This will be my progress thread. I'm still in the research/aquiring parts.
I purchased my first parts towards the swap this morning, THR adapter and E28 M5 motor mounts. Got a smoking deal on them ($210, hehe) from a fellow BMW guy.
The plan is get an M50 in and running with a lightweight flywheel, get any issues worked out, then do S50 cams and a chip. The car will retain PS and AC. No AC in Oklahoma is brutal in June/July/August.
I'll be using fleabay headers into a single 2.5" most likely with a Thermal Research and Development muffler.
Also planning on upping the spring rates on the coilovers from 350/500 to 450/625, rebuilding the GC camber plates, along with new control arms and I may ditch the GC control arm bearings for OEM M3 CABs, but not a definite. Also plan to swap in a 2.7 or 3.0 turn lock-to-lock E36 rack and use the TMS kit to reinforce the front subframe, then clean it up and powdercoat it. If I can stretch it, I may swap the Eibach sways for H&R's.
The Works are also going to be stripped and powdercoated and shod with 235/40/17s. Fresh SS lines and UUC slotted rotors, Hawk HPS pads and rebuilt calipers are already waiting to go on the car.
I plan to park the car in the next month or so and begin parting out the good bits on the M20 (2.7i guys, I'll make you a package deal on everything you'd need for your buildup) will also have an alt, oil pan, 173 DME, 91 octane MarkD chip, 19lb injectors, AKG delrin engine and tranny mounts.
I hope to have the car up and running again by mid to late April.
I purchased my first parts towards the swap this morning, THR adapter and E28 M5 motor mounts. Got a smoking deal on them ($210, hehe) from a fellow BMW guy.
The plan is get an M50 in and running with a lightweight flywheel, get any issues worked out, then do S50 cams and a chip. The car will retain PS and AC. No AC in Oklahoma is brutal in June/July/August.
I'll be using fleabay headers into a single 2.5" most likely with a Thermal Research and Development muffler.
Also planning on upping the spring rates on the coilovers from 350/500 to 450/625, rebuilding the GC camber plates, along with new control arms and I may ditch the GC control arm bearings for OEM M3 CABs, but not a definite. Also plan to swap in a 2.7 or 3.0 turn lock-to-lock E36 rack and use the TMS kit to reinforce the front subframe, then clean it up and powdercoat it. If I can stretch it, I may swap the Eibach sways for H&R's.
The Works are also going to be stripped and powdercoated and shod with 235/40/17s. Fresh SS lines and UUC slotted rotors, Hawk HPS pads and rebuilt calipers are already waiting to go on the car.
I plan to park the car in the next month or so and begin parting out the good bits on the M20 (2.7i guys, I'll make you a package deal on everything you'd need for your buildup) will also have an alt, oil pan, 173 DME, 91 octane MarkD chip, 19lb injectors, AKG delrin engine and tranny mounts.
I hope to have the car up and running again by mid to late April.
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