Chapter 3 - 84 318i m-tech - M60 powered.

[2mAn]

The 84/85 cars are so awesome... Its great that even with the M6x it weighs less than most E30s weigh stock from the factory...

[Jean]

Car looks great dude

What weight springs do you have in the front?

Thank you ! Iirc 550/675, corner weights from m30b35 swap with front mounted battery were

LF 703 RF 741
LR 530 RR 526

[BUDNUNTA]

Car looks great dude

What weight springs do you have in the front?

[Jean]

Thanks guys ! She has potential :)

To answer your questions , I do have matching oem skirts but they need to be stripped from old paint / repainted and then installed .

Yes currently using wilwood/Garagistic setup but will be switching soon to tilton 3 pedal floor mounted setup .

[AWDBOB]

Man, your car....it's beautiful. I has question: are there skirts to go along with the front and rear valance combo you have? That euro bumper+rear valance combo is perfect.

I have yet to drive a V8 E30, but I have similar thoughts, which ultimately led to me ditching my M52 setup in favor of M20 until I can do something "a bit more substantial".

You still boosterless?

[Habla]

It's....just....perfect.

[Jean]

Since the weather has been good I've been driving it daily, wish the exhaust was a little bit quieter as I am not fooling anyone anymore with 318i badge lol!

Haven't been to a car show in years, decided to check out local Euro Sunday event and it was huge turnout but only seen 1 other E30, local guys really clean E30 M3 with S50 or S52 swap. CAtuned crew snapped a photo of car, I really need to get the car detailed and take some good photos. Ordered the missing center caps from TireRack today and also clips for the fender trim. Maybe one day I'll get the side skirts painted and installed too.

Gearing in town is liveable, but doing 80@4000 rpm in 5th is getting old on freeway .

I stopped by a local shop and they have what they said an accurate scale they use to weight cars, so I weighted my car with full interior , half a tank of gas but not empty trunk . I have some car parts that I need to either sell or throw away so maybe 30-40 lbs worth of stuff .

Car tipped the scales at 2550lbs, my previous corner weight total was 2500 with m30b35 again with full interior and half a tank of gas . The new battery is in the trunk but is also much bigger than the standard e30 group size .

I'll have the car corner weighted soon, and will post the numbers then . Should be less, with an empty trunk I think . Pretty happy with it so far, if you think s50/m30 transforms the car, m6x is just on another level .

[delamaize]

Getting AAAAAAAAAAFTER it! I like the exhaust note!

[dasmanschaft012]

Sounds amazing.
Maybe my car will be a little louder, because no cats?

[Jean]

Short little acceleration video, I can't wait to switch to 3.15 rear end...current ratio is just way too short even though it's super fun.

https://youtu.be/hUyG07aFXTE

[The Dark Side of Will]

You can go as tall as you want... you'll never have any problems with lack of torque.

i think a 2.97 out of an E would be best. thats what i am planning to run.

the car looks fantastic jean. congratulations on your milestone.

2.79 ;)

[flyboyx]

i think a 2.97 out of an E would be best. thats what i am planning to run.


the car looks fantastic jean. congratulations on your milestone.

[Jean]

First real test drive done today, car is ridiculously fun but gearing a bit short for freeway speeds �� 70mph @ 3500 rpm or so, a bit high.

First gear is pretty much non existent, enough torque to pull in 5th around town . Thinking I'll probably need to switch from 3.46 to 3.25 , considering sport 540 cars had 3.15 iirc

Boosterless brakes are working fine, but take a little bit of time to adapt to as they are so different from how they feel. I will most likely be posting the complete Wilwood pedal assembly with masters and Garagistic bracket for sale soon (make me an offer :) if you are looking for a set.

Exhaust sounds amazing , but I will need to raise a car a little bit as clearance under cats is a bit on the low side , oops.

Really liking rack doctor e46 steering rack, and v8 power is exhilarating! Got the tach working using universal tach adapter that you can purchase on eBay for about $40, it works with 4 and 6 cylinder clusters, you basically set the dip switches to the correct combination and off you go. Link - https://www.ebay.com/itm/UNIVERSAL-T.../141931549970?

Tomorrow I need to check all the fluids, and do some miscellaneous clean up. Also ran a loom from the radiator temp switch inside the car to install a manual override switch for the e-fan.

Ordered new external and internal fuel pumps, as I am hearing some cavitation going on.

[Jean]

paynemw - full interior, but being an 84 318i chassis it didn't have much for sound proofing from factory . I may add some sound deadening under carpet if get's annoying though.

oekundar - thanks man!

[oekundar]

Sounds heavenly! Nice deep tone.


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