91 325i S52 Build

[Bimmerguy91]

Flickr is accessible at work! Hooray! It also works WAY better than Photobucket so thank you all. I'm not sure why most of the pictures are huge. If someone knows how to fix that let me know.

[agent]

Nice car.

Photobucket is terrible

[butters]

Nice car.

Photobucket is terrible, very slow interface. I used it for years and switched to Flickr last year.

[Bimmerguy91]

I was going to do that using Photobucket but my work computer blocks Photobucket lol. Let me see if I can access Flickr. Otherwise I'll just have to do it at home :-(

[paynemw]

hang your pictures on FLICKR and use the bbcode tool to share your pictures without having to add attachments.

[Bimmerguy91]

Update: I am going to be pulling the S52 and parting out the M3 donor next weekend. Once the engine is out I am going to start going through and cleaning it up, regasketing the entire engine and installing the E34 oil pan, M50 intake manifold, headers, etc to get it ready to go in the E30.

Wanting to have everything ready to go before I pull the M20 out of the E30 so I can minimize down time.

[Bimmerguy91]

Hey guys! I've been a R3V member for probably 3 or 4 years now. My first project was a 1984 318i with an M50NV swap. Now I have moved on to a new project which will be my 1991 325i S52 OBD2 swap.

The project car is a Schwarz on Tan 1991 325i coupe with 130k miles. The car is relatively original and a good driver in decent shape. I've had the car for a few months now and it's a lot of fun driving a slow car fast but I have grown tired of the originally 168 horsepower M20 (probably far less than that now).

I just picked up my donor car today. The car is a Fern Gruen Metallic on Modena 1999 M3 automatic convertible with 147k miles. I already have a refreshed ZF320 trans and most of the other swap parts needed so the autotragic doesn't matter much to me. I will be either selling the car as a motorless roller if I can get the right money for it or I will just part it out. Body and paint are pretty good, interior sucks asshole (too bad since it's Modena), top is crappy and leaky (probably what ruined the interior) and the mechanicals are all in pretty good shape. I drove the car home 120 miles and it drove great and never skipped a beat. :)

Here are some pics of the E30:

When I first picked it up in Atlanta:
Untitled by Austin Graner, on Flickr

Upon arrival at home:

Untitled by Austin Graner, on Flickr
Untitled by Austin Graner, on Flickr
Untitled by Austin Graner, on Flickr
Untitled by Austin Graner, on Flickr
Untitled by Austin Graner, on Flickr
Untitled by Austin Graner, on Flickr


And the E36 M3 donor car:
Untitled by Austin Graner, on Flickr
Untitled by Austin Graner, on Flickr