Almost three years ago I did my first (and only) 24v s52 swap into my first e30. It took months of preparation, a number of mistakes, people sending parts that were not what they said or just plain didn't work and a ton of my fucking time. The experience was worth every moment spent when I turned the key and it started up.
This weekend I am embarking on a quest to correct a number of mistakes a well as remove a lot of OBDII emissions hardware that I needed to be smog legal in CA, but alas time and patience ended that quest as well as a big move back home to MA where I don't need that stupid shit.
For those of you familiar with me, I shipped two CA e30's home with me to MA (and drove my e38 5,000 miles in 12 days). One was my 24v bronzit, the car that got me back in the BMW game, the other an unadulterated (mostly) brilliantrot 325is. The bronzit was my guinea pig for learning about cars and making mistakes, I also thank all those junk yard e30s. It had a long life of modifications before my ownership like a 5 speed swap, paint job etc. Its hit curbs, potholes, and bridge transitions that have forever ruined its ability to be correctly aligned. I myself have cut, jabbed and scarred it. An old thread can be seen here: http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=165540
In CA I had a dream of swapping the power plants of these two cars to correct old mistakes and have a fun m20 beater, again time and space prevented this.
On Friday the parents leave for Florida for a month and I'll have the garage to myself. My apologies to dad's truck, you'll have to endure one of the coldest months of the year outside, but I promise to take care of you. My project can now begin.
A big part of my profession is planning and scheduling. Given my experience I decided to see if a month was enough time to do this in the middle of winter while still working 50-60 hours a week, weekend activities etc. And so I give you my schedule for swapping motors along with a number of maintenance and misc. housekeeping items, keep in mind it's still a WIP.
Here is where they sit today after Tuesday's blizzard, more to come for my socale30lifestyle comrades. Wish I could have been there for Doc. I’ll be back at the end of May so I hope we can catch up!
When I first finished 24v swap, changes have been made since this picture like m50 intake and other finishing touches.
This weekend I am embarking on a quest to correct a number of mistakes a well as remove a lot of OBDII emissions hardware that I needed to be smog legal in CA, but alas time and patience ended that quest as well as a big move back home to MA where I don't need that stupid shit.
For those of you familiar with me, I shipped two CA e30's home with me to MA (and drove my e38 5,000 miles in 12 days). One was my 24v bronzit, the car that got me back in the BMW game, the other an unadulterated (mostly) brilliantrot 325is. The bronzit was my guinea pig for learning about cars and making mistakes, I also thank all those junk yard e30s. It had a long life of modifications before my ownership like a 5 speed swap, paint job etc. Its hit curbs, potholes, and bridge transitions that have forever ruined its ability to be correctly aligned. I myself have cut, jabbed and scarred it. An old thread can be seen here: http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=165540
In CA I had a dream of swapping the power plants of these two cars to correct old mistakes and have a fun m20 beater, again time and space prevented this.
On Friday the parents leave for Florida for a month and I'll have the garage to myself. My apologies to dad's truck, you'll have to endure one of the coldest months of the year outside, but I promise to take care of you. My project can now begin.
A big part of my profession is planning and scheduling. Given my experience I decided to see if a month was enough time to do this in the middle of winter while still working 50-60 hours a week, weekend activities etc. And so I give you my schedule for swapping motors along with a number of maintenance and misc. housekeeping items, keep in mind it's still a WIP.
Here is where they sit today after Tuesday's blizzard, more to come for my socale30lifestyle comrades. Wish I could have been there for Doc. I’ll be back at the end of May so I hope we can catch up!
When I first finished 24v swap, changes have been made since this picture like m50 intake and other finishing touches.
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