Project TougE30

[Tougerunner01]

Parts, Parts, Parts

Almost have everything for the swap!

[Tougerunner01]

I pulled some of the bearings to check for anything abnormal/significant. We are good to go! Ordering parts and gonna get this swap going!

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Oil pressure loss problem found

After taking apart the m52, this is what I found. Oil pump nut backed off. I'm gonna check the bearing and throw it back together.

[Tougerunner01]

Round 3

Alright guys, I think my m20 2.7i is on the way out. I started getting this clacking metal on metal noise a few weeks ago that got progressively louder. I tore down the front of the motor and found the tensioner failed. The timing belt walked off toward the cover leaving quite the groove (at least 25% of the belt lost), and found slack in the belt. I threw on another belt and tensioner as a bandaid. I got numerous opinions, and the major rules that I may have had piston/valve contact unfortunately. The e30 is still running for the time being, but now I'm kicking the m52 swap into high gear. I picked up s52 cams, an e34 oil pan, pick up, dipstick tube, m50 intake manifold, and fuel rail for roughly 430$. Tomorrow, I'm pulling the m52 oil pan off to see why the motor lost oil pressure. Hopefully the oil pump nut backed off otherwise a new oil pump will go on.

[Tougerunner01]

Soon.

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[PimpinWalrus]

A few friends were nice enough to let me drive their 24v swapped e30s, and looks like this is the direction I'm going. I'd love to turbo my 2.7i, but N/A power has won me over more so reliability. I think I'm going with an m52/zf combo. Lots of overtime in the next few weeks.

Is that in the Godwin district?

I went to Freeman way back in the day.

I went to Freeman!

[Tougerunner01]

Is that in the Godwin district?

I went to Freeman way back in the day.

This is Chesterfield near JW Hospital

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[paynemw]

I plugged up the holes on the side of the trunk, and she's staying dry. Update: car is legal now! I put a full tank of gas in her, raced another Frankenstein 2.7, and dying to put a few miles on.

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Is that in the Godwin district?

I went to Freeman way back in the day.

[Tougerunner01]

Time for change

A few friends were nice enough to let me drive their 24v swapped e30s, and looks like this is the direction I'm going. I'd love to turbo my 2.7i, but N/A power has won me over more so reliability. I think I'm going with an m52/zf combo. Lots of overtime in the next few weeks.

[Tougerunner01]

Welp boys, 7 months later, and an intake rocker arm went out. Autox at the end of the month, and le e30 dying to see the street again.

[Tougerunner01]

Maintenance

Welp, after 8k miles (in my possession) on the original clutch,it finally gave out. Since I have no knowledge of the motor's history, who knows how many miles are on it. It was given to me with the shell, and apparently raced. I took time after work during the week, and got the job done. I found out my throwout bearing exploded, and my old clutch had some uneven wear. Also, I ordered the wrong clutch kit since I discovered a eta single mass flywheel instead of a dual mass. Twas a fun week. I did the selector shaft seal along with the output shaft seal. I fixed my coolant leak at the thermostat housing after I drilled a broken bolt out followed by retapping.





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Might be your heater core's gunked up too...

I thought so too after I used compressed air in the heater valve and it pushed out a bunch of gunk. I then proceeded to filter water through the system, and it came back clean. I repeated the same for the heater core.

[Tougerunner01]

Fellas, we have heat!

I went sliding earlier tonight,and headed off to dinner. The windshield was starting to get foggy,so I turned on the air, and heat came on. This is gonna make the next few weeks easier on me. Cars and Coffee in the morning.

[thatphysicsguy]

I'm enjoying the e30 and having 3 pedals again. She's holding up pretty well, and put a bracket on the exhaust so it won't fall off again. I have a few things to tackle, but the main issue is no heat. I've replaced the Thermostatic Bypass valve, and made sure the hoses to the heater valve were correct. I've bled the cooling system twice. I've unplugged the heater valve plug to supposely leave the valve open. If it comes down to it, I will drill out the valve if it's stuck.

Might be your heater core's gunked up too...

[Tougerunner01]

250 miles in 3 days

I'm enjoying the e30 and having 3 pedals again. She's holding up pretty well, and put a bracket on the exhaust so it won't fall off again. I have a few things to tackle, but the main issue is no heat. I've replaced the Thermostatic Bypass valve, and made sure the hoses to the heater valve were correct. I've bled the cooling system twice. I've unplugged the heater valve plug to supposely leave the valve open. If it comes down to it, I will drill out the valve if it's stuck.