Hello everybody!
The setup:
Engine: m54b30 (e39)
Engine mouts: e28 535i
Trans: 330ci 5 speed, or 320z
Trans mounts: E21 mount with custom aluminium cups
Clutch and flywheel: M20 lightened flywheel with custom pressure plate
Cardan shaft: e36 328i
Differential: e36 323ti compact
Suspension: VMaxx coilovers
Brakes: 325i disc brakes all around with a Renault Clio brake booster
Steering: e46 steering
A quick introduction:
My name is Max, I'm a Dutch student (in Mechanical engineering) and just about a 1.5 years ago I decided that I needed to buy an E30.
(skip the first couple of pictures if you just want to see the swap)
This is (going to be) a budget build so keep that in mind. Not everything will be done the proper way, but it will be done to the best of my abillilties.
After looking at lot's of them, I found this gem in Germany (Osnabrück):
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20170507_183805
It's a 320i type 2 from 1987.
I wanted a type 2 but I needed it to be from the year 87' because this is the last year that they dirt cheap to insure in the Netherlands (just a stupid rule).
Drove it home, and ofcourse needed to do a little soundcheck:
20170507_214055
The car is (almost) completely rustfree, which was a must for me.
After owning it a couple of days I decided that it needed some lowering and wheels:#stance #howtoruinaperfectlyoriginalcar :)
20170705_150811
I'm really indecisive, so these are some pictures with some of the wheels I've tried:
20170511_151056
(with my nephews car, (previously also owned a Miata/mx5)
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20170705_193009
20170721_213204
20180601_163621
Also decided that I didn't like the orange blinkers on the rear lights.
Just painted them with a rattle can (red VHT light tint):
20170707_232207
After messing about with the outside a lot, the first engine mod (kinda):
Love the way wrinkle black looks ;D:
20170713_210423
20170714_105812
Also bought some ebay Mtech sideskirts and spray painted them with a customly mixed rattle can. I didn't like the amount of ground clearence it had before, much better with them (with the help of my dad...)
20180826_175756
Drove around for a couple of months like this (with the fake black BBS wheels), liked the sound but didn't like the amount of power.
Did a lot of research (too much probably) but I finally decided that I wanted to swap the engine. The best option seemed to be a s54, sadly their not really student budget friendly. So the M54B30 swap began:
THIS IS WHERE THE BUILD/SWAP BEGINS:
I bought an automatic e39 530i and began to buy all the nessecary parts
Like the stupidly expensive oil pa(i)n:
20180602_163343
e46 steering from the local junkyard (for quicker steering)
Out with the old:
20180908_140321
In with the new(ish):
20180829_152626
While I was doing all this work might as well make it steer decently:
rear subframe plates to adjust camber and toe:
20180911_083800
Welded the plates into the subframe, also added some reïnforcement plates to both the rear and front subframe:
20180916_141558
And ofcourse, a smitch of paint (smitch? sounds weird, probably the wrong word)
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20181001_112656
And some more paint...
It's an E36 323ti compact differential (Does anybody know if you have to use the e30 or the original flanches??)
20180904_170239
And with everything installed the rest of the car looks like shit..
20181002_072712
More paint stuff:
20180924_140916
all assembled:
20180928_144101
A Cio brake booster (painted in wrinkle black :) notice a theme?)
needed to fit a spacer in the master cilinder and had to relocate the part that connects to the brake pedal rod:
20180829_172250
And then... it was time:
Out with the old, in with the new:
20180830_222640
20180830_225427
20180831_142812
20180831_150212
Okay, first it needed a little cleaning before the "new" was allowed in the engine bay:
20180923_165504
20180923_170657
Probably wasn't this clean in quite a while:
20180923_170706
20180923_170708
And there it is, looks way better then the old m20 did:
20181002_072234
Still have lots of updates I'ill post later on..
The setup:
Engine: m54b30 (e39)
Engine mouts: e28 535i
Trans: 330ci 5 speed, or 320z
Trans mounts: E21 mount with custom aluminium cups
Clutch and flywheel: M20 lightened flywheel with custom pressure plate
Cardan shaft: e36 328i
Differential: e36 323ti compact
Suspension: VMaxx coilovers
Brakes: 325i disc brakes all around with a Renault Clio brake booster
Steering: e46 steering
A quick introduction:
My name is Max, I'm a Dutch student (in Mechanical engineering) and just about a 1.5 years ago I decided that I needed to buy an E30.
(skip the first couple of pictures if you just want to see the swap)
This is (going to be) a budget build so keep that in mind. Not everything will be done the proper way, but it will be done to the best of my abillilties.
After looking at lot's of them, I found this gem in Germany (Osnabrück):
20170507_172348
20170507_183805
It's a 320i type 2 from 1987.
I wanted a type 2 but I needed it to be from the year 87' because this is the last year that they dirt cheap to insure in the Netherlands (just a stupid rule).
Drove it home, and ofcourse needed to do a little soundcheck:
20170507_214055
The car is (almost) completely rustfree, which was a must for me.
After owning it a couple of days I decided that it needed some lowering and wheels:#stance #howtoruinaperfectlyoriginalcar :)
20170705_150811
I'm really indecisive, so these are some pictures with some of the wheels I've tried:
20170511_151056
(with my nephews car, (previously also owned a Miata/mx5)
20170705_192113
20170705_193009
20170721_213204
20180601_163621
Also decided that I didn't like the orange blinkers on the rear lights.
Just painted them with a rattle can (red VHT light tint):
20170707_232207
After messing about with the outside a lot, the first engine mod (kinda):
Love the way wrinkle black looks ;D:
20170713_210423
20170714_105812
Also bought some ebay Mtech sideskirts and spray painted them with a customly mixed rattle can. I didn't like the amount of ground clearence it had before, much better with them (with the help of my dad...)
20180826_175756
Drove around for a couple of months like this (with the fake black BBS wheels), liked the sound but didn't like the amount of power.
Did a lot of research (too much probably) but I finally decided that I wanted to swap the engine. The best option seemed to be a s54, sadly their not really student budget friendly. So the M54B30 swap began:
THIS IS WHERE THE BUILD/SWAP BEGINS:
I bought an automatic e39 530i and began to buy all the nessecary parts
Like the stupidly expensive oil pa(i)n:
20180602_163343
e46 steering from the local junkyard (for quicker steering)
Out with the old:
20180908_140321
In with the new(ish):
20180829_152626
While I was doing all this work might as well make it steer decently:
rear subframe plates to adjust camber and toe:
20180911_083800
Welded the plates into the subframe, also added some reïnforcement plates to both the rear and front subframe:
20180916_141558
And ofcourse, a smitch of paint (smitch? sounds weird, probably the wrong word)
20181001_112648
20181001_112656
And some more paint...
It's an E36 323ti compact differential (Does anybody know if you have to use the e30 or the original flanches??)
20180904_170239
And with everything installed the rest of the car looks like shit..
20181002_072712
More paint stuff:
20180924_140916
all assembled:
20180928_144101
A Cio brake booster (painted in wrinkle black :) notice a theme?)
needed to fit a spacer in the master cilinder and had to relocate the part that connects to the brake pedal rod:
20180829_172250
And then... it was time:
Out with the old, in with the new:
20180830_222640
20180830_225427
20180831_142812
20180831_150212
Okay, first it needed a little cleaning before the "new" was allowed in the engine bay:
20180923_165504
20180923_170657
Probably wasn't this clean in quite a while:
20180923_170706
20180923_170708
And there it is, looks way better then the old m20 did:
20181002_072234
Still have lots of updates I'ill post later on..
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