M52/Zf Alpine White 1986 E30

[JeLani]

Im curious , i have a flywheel and clutch for the motor and wasnt able to test fit them , the metal sleeve protruding from one of the eight holes here kept me from putting the flywheel on , could this be removed?




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[JeLani]

Remaining Optimistic : 18 y.o. self gets ripped off ---> 24v

Its been a little while now, but Im pretty sure you need E36 arms, not E34...



Also, that looks like a OBD2 intake, might as well swap a OBD1 intake on and get more power. M52s are awesome with OBD1 manifold & S50/S52 cams

Its been way too long but better than never. Aren’t e34 m50 arms what most people go for? I installed my mounts and tried to fit my e36 arm on it and the design of the arm disallowed the mount stud from entering the mount arm hole. And yeah I have had the m50 manifold at my house to use with a trm chipped ews deleted computer with 24lb injectors & 3.5” maf sitting at my house for a few years. A friend of mine has some reground s52 cams by crower to match sunbelt spec , for use with solid lifters, might buy them off of him.



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[2mAn]

Picked up my m52. It’s ready to drop in with the e34 oil pan mounted and the oil pump nut welded. Plus headgasket work done. Just missing e34 mounting arms and need to either relocate or buy a smaller brake booster and then it can sit in the bay.

Its been a little while now, but Im pretty sure you need E36 arms, not E34...

Also, that looks like a OBD2 intake, might as well swap a OBD1 intake on and get more power. M52s are awesome with OBD1 manifold & S50/S52 cams

[JeLani]

Remaining Optimistic : 18 y.o. self gets ripped off ---> 24v

Picked up my m52. It’s ready to drop in with the e34 oil pan mounted and the oil pump nut welded. Plus headgasket work done. Just missing e34 mounting arms and need to either relocate or buy a smaller brake booster and then it can sit in the bay. i’m actually going to use a g240 with an e36 325i driveshaft because the same friend who sold me back the m52 now has a late model 325i he is manual swapping and had no luck trying to get the g240 to work . So after a drive up to valley center he has his correct trans to use and i now have one to go with my swap setup.



Sitting behind my e36







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[JeLani]

could I add some personal flare to the pic?

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Lol so old �� I barely hang with half of these guys

[JeLani]

Is the Franken52 motor assembled yet or is the car going to be down for a little while now?

It’s been a year and I have my friends m52 swap. He ended up selling his car so I have everything needed except a trans and a not so big list of other things to get. I’ve since sold a couple things off of the car just to net some cash while I was broke. I kind of regret it , but I’m not worried about it as I can just buy them back once I need the same parts again. I also bought a complete S50 block to build with and maybe stroke or keep 3 litres just to build my first motor since I’ve always been interested in doing so.

[JeLani]

Still alive

[JeLani]

Is the Franken52 motor assembled yet or is the car going to be down for a little while now?

It's going to be down for a while , This choice has its pro's & con's over getting the m20 running . but it gives me the choice of addressing any other areas of the car.


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[2mAn]

Is the Franken52 motor assembled yet or is the car going to be down for a little while now?

[JeLani]

1986 332is Build // Project Franken52

Nice knowin ya , M20 and shit ass wiring . The e30 is now a nothingES ... for now.





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[JeLani]

Remaining Optimistic : 18 y.o. self gets ripped off ---> 24v

M20 should be out this thursday , it's going to the buyer who put a down payment on it.


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[JeLani]

Low mileage 135MM Conrods








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[JeLani]

1986 332is Build // Project Franken52

A friend who's m52 swapping his 87 sedan and I took a trip to the junkyard , I left without $40 but left with cam trays , top cam bearings , vanos sprockets and chain. Wanted a vanos unit too but they were stupid and were going to charge me for the price of a cylinder head because they didnt know what they were doing. Nonetheless i need to go there more for parts , it will speed up the motor build time .







Here just wanted to see how the cylinder head looked intact , excites me.

Im still in search for aftermarket cams to run with the injector tune . If anyone knows anyone with some or where i should get some please let me know . I know schrick ones are available new and sunbelt but i couldn't find a price for them let alone a listing.




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[JeLani]

This better be done by bimmerfest man!

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Lol this gets done depending how broke i wanna be ;) hopefully we see it done before then


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[ManSalad]

This better be done by bimmerfest man!

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