Classic Daily 1975 BMW 2002 Turbo M42 Swap

[jakeb]

This project has been in progress or a bit but I am working on getting back to build threads and sharing more what we do. A little history...

1975 2002 with early bumpers
Orignally an automatic but swapping to a turbo M42 and a bunch of other fun stuff.
This build is one where nothing is being held back. If metal needs to be cut to make something fit better then it is being done.

The car




Original M10


Pull everything from the interior.


Even the sound deadening.


Some rust hiding in there.

Rear subframe out



Out comes the engine


Break down the front suspension


New front struts, H&R sports and billy sports


Reinforce front subframe.




Coated front subframe


Semi boxed rear trailing arms.





UGH rust...


Bottom side in the back cleaned and then re undercoated.


A lot more has been done already but we will leave it there for today. Will continue to update.

[elcoy]

Sweet! Love watching 02 builds and your work. My 73 is an auto and I am hopefully going to go M42 swap too!

[SkiFree]

What is this rust you speaka of?

Good looking seats in there. Looking forward to seeing another project come to fruition!

[Kershaw]

Those really are comfy looking seats. Are they OEM?

Nice looking 2002.

[elcoy]

They look like E21 Recaros?

[jakeb]

nope, they are an after market seat

[SkiFree]

Seats are BF-Torino LeMans. Really nice reproductions of the optional period recaros (for bimmers/porsches).

[Swanny]

Sub'd for another great build!

[CorvallisBMW]

Sub'd!

[Sea Aych]

Subscribed! Gorgeous colour too btw.

[2mAn]

I love you Jake

[KenH]

Those really are comfy looking seats. Are they OEM?

Nice looking 2002.

The seats are from GTS Classics, Sport S 5700.

Ken

[jakeb]

So yeah there was some rust in the floors and firewall.....but just got cut it out and weld in new.

drivers side


passenger side



Fit and tack





Getting there...


The firewall was pretty rusty too....again cut and replace.




weld it in


connect the dots



grind grind grind



This is getting a turbo M42 and we are pushing it back a little further than our standard m42 installs.



It's real intake and manifold


mounts (drivers side)



Hard to get a pic of the passenger but anyway....


More to come

[downforce22]

This is going to be awesome! What parts are you using for the turbo build?

[rzerob]

Yes, another Jakeb build.