1970 BMW Gruppe 2 2002 (M20B29 Turbo) Build

[TimeMachinE30]

GSX swap in a smart car? Isetta.

[masterofnone]

Very impressive build and well executed! Looks like you've met Jan. If Im not mistaken he still owns those Jongbloeds.

Keep up the good work!

[88SuperETABD]

Sorry guys. Months past quickly and the 02 barely got any attention. But I hope to get some more time out there now that my pup is grown and doesn’t need ALL my attention.
here’s when I first picked Cali up :). 8 weeks old, 7 lbs.

Very little progress cuz I felt my life was revolving around her. But she’s the best!



Here she is now, 60+ lbs and turning 6 months old Friday!

Picked up a an immaculate clean title carbon black 05 m3 as the next project/track car for the low! It’s SMG, but so clean and has clear bra and modesta ceramic coat


Plans for this baby is DD and prep for track slowly. When 02 is finished I’ll start on a LS3 swap. Until then just suspension mods...have picked up all poly bushings and subframe reinforcements and Vince bar. Just need to find time to install it all. Trying to budget in some ST XTA’s and waiting on the new apex 18x10 group buy.

So back to the 02. I fixed the wastegate interference. Wished I just built a new dp lol. Cuz grinding and patching 304SS sucks!



Cleared off all the crap that’s accumulated on the car



Removed the turbo to get to the manifold bolts.

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I already shortened this dump pipe in one direction. Now I gotta make it shorter in the other direction. Time to cut and weld some more!


Fits with tons of clearance now!!!



Now to fix the downpipe.





What do you guys use to grind stainless? That shit is hard!!!



My welding skills Wasn’t gonna bridge this gap so decided to make a new piece.





Re welded the dump. Now to patch the hole...



Not great, but good enuf :)



Happy everything went back together. This literally took me like all day because I had to buy a hole saw and grinding bits because it wasted all my harbor freight ones. Home Depot bits work a little Better. But I swear I temporarily lost my hearing.



Can see everything has good amount of room now





Welded in the 02 bung for my AEM wideband.

Next is to get the radiator / intercooler
Mounted again better. Have more room with the crossmember cut out...




Gonna make a new crossmember that drops down. So that requires me to set up my bender I bought. Will be tying in a skid plate to this bad boy to protect that low hanging m20 oil pan.



Jdsquared model 3.



I also updated the rear tails with LEDs so all this work doesn’t get rear ended with 50 year old dim brake lights.




Just got glued em in. Didn’t want them rattle loose, so was pretty liberal lol. You can’t see it thru lenses so doesn’t matter what it looks like



No battery or wiring in car so I don’t get to see what they look like. But that’s one less box in the car. Trying to make room lol.



To my two wheelers, here’s a small update on the bike. I traced the wiring back and diagnosed a bad starter relay, and dead fuel pump from eBay. Required fuel pump and replaced starter relay. Bike cranked and primed but wouldn’t start. I have spark and Can hear fuel trickling in the tank, which puzzled me. Then i realized my eBay pump was missing the fuel pressure regulator, which made sense why it wouldn’t start. No pressure? So waiting on a new pump from eBay and hope it starts! Once it starts I’ll need to add brake fluid and take her for a ride around the block :). Then gotta figure a slip on exhaust and headlight. Going for a street fighter look, so I bought a cheap 7” headlight with integrated turn signals. Projects on projects on projects now!

My fence fell down between my neighbors, so had to fix that, and realized all my fence and posts are rotted. So I have 75 Ft to do for the back and I’m also building my own cedar patio furniture. Testing my carpentry! Lol. Adulting sucks. I just wanna build racecars...






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[rzerob]

So, you are going to swap a LS for the S54, then what are the plans for the S54? I currently have two rwd fun cars including my s50 swapped E30. I have put less than a couple 100 miles on it since I bought my Vette.

I still run my 325ix on the bad days but I am going to be selling the swapped E30 because I don't drive it anymore. If I was you and had that 02 I would not drive anything else. Do you think you will neglect one of them?

[88SuperETABD]

Do you think you will neglect one of them?

S54 is going into a friends e36 m track car. E46M will be track car/Street car with AC. I live in Texas and it’s too hot to drive without AC for me so I feel the 02 won’t get driven much. No heater or ac at the moment. Honestly with the prices of 2002s, if I can get a pretty penny it may be for sale. E46 is just getting suspension mods and reinforcements and track days until the 02 is finished. Then LS swap, is the plan. Unless something happens to the s54 in the meantime. Could put a rush on things



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[jeenyus]

This is such an awesome build!

[88SuperETABD]

This is such an awesome build!

Thank you. Wish i could stop accumulating/starting other projects!

[Sh3rpak!ng]

whatever happened to this sick build? Still alive?

[rzerob]

whatever happened to this sick build? Still alive?

What he said.

[E30335i]

He has a Instagram by the same name I believe, he moved and bought another car iirc Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk