91 318is m20 swap with itb's

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What started as a simple change in coil overs has evolved into a full suspension build and a lower miles m20 swap with rhd itbs running on ms2 into my beloved 91 318is, car was picked up about 3 years ago and I promptly pulled out the blown m42 and dropped in full running gear from my old rotted out 250k mile 88 325is. Car is my summer daily and I figured it was time to completely refresh the car so here we go with what is going on now

Parts bought so far includes

Suspension

Stance coilovers
Ireland engineering 22mm front 19mm rear sway bar
IE M3 sway bar links
Full Revshift bushing kit
New febi control arms
Garagistic reinforcement kit
IE front and rear strut bars
IE posi-lock rear camber and toe kits
Rebuilt e36 rack
Rack steering lock spacers

Brakes

IE ss brake line kit
Rebuilt rx7 calipers with adaptors
Stop tech corrado rotors
Stop tech rear rotors
Rebuilt rear calipers
Stop tech pads all around
New OE rear brake backing plates
New front hubs machined for corrado rotors
Ate super blue

Engine

150k mile m20b25
Rhd itb kit
Rhd 7lb flywheel
IE 272 cam
IE HD rockers
Condor motor mounts
Revshift trans mounts
Mishimoto radiator
16" electric fan
Silicone hoses

Misc

215/40r16 Yokohama s-drive
16x8 et25 3sdm reps
20mm spacers all around )for brake clearance)
Motorsport hardware 90mm stud conversion
MH titan steel extended lug nuts
Freshly rebuilt 3 clutch lsd

With more to come!

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Diff was rebuilt last fall and upgraded to a triple clutch using clutches from bummerdiffs.com

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Going to be running stance coils 7k front springs 9k rear knuckles cut

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all braced and welded all done

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all braced and welded all done

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freshly blasted, painted and rebuilt rear calipers

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just a few of the parts that will be going into the build

[ak-]

Oh that is so cool - welding the M3 link tabs and strut reinforcement.

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I will need to cut the links down when I get around to bolting in the coils, hopefully they will work correctly

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Some more parts that will be going into the build took 3 tries to find some wheels that will clear the rx7 brakes specs are 16x8 et25 with 20mm spacers all around plenty of clearance now brakes fill out a 16 pretty good my Motorsport hardware 90mm studs and extended lugs

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started welding in all my reinforcements until I found this.... this was one of 3 holes and a thin spot found on the drivers side I patched them up so they should be OK, after finding this I decided the rear subframe and t arms I picked up were too rusty so the camber kit is on hold until I find suitable replacements

[pandaboo911]

Awesome shit going into this build.

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Every single suspension component will be replaced with OE or good aftermarket parts , I'm currently waiting on complete set of revshift bushings, dust shields and hub nuts for the front, new bilstein control arms from pelican and my ms2 jimstim , got my rear brake backing plates yesterday from ecs. Once I get my tax return I'll be ordering my ms2, rhd itb kit and my tires