bolting up the automatic E30 T-case would be "only" a matter of making the right adapter plate. Getting the shafts to play nice is harder because there wouldn't be a guibo.

[nomansland92]

Ya I machined dowels into everything to locate everything, and ya I rotated the trans to 20 degrees. If I didn't have the oil pan already built I would of set it at 30 degrees for more ground clearance on the trans sump but 20 degrees it will have to do.

I would imagine gs6-53bz would be real easy if it was used awd.

Thanks! Interesting. I assume you're still using the dowels to locate the T-case... are there any location features on the transmission?

There was (is?) a guy in England trying to build an S62 AWD E30 M3. He had a similar arrangement on the back of a Getrag 265.

BMW used the GS6-53BZ in AWD cars, so it already has a good rear housing for use with a T-case. The more I think about it and the more I see how strong the E30 T-case is, the more OK I am with just using it. I'll probably have to cut up an ATC-700 input shaft and weld it to a 4HP22 AWD output shaft to get the two to play nice together.

ETA: oh yeah, and you're also tilting the trans to the M20 angle.

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[Nisse Järnet]

This setup works perfect :)
Looks good man!

[The Dark Side of Will]

Thanks! Interesting. I assume you're still using the dowels to locate the T-case... are there any location features on the transmission?

There was (is?) a guy in England trying to build an S62 AWD E30 M3. He had a similar arrangement on the back of a Getrag 265.

BMW used the GS6-53BZ in AWD cars, so it already has a good rear housing for use with a T-case. The more I think about it and the more I see how strong the E30 T-case is, the more OK I am with just using it. I'll probably have to cut up an ATC-700 input shaft and weld it to a 4HP22 AWD output shaft to get the two to play nice together.

ETA: oh yeah, and you're also tilting the trans to the M20 angle.

[nomansland92]

Do you have more pics of the trans and adapter?

I'm looking at an GS6-53BZ for my swap, but may have to bolt it up to an automatic iX T-case

This is how I did mine, I'd imagine you could do something similar also.
I mocked it up on a piece of sheet metal first then once I had everything perfect i had it water jetted out.
Then I clocked the transfercase into place afterwards because my oil pan but you could do it all in CAD

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[The Dark Side of Will]

Do you have more pics of the trans and adapter?

I'm looking at an GS6-53BZ for my swap, but may have to bolt it up to an automatic iX T-case