So I recently picked up a 1989 325i with a manual swap. I was originally planning on refreshing the suspension and doing some interior work. The PO did a manual swap and put all new gaskets on the engine.
I had a buddy with a 97 M3 (US Spec) who crashed it a few times. With some persuasion from a friend i was talked into buying it and parting it out. I decided to keep the S52, ZF and driveshaft for my E30. Let me know if anyone needs e36 m3 parts.
I also picked up a 3.07 LSD off of an E28 525e for the swap. I figured a 4.10 with a ZF wouldn't be too fun on the street. I am doing the swap with an OBD2 tune from Kassel performance with revshift mounts. For the brakes i am modifying a 944 booster for clearance. I'll have some more updates on the build this weekend.
I am just doing a refresh of the engine (Water pump, 88C thermostat, Valve cover gasket, oil pan gasket, rear main seal, etc.). Then for the trans i'm doing detents (Shifter lean is bad). It has some lifter tick but its not too bad. If it is bad enough after the swap i'll replace the lifter, but i figured it would be fine in the mean time to get it up and running. Im going to try and run a 16" SPAL fan with the stock e30 radiator, but if it starts to overheat ill get something a little bigger.
As far as other mods go here are my plans:
-H&R Sports
-Bilstein Sports
-E90 top hats
-Red46 oil pan
-Purple tag E46 steering rack
-AKG Subframe,TA,Diff bushings
-Refreshing the CA bushings
I had a buddy with a 97 M3 (US Spec) who crashed it a few times. With some persuasion from a friend i was talked into buying it and parting it out. I decided to keep the S52, ZF and driveshaft for my E30. Let me know if anyone needs e36 m3 parts.
I also picked up a 3.07 LSD off of an E28 525e for the swap. I figured a 4.10 with a ZF wouldn't be too fun on the street. I am doing the swap with an OBD2 tune from Kassel performance with revshift mounts. For the brakes i am modifying a 944 booster for clearance. I'll have some more updates on the build this weekend.
I am just doing a refresh of the engine (Water pump, 88C thermostat, Valve cover gasket, oil pan gasket, rear main seal, etc.). Then for the trans i'm doing detents (Shifter lean is bad). It has some lifter tick but its not too bad. If it is bad enough after the swap i'll replace the lifter, but i figured it would be fine in the mean time to get it up and running. Im going to try and run a 16" SPAL fan with the stock e30 radiator, but if it starts to overheat ill get something a little bigger.
As far as other mods go here are my plans:
-H&R Sports
-Bilstein Sports
-E90 top hats
-Red46 oil pan
-Purple tag E46 steering rack
-AKG Subframe,TA,Diff bushings
-Refreshing the CA bushings
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