My project 84 318i

[Jean]

Gotta love it when ups / fedex truck arrives lol.

microfiber headliner and rear shelf, thanks to rscheiring.
black oem floor mats, thanks to starwind.
simple pioneer mp3 hu and polk db speakers
polished cluster gauge rings, inspired by http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=86125

Finally picked up a portable air tank from sears, only $20, now gotta get a good tire gauge and Carbotech ax6 (panther plus) pads.

akg engine mounts, subframe and trailing arm bushings a little bit later.

I really need to fix my shifter, after ordering and installing a bunch of oem shifter components from bma it's still got just as much slop in it Might wait on this until later and add a z4 shifter or something.

Starting to look for m50/s50 parts, I think I am going to do it in peices. Head, get it cleaned/rebuilt then block, do the same, and replace all wear items etc instead of buying a used engine w/o any records.

[Jean]

ZM Blue Devil - thanks! Plan is to get flat black or gunmetal rota slips in 15x8 or maybe 16x8, but I am going to wait until my current brand new rt615s need to be replaced. For now I am just going with black door/fender molding.

[ZM Blue Devil]

Looks real good. Whats the plan for the wheels? You going for the all black look?(kidneys, shadow, etc)

[Jean]

Couple minor items, i lip and rear plate filler and newer brake ducts.



It looks like the brake ducts are supposed to mount to something on the side closest to the engine, but there is nothing there to mount them to. Unlike my old brake ducts....strange.


i lip installed, I didn't want to get an iS lip yet, maybe once it's got some power then I will.




us plate filler

[Jean]

Jean its only a lowly M10 , no need for special coolant . Hahaha :p

No really just like Devon said ...use regular antifreeze ..stay away from the dexcool type stuff .

If you really want to be a baller jean you can step up to Evans waterless coolant like I've got for my S52 .
Way better cooling properties and in the unlikely event that it gets cold enough to freeze it well actually shrink instead of expand and cause possible damage .

Lol good point.

[Teaguer]

What coolant is safe to use with BMW engines other than the $20 a gallon bmw coolant ?

Jean its only a lowly M10 , no need for special coolant . Hahaha :p

No really just like Devon said ...use regular antifreeze ..stay away from the dexcool type stuff .

If you really want to be a baller jean you can step up to Evans waterless coolant like I've got for my S52 .
Way better cooling properties and in the unlikely event that it gets cold enough to freeze it well actually shrink instead of expand and cause possible damage .

[DEV0 E30]

I've got plans for where my heater core sits in one of my cars as well, so much space back there. Mobile command center?

In regards to coolant, any coolant really. Of course the purists won't say that.

Good work.

[Jean]

Doing a heater bypass, need to get a small tube today to connect the two heater hoses together. Also was trying to find a nasty rattle from the front passenger side, I think it's the back of the glove box as it appears to be cracked....





What the heck am I going to do with all that empty space now, if I was still into car audio I would mount a single 8 or 10 upfront



What coolant is safe to use with BMW engines other than the $20 a gallon bmw coolant ?

[Jean]

The mounting points on the lsd diff are exactly the same, so it was just a matter of removing 4 bolts from the top, disconnecting the drive shafts on each side and removing the long bolt/nut on the diff cover bushing. The 3.73 is much heavier than the open diff though so have a friend or someone help line it all up.

The rear disc conversion also was all pretty much a remove/replace job. The brakes lines connect in the exact same spots so no custom fabrication or anything is needed. The 325i trailing arms I removed from a car with the parking brake cables to make the swap easier. I will be removing them one more time sometime in the future to replace all the bushings, I had the stock rubber bushings for the trailing arms but couldn't find a set of subrame bushings that I purchased :(

[hendrixvodu]

jean

how much work was involved on doing the lsd swap.....? straight bolt up???? and did u notice a big difference....thinking of doing it on my m10 yours has been in my dreams since i saw the post of all the parts :D

ps the rear disc conversion looks crazy nice awesome work!!!!!!!!!!

[Hick]

nice work! can the 318 use the lsd tho?

oh yeah! i put one on my 84 318 with 290k and poor compression and i can still light them up! well, that and it made winter a walk in the park.

[backtrail69]

I want a 2 post lift... :( Car is looking good.

[E-rich]

for now it's off by about 1/2" and is held by zip ties.

i heart zip ties. haha. car is looking awesome man. leaps and bounds from when you got it not too long ago.

[Jean]

drifty340i - it fits fine. although m10 doesn't have power to spin tires in 3rd it can still do it in 1st and 2nd just a bit lol. I wanted to get one in there at the same time with the trailing arm swap and will use this diff with m50.

Court M3/ Teaguer - thanks man! I will be cutting the end caps once I get euro trim, for now it's off by about 1/2" and is held by zip ties.

[Court M3]

damn that looks like a lot of work! Good progress though