My project 84 318i

[Nicademus]

The 'writing' looked like arabic for a sec...

Christmas presents from Father Winter?

That's funny, I thought it was Arabic at first too

[kronus]

What could this be ?

The 'writing' looked like arabic for a sec...

Christmas presents from Father Winter?

[Jean]

What could this be ?

[Jean]

Got a couple needed parts for the swap today, an ecu, ic, and tb from another 735i car. The TB is way smaller and lighter (lighter = faster right? lol).



The TB is missing a manual TPS that I am still looking for, according to realoem m10 cars had the same TPS as m30 cars...


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And ignition coil



T-stat housing (I learned that the traction control m30 cars had 3 sensors on the T-stat housings.



b35 afm





Purchased a b35 5speed engine harness and it's on the way. Plan is to grab an engine harness connector from an m10 and m30 cars and make an adapter.

[T3rd Ferguson]

Alright, it's now official. Tired and neglected by PO m10b18 will soon enough be replaced with a recently picked up clean 91 m30b35.
Keeping the S3.73 diff, I wonder how that will work out...

"These are the only US models that had the 208 hp M30B35: E32 735i/il, E34 535i, 88-89 E24 635csi."

"M30 Getrag 260/6
1st 3.83
2nd 2.2
3rd 1.4
4th 1.0
5th 0.81
Rev 3.46"

The B35 came in E24 L6's as well, thats where we sourced one for a friend

[e30edward]

wow the inside of that m30 looks clean!
can't wait to see this!

[EuroCar318]

damn that M30 looks clean. Cant wait for progress, love your project threads. Thats a bitchin' 2002 too!

[speedhop]

Edit: That is a funky looking throttle. You might be able to rig a manual tps to it...but it looks as though you might be better off just scrounging one up.

Looking good though!!!

[Kwaaahhh]

I couldn't agree more. I don't know how I survived with mine for 3 years as a DD. The e30 is such a joy to drive in comparison...

Pic of the S for reference :razz:

Hey did you buy this off of ep3minivan from s2ki?

Damn didn't know fellow s2k owners will be on here. I had my S for a good 1 1/2 year.

[Jean]

So here is the engine in question. Looks clean enough to not worry about rebuilding it? I started taking it apart to get things cleaned up.






Next week I plan on removing the oil pan and oil filter housing, and I'll drop them off along with intake manifold for cleaning and then order new gaskets.







TB will have to be changed as it's from a traction control car





Injectors are going to get rebuild/flow matched.

[alpinaclone]

Alright, it's now official. Tired and neglected by PO m10b18 will soon enough be replaced with a recently picked up clean 91 m30b35.
Keeping the S3.73 diff, I wonder how that will work out...

"These are the only US models that had the 208 hp M30B35: E32 735i/il, E34 535i, 88-89 E24 635csi."

"M30 Getrag 260/6
1st 3.83
2nd 2.2
3rd 1.4
4th 1.0
5th 0.81
Rev 3.46"

It works pretty well, at least with a Getrag 265. It made first gear pretty short though.


So I guess that this was really no help......

[el bob]

Thumbs up for progress :)

[Jean]

Alright, it's now official. Tired and neglected by PO m10b18 will soon enough be replaced with a recently picked up clean 91 m30b35.
Keeping the S3.73 diff, I wonder how that will work out...

"These are the only US models that had the 208 hp M30B35: E32 735i/il, E34 535i, 88-89 E24 635csi."

"M30 Getrag 260/6
1st 3.83
2nd 2.2
3rd 1.4
4th 1.0
5th 0.81
Rev 3.46"

[cuonice]

Nice, they look so much better with hardtops too!

If I were in California I might feel differently! I scrapped the soft top in favor of proper roll protection.

[Jean]

Nice, they look so much better with hardtops too!