Hi guys! I recently purchased an e30. After looking on craigslist for months I found one. I drove down to Chicago from Michigan to go and pick it up. 
Little story about the car, the lady got hit in the back and somehow broke the the flange one the rear of the cylinder head. A shop quoted her $600 for the labor because they were going to have to drop the engine
. SOoo when I saw it on craigslist for a more than fair price i scooped it right up.
The car looked clean from the outside and the interior looked mint, plus the dash was crack free! Unfortunately the car is an auto... But thats going to be changed.
Plans for the car this year are S52 swap and obviously converted to a manual!
My parts list so far
S52 fully assembled long block
S52 cams - Bimmerforums
Zf Trans - Pull it Yourself Junkyard
E34 Oil pan- Pull it
E34 Pick up- Pull It
M50 Intake manifold- Pull it
E21 Brake Booster- Pull it
OBD1 Manual Harness- Pull it in San Antonio
Clutch pedal assembly- Craigslist
All Accessories- Pull it
3.25 Ring and pinion, since my car already has an LSD- Ebay
Prop Shaft- Friend
Z3 Steering Rack- Junk yard
ECU
I might have some other parts too but i cant remember, my garage is geting full.
Initially i did not start working on the car 2 weeks after purchase so it sat outside. One day it rained and the car got flooded. So immediately i decide to pull the carpet. After removing the carpet guess what I found!! ...rust in the front floor pan. a few spots are bad so I'm going to have to cut and weld a new patch. I will post pics of the rust tomorrow.
I decided to start tearing the car apart...
Its currently 30 degrees in Michigan so its really un motivating to do work.
This is how the car is currently sitting.
Tomorrow morning I'm sending the head I picked up to the shop to get cleaned and pressure tested
Im hoping I will have the engine out next weekend, so I can start prepping the engine bay. Im going to have to sand off all the surface rust and coat the whole thing with POR-15.
I apologize in advance for the picture quality, all pictures are going to be from my I phone.
Little story about the car, the lady got hit in the back and somehow broke the the flange one the rear of the cylinder head. A shop quoted her $600 for the labor because they were going to have to drop the engine
. SOoo when I saw it on craigslist for a more than fair price i scooped it right up.The car looked clean from the outside and the interior looked mint, plus the dash was crack free! Unfortunately the car is an auto... But thats going to be changed.
Plans for the car this year are S52 swap and obviously converted to a manual!
My parts list so far
S52 fully assembled long block
S52 cams - Bimmerforums
Zf Trans - Pull it Yourself Junkyard
E34 Oil pan- Pull it
E34 Pick up- Pull It
M50 Intake manifold- Pull it
E21 Brake Booster- Pull it
OBD1 Manual Harness- Pull it in San Antonio
Clutch pedal assembly- Craigslist
All Accessories- Pull it
3.25 Ring and pinion, since my car already has an LSD- Ebay
Prop Shaft- Friend
Z3 Steering Rack- Junk yard
ECU
I might have some other parts too but i cant remember, my garage is geting full.
Initially i did not start working on the car 2 weeks after purchase so it sat outside. One day it rained and the car got flooded. So immediately i decide to pull the carpet. After removing the carpet guess what I found!! ...rust in the front floor pan. a few spots are bad so I'm going to have to cut and weld a new patch. I will post pics of the rust tomorrow.
I decided to start tearing the car apart...
Its currently 30 degrees in Michigan so its really un motivating to do work.
This is how the car is currently sitting.
Tomorrow morning I'm sending the head I picked up to the shop to get cleaned and pressure tested
Im hoping I will have the engine out next weekend, so I can start prepping the engine bay. Im going to have to sand off all the surface rust and coat the whole thing with POR-15.
I apologize in advance for the picture quality, all pictures are going to be from my I phone.
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