86 eta 5.0 swap...

[Elysian]

The car that started this thread is now gone, my buddy hauled it off a bit ago. Glad it's going to a new owner who will have the time and will to work on it. I bet it'll be on the road again this year.

[Elysian]

And I finally transferred both titles on the E30s. I was really worried I'd have issues with both of them and not be able to transfer, but a friend of mine recommended a title service to me, went there and got it knocked out, paid some minor penalties for taking too long to transfer, and that's it.

So my red E30 no longer will have to be track only, I'll be able to register it, and for that I am extremely stoked.

My friend who is getting the blue one will also be able to street drive that one, and that is a huge win. I never thought the blue one would see the road again, but here we are!

[Elysian]

My other E30 is now ready to be taken away. I'm giving it to my buddy, who will no doubt turn it into a drift missile. Can't wait to see what he does.

[Elysian]

My garage is as clean as its ever been, and I also took a moment to fill the motor with oil and prime the oil system, check for leaks in the oil pan I modified. Can report back, several hours after I filled it, zero oil spots. Oil pan is completely sealed and I'm extremely happy about that.

[Elysian]

Installed the diff, bolted the driveshaft and axles up, got the e-brake working, and bolted the fuel cell back in the trunk. Also finished the rear brake lines (not pictured when I took this shot). Big progress today.

[moatilliatta]

Going to keep Et20 wheels?

I have 17x9 ET30, And I see no way of making 20's work with proper rubber under stock fenders.

EDIT: I see the fenders now. :p

[e30m3s54turbo]

On one of my other e30 projects have e36 hubs on adapters kit on e30 struts. It pushes out 13mm. It worked on my e30 17x8.5 et13, but barely.

[Elysian]

I see you are going custom wheel size.
Im using
17x7.5 235-40-17
17x8.5 275-40-17

This is what my style 5s looked like on the front in stock form with 96+ M3 lower control arms (edit: I think these were 245s):

[e30m3s54turbo]

I'm building a custom 3 piece set of style 5's, 10.5" front and 11" rear. The fronts may not tuck under the Pandem kit with the E46 lower control arms, but we'll see.

I see you are going custom wheel size.
Im using
17x7.5 235-40-17
17x8.5 275-40-17

[Elysian]

Looking good.
If you go 17” what size tires are going fit under fenders?
Im running fat tires on my e30.
Thanks on latches. I been searching for a while….

I'm building a custom 3 piece set of style 5's, 10.5" front and 11" rear. The fronts may not tuck under the Pandem kit with the E46 lower control arms, but we'll see.

[e30m3s54turbo]

Looking good.
If you go 17” what size tires are going fit under fenders?
Im running fat tires on my e30.
Thanks on latches. I been searching for a while….

[Elysian]

Today was all about the front end. I probably did things backwards, but I don't care I got a ton done. Started with the Aerocatch hood latches, wow I love them.





While the primer was drying on the hood I moved to the fenders. Major interferience, was a similar story with the 17s when I had them on there.



Chopped them out for the wide body overfender, but didn't take it as far as I probably could because I'm not ready to mount the wide body kit yet, so just roughed it in with enough room to steer




After both fenders were attached I put in the headlights and the headlight trim, as well as the lower panel for the bumper.





That's where I left off, but I feel extremely accomplished today. Next steps are install the rear differential and driveshaft, install the e-brake handle, and make sure the e-brake works. I only need the car to be able to stop via e-brake to get it out of the garage so it can go into storage.

[Elysian]

Need to put the E30 in storage temporarily so we can show the house, so today I got it on the ground. However, the VERY cheap wheels I bought were for an E38 7 series, so they are much larger than normal E30 wheels. They're only 16" rims but the tires are very large. The 17s I'll be running have a similar outer diameter, so I used the opportunity to properly fit them. That involved some minor sledge hammering on the front and cutting the rear out for the widebody over fenders.







The front drivers side tire does rub slightly at full lock to the left, but otherwise has free range of motion. I also raised the ride height as much as possible, and have basically confirmed I need different springs.

[Elysian]

Didn't take pics of everything I did today but got a lot done.



Power steering lines are made, and you can also see I trimmed back the bracket that holds the power steering pump on.

Lines at the steering rack:



And where I think the power steering reservoir will live. Need to build a bracket and modify the line, but it's got just enough room there, even if the motor shifts when driving.



I also finished the front brake lines and the clutch slave line, but didn't take any pictures. I still have two more small hard lines to make for the rear brakes, but that won't take too long to do.

[Elysian]

Quite the process! Just went through the whole thread. Love how throughout this whole build the eta that this build was for is still sitting in the corner of the backyard lol

Yeah, and now that we're moving I'm actually going to be giving it to a friend (who is also an r3v member though I forget his username). He's helped some on the build lately, and will continue to help till we get it rolling under its own power.

edit: Thanks for the move!