This thread is long overdue. I acquired a 91' 318is from a guy that hauled it to Kansas from California and then parked it in a field for 5 years. The car was super solid and complete, with some dings and bad tires. It was a former dealer loner car with a clean carfax. I was scared to death when I was loading it up on the dolly because his brother (whom he told me was crazy and had severe mental issues) was wielding a piece of wood and mumbling about it being his car or something. I kept my big channel locks nearby just in case he decided to jump me. Got it loaded up and home with no further issues.
It sat in my garage for a year, then cleaned up the fuel system and replaced a ton of parts on the m42. Got it running and threw some snow tires on it for the winter and had a little fun. About a year ago I was poking around some M30 motors I had sitting and decided to pull the head on one that was a bit of an oddball. To my delight it was an M90. I promptly broke it down and got it prepped for swap into the e30.
Life happened and I got sidetracked until a couple weeks ago. Since then I have been busting it out. All of the suspension is off the car. the motor is being rebuilt right now, too (depending on what I feel like working on). Plan is as follows:
Subframes fully reinforced with garagistic kit and repainted with chassis saver
New rear bearings and front beaarings and hubs
All new bushings- poly and poly injected
e36 M30 steering rack
H&R sport springs (1.5" drop)
Koni adjustable shocks
Suspension Techniques Heavy duty sway bars
Wilwood ultralight BBK (front)
Rebuild rear brakes
ABS delete
SS brake lines
New fuel tank, pump, and lines
Rebuilt m90-
Checked all tolerances to make sure it is in spec
New bearings (standard red), and fasteners (main and rod cap bolts)
New Deves rings
Rebuilt head with paul Burke N31 cam and adjustable cam gear, heavy duty rockers, rocker locks, 3 angle valve grind
e28 radiator
S38 clutch
17# lightweight flywheel
Getrag 265 transmission (removable bell housing)
3.25 LSD
Miller WAR Chip and MAF
I have some sweet wheels and some other small surprises, but that is the main stuff.
Most of my posts from here on out will be pics.
It sat in my garage for a year, then cleaned up the fuel system and replaced a ton of parts on the m42. Got it running and threw some snow tires on it for the winter and had a little fun. About a year ago I was poking around some M30 motors I had sitting and decided to pull the head on one that was a bit of an oddball. To my delight it was an M90. I promptly broke it down and got it prepped for swap into the e30.
Life happened and I got sidetracked until a couple weeks ago. Since then I have been busting it out. All of the suspension is off the car. the motor is being rebuilt right now, too (depending on what I feel like working on). Plan is as follows:
Subframes fully reinforced with garagistic kit and repainted with chassis saver
New rear bearings and front beaarings and hubs
All new bushings- poly and poly injected
e36 M30 steering rack
H&R sport springs (1.5" drop)
Koni adjustable shocks
Suspension Techniques Heavy duty sway bars
Wilwood ultralight BBK (front)
Rebuild rear brakes
ABS delete
SS brake lines
New fuel tank, pump, and lines
Rebuilt m90-
Checked all tolerances to make sure it is in spec
New bearings (standard red), and fasteners (main and rod cap bolts)
New Deves rings
Rebuilt head with paul Burke N31 cam and adjustable cam gear, heavy duty rockers, rocker locks, 3 angle valve grind
e28 radiator
S38 clutch
17# lightweight flywheel
Getrag 265 transmission (removable bell housing)
3.25 LSD
Miller WAR Chip and MAF
I have some sweet wheels and some other small surprises, but that is the main stuff.
Most of my posts from here on out will be pics.
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