Well I'm making a big boy decision to sell my pride and joy.
Price drop! 16,500 OBO
Alpine white 1989 325i 2 door with an s54 zf 5 speed.
It's been fun but time to change this particular hobby to a more family friendly one since my son is almost 1 now.
This car is a BLAST needs nothing except a crack free dash and a little paint/body work (no accidents)
I previously worked at a Bmw performance shop and always wanted an s52 e30 after seeing Jordan's white one back in the day after searching for a body and motor plus the right time and money I went through a few e30s to end up with this one.
I bought this car with the factory motor / auto and sent it straight to a mechanic where he did an s52 swap here in Dallas just cause I thought I didn't have the time and he assured me it would take 2 weeks - 2 months.
After 8 months of waiting start to finish I finally had an s52 e30 shortly after my cousin bought one and did had it s50 swapped and then his older brother bought another and a good friend of mine put an s52 in his. The mechanic that did my cousins two swaps is a member here and a very good guy that does very good work.
Now that we had 3 of these cars it really bugged me that 1. I didn't do the swap and 2. I showed them the door to this and my car wasn't anything special next to theirs.
That's when I decided to do an s54 swap. I have a build thread here showing almost everything (I say almost because the closer I got to the finished product the less concerned I was to post pictures)
The title of that thread is wannabe30's s54 swap
I'll try to find a link as I'm posting this from my phone.
Down to the details.
New rod bearings purchased from dealer
New rod bolts purchased from arp
Reused the zf 5speed from the s52 swap
New s54 z3m flywheel from dealer
New s54 z3m clutch kit purchased from dealer
3.15 lsd rear end
Oil pan/crossmember modification from arc asylum ( I preferred this to keep the dual pickup oil and to keep majority of the pan behind the crossmember )
New Ireland engineering sway bar
New Ireland engineering sway bar relocation kit
New EGR block off plate from vac
New power steering block off plate from rogue engineering
(No power steering no air condition)
Drive by wire throttle
New camshaft position sensor from dealer
New thermostat
Vac temp sensor mount behind thermostat housing
New oil cooler adapter from vac
New oil cooler lines with AN fittings
Re used the factory oil cooler
New solid engine mounts from condor speed shop
New solid trans mounts from condor speed shop
New z3m engine arms from dealer (both sides)
no washers or spacers on engine mounts or arms or modified frame
Treehouse(I think) lollipops
Massive booster delete kit
New fuel filter from the dealer
New fuel pump from deatschwerks fuel pump
Stock radiator (had plans to go with mishimoto) but never over heats
"Push style" fan with switch
New afe intake elbow and cone filter
Headers top speed eBay headers that were horrible fit so I had brad and Jeff at spec motorsport north of Dallas remove them and re bend all the flanges since they had a spare s54 out on a stand before making their dual pipe exhaust out to a magnaflow muffler in back
Factory computer from the matching motor/car all tuning done by Christopher at NTXCoding such as ews delete , some emissions deletes for the headers and get block off plate,his custom tune for s54
Power windows work
Rear Pop outs work
Sunroof is manual and works
Key and door locks work as well as trunk lock all with same key
Cosmetically the car is all stock except for added sport seats with new black vinyl and Mtech steering wheel of corse IS front lip spoiler and a short stubby antenna
H and r sport springs with bilstein sport shocks all done since I've owned the car e90 drop caps purchased new from the dealer
The wheels are currently esm 002r 16x8 front and 16x9 rear no spacers no rings perfect fit all straight no bends or wobbles.
I am an idiot tho one of the fronts has Damage on the lip from getting brake fluid in it and not realizing it.
Everything I have for this car will go with it like the bike rack it is functional I use it it's not for looks. Yakima I have an extra alpine white front fender because the clear is gone from the one on the car
Extra set of basket weaves 14" painted tires are ok on two or three of them
Are 245s that grab pretty good but visually I liked the look of 225s better. After this engine I was experimenting with more rubber.
Keep in mind the body is not perfect and I will post a close up of everything I noticed on the car
These are all pictures from my phone so I apologize about quality
Please keep in mind even though this car was not my daily it could have been and I love driving this car so most of these pictures the car is not shiny clean and washed
Me and my 2 cousins cars
I can post videos or pictures of anything if anyone needs more
Price is 18k OBO clean and clear Texas title in miy name
PRICE DROP 16,500 OBO
No test drives without cash in hand but if you'd like to take a spin let me know
Text is best 469.867.1937
Keep in mind If im too high just make an offer of I'm to low I take tips.
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Price drop! 16,500 OBO
Alpine white 1989 325i 2 door with an s54 zf 5 speed.
It's been fun but time to change this particular hobby to a more family friendly one since my son is almost 1 now.
This car is a BLAST needs nothing except a crack free dash and a little paint/body work (no accidents)
I previously worked at a Bmw performance shop and always wanted an s52 e30 after seeing Jordan's white one back in the day after searching for a body and motor plus the right time and money I went through a few e30s to end up with this one.
I bought this car with the factory motor / auto and sent it straight to a mechanic where he did an s52 swap here in Dallas just cause I thought I didn't have the time and he assured me it would take 2 weeks - 2 months.
After 8 months of waiting start to finish I finally had an s52 e30 shortly after my cousin bought one and did had it s50 swapped and then his older brother bought another and a good friend of mine put an s52 in his. The mechanic that did my cousins two swaps is a member here and a very good guy that does very good work.
Now that we had 3 of these cars it really bugged me that 1. I didn't do the swap and 2. I showed them the door to this and my car wasn't anything special next to theirs.
That's when I decided to do an s54 swap. I have a build thread here showing almost everything (I say almost because the closer I got to the finished product the less concerned I was to post pictures)
The title of that thread is wannabe30's s54 swap
I'll try to find a link as I'm posting this from my phone.
Down to the details.
New rod bearings purchased from dealer
New rod bolts purchased from arp
Reused the zf 5speed from the s52 swap
New s54 z3m flywheel from dealer
New s54 z3m clutch kit purchased from dealer
3.15 lsd rear end
Oil pan/crossmember modification from arc asylum ( I preferred this to keep the dual pickup oil and to keep majority of the pan behind the crossmember )
New Ireland engineering sway bar
New Ireland engineering sway bar relocation kit
New EGR block off plate from vac
New power steering block off plate from rogue engineering
(No power steering no air condition)
Drive by wire throttle
New camshaft position sensor from dealer
New thermostat
Vac temp sensor mount behind thermostat housing
New oil cooler adapter from vac
New oil cooler lines with AN fittings
Re used the factory oil cooler
New solid engine mounts from condor speed shop
New solid trans mounts from condor speed shop
New z3m engine arms from dealer (both sides)
no washers or spacers on engine mounts or arms or modified frame
Treehouse(I think) lollipops
Massive booster delete kit
New fuel filter from the dealer
New fuel pump from deatschwerks fuel pump
Stock radiator (had plans to go with mishimoto) but never over heats
"Push style" fan with switch
New afe intake elbow and cone filter
Headers top speed eBay headers that were horrible fit so I had brad and Jeff at spec motorsport north of Dallas remove them and re bend all the flanges since they had a spare s54 out on a stand before making their dual pipe exhaust out to a magnaflow muffler in back
Factory computer from the matching motor/car all tuning done by Christopher at NTXCoding such as ews delete , some emissions deletes for the headers and get block off plate,his custom tune for s54
Power windows work
Rear Pop outs work
Sunroof is manual and works
Key and door locks work as well as trunk lock all with same key
Cosmetically the car is all stock except for added sport seats with new black vinyl and Mtech steering wheel of corse IS front lip spoiler and a short stubby antenna
H and r sport springs with bilstein sport shocks all done since I've owned the car e90 drop caps purchased new from the dealer
The wheels are currently esm 002r 16x8 front and 16x9 rear no spacers no rings perfect fit all straight no bends or wobbles.
I am an idiot tho one of the fronts has Damage on the lip from getting brake fluid in it and not realizing it.
Everything I have for this car will go with it like the bike rack it is functional I use it it's not for looks. Yakima I have an extra alpine white front fender because the clear is gone from the one on the car
Extra set of basket weaves 14" painted tires are ok on two or three of them
Are 245s that grab pretty good but visually I liked the look of 225s better. After this engine I was experimenting with more rubber.
Keep in mind the body is not perfect and I will post a close up of everything I noticed on the car
These are all pictures from my phone so I apologize about quality
Please keep in mind even though this car was not my daily it could have been and I love driving this car so most of these pictures the car is not shiny clean and washed
Me and my 2 cousins cars
I can post videos or pictures of anything if anyone needs more
Price is 18k OBO clean and clear Texas title in miy name
PRICE DROP 16,500 OBO
No test drives without cash in hand but if you'd like to take a spin let me know
Text is best 469.867.1937
Keep in mind If im too high just make an offer of I'm to low I take tips.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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