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    #31
    3" drive shaft built and installed snug fit but it fits...



    shifter made from jack handle. works great needs new shift knob.

    got a start on my headers. cheap used set i got local. just need to be joined back together. (pipe in the mail now)

    exhaust will be 2.5" from headers to single 3" with this single muffler.

    91 e30 318is M50 SOLD
    http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=149570
    92 325 vert project
    http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=341370

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      #32
      I dont know if other guys had this problem or not (could be a vert thing lol) but I had to hammer the shit out of my exhaust heat shield so that the drive shaft wouldnt rub on it under heavy load. I learned this the hard way after the exhaust was already on. :(
      Worlds 1st LS powered e30 cabby.
      Cab
      billac: 92 LagunengrĂ¼n cabriolet + cadillac LQ9 + Nitrous + rotiform SJC

      Raphael: 88 LagunengrĂ¼n IX + Hella 500's + Red ACS type 1's

      Shaggin Wagon
      : 01 325xiT 5 speed


      91 MR2 GT3076TS + E85 = 505whp + antilag = wheelies
      88 CRX OEM+ 42mpg DD.

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        #33
        Which heat shield are you referring to?
        Alpine White 1989 E30 Coupe - LS1/T56

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          #34
          The one that goes in between/separates the driveshaft from the exhaust

          the one on the right side of the picture after trans brace


          Edit again: Heres another view, you can see it above the exhaust


          Wasnt hard at all to modify just wish I knew it was going to rub before I put it all together.

          PS sorry OP didnt mean to thread jack you.
          Last edited by bmk; 03-08-2015, 01:12 PM.
          Worlds 1st LS powered e30 cabby.
          Cab
          billac: 92 LagunengrĂ¼n cabriolet + cadillac LQ9 + Nitrous + rotiform SJC

          Raphael: 88 LagunengrĂ¼n IX + Hella 500's + Red ACS type 1's

          Shaggin Wagon
          : 01 325xiT 5 speed


          91 MR2 GT3076TS + E85 = 505whp + antilag = wheelies
          88 CRX OEM+ 42mpg DD.

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            #35
            Oh I had no idea there was one there. Never had one on mine.
            Alpine White 1989 E30 Coupe - LS1/T56

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              #36
              Well you will def have some weight savings haha, its probably an easy 15lbs. I was just trying to keep the u joints/tunnel clean and the noise down as much as I could since I have no cats and only one muffler
              Worlds 1st LS powered e30 cabby.
              Cab
              billac: 92 LagunengrĂ¼n cabriolet + cadillac LQ9 + Nitrous + rotiform SJC

              Raphael: 88 LagunengrĂ¼n IX + Hella 500's + Red ACS type 1's

              Shaggin Wagon
              : 01 325xiT 5 speed


              91 MR2 GT3076TS + E85 = 505whp + antilag = wheelies
              88 CRX OEM+ 42mpg DD.

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                #37
                I have no carpet or sound deadening so i think i can kiss NVH good bye lol
                Alpine White 1989 E30 Coupe - LS1/T56

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                  #38
                  On a side note my buddy uses "Tight-seal" at from any home improvement store is a good sound deadening material, its thin, and dirt cheap.
                  Worlds 1st LS powered e30 cabby.
                  Cab
                  billac: 92 LagunengrĂ¼n cabriolet + cadillac LQ9 + Nitrous + rotiform SJC

                  Raphael: 88 LagunengrĂ¼n IX + Hella 500's + Red ACS type 1's

                  Shaggin Wagon
                  : 01 325xiT 5 speed


                  91 MR2 GT3076TS + E85 = 505whp + antilag = wheelies
                  88 CRX OEM+ 42mpg DD.

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                    #39
                    I put spacers under my heat shield.

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                      #40
                      nothing like finding h&r springs when your parents move and clean out the garage. h&r on rear, coilovers on front with billy sports all around. fuel lines done removed oem filter put 5/16ths line in place of it. vette filter plumbed into oem lines.




                      just waiting on pipes from siliconeintakes.com...
                      91 e30 318is M50 SOLD
                      http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=149570
                      92 325 vert project
                      http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=341370

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                        #41
                        Got any updates?
                        Alpine White 1989 E30 Coupe - LS1/T56

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                          #42
                          ya my phone seems to have deleted my sd card.... its running but my oem fuel pump cant keep up. only makes 20psi at the rail. i should have my walbro 255 Monday. intake and exhaust is all done. ready to go down the road soon as i have my pump. see what other problems i run into....


                          91 e30 318is M50 SOLD
                          http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=149570
                          92 325 vert project
                          http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=341370

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                            #43
                            fuel pump is in runs now... trans is junk input bearing is shot. crazy loud except in 4th because of the 1-1 ratio... didn't go far do to salt on roads, kinda hard to keep it straight on the salty sandy road. i have another trans in a truck that's going for scrap but its under 4 feet of snow....hope i can pull the trans out from under the car don't want to have to pull the engine/trans out again....

                            also have some coolant coming from my expansion tank... i filled the e36 rad threw the upper hose. filled engine with upper hose. then hooked the lines up. used e30 tank with the small line to the rad. plugged the lower hose on the tank. think I'm going to run the hose out of bottom of tank over to the hose i have looped on side of water pump since I'm not running a heater core... the lower rad hose is to short to tap into. i think that's the best option....


                            Last edited by 1991 e30 bmw 318is; 04-06-2015, 06:17 PM.
                            91 e30 318is M50 SOLD
                            http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=149570
                            92 325 vert project
                            http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=341370

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                              #44
                              Awesome work. I'm watching with great anticipation as I am planning to do the same thing with an 86 I picked up a few weeks ago. I bought an Envoy with the Al 5.3l to swap into it.


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                                #45
                                heres the update. walbro 255 is in went from 15-20psi and hardly running to 30-35psi and runs but not wot. think my GKI filter/regulator is junk now. have to get another filter. got my coolant lines geared up and that seems to be working fine. car has vibration trans might be hitting tunnel might need to let it sit a little lower. or maybe its the really hard polly mounts and the v8...

                                91 e30 318is M50 SOLD
                                http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=149570
                                92 325 vert project
                                http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=341370

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