New ride! 89 e30 vert

[KaiserRolls]

best 'cons' list ever haha

[jc43089]

DrLeadFoot said:

Nice pick up!

I have a manual drive shaft FYI

Excellent, I will be needing that.

Snap ( I M50) said:

I cant believe you got that for only 200! 

Me either, went to Qwik Trip to get the cash out of the ATM.

[RamRod E28]

I drove mine backwards for a mile and it was fine I it goes just push it... It's an e30 which probably can be pushed by the wind!!! lol

[YoungCR]

Awesome deal!

[jc43089]

Factory build sheet, thanks to http://www.bmwarchiv.de/vin/

Modellbezeichnung: 325I

Ausführung: USA

Typschlüssel: BB23

E-Code: E30

Karosserie: Cabriolet

Lenkung: links

Türen: 2

Motor: M20 - 2,50l (125kW)

Antrieb: Heckantrieb

Getriebe: automatisch

Außenfarbe: Alpinweiss 2 (218)

Innenraum: (0293)

Produktionsdatum: 16.07.1988

Optional Equipment

S219A: Sport leather steering wheel, 380 mm

S373A: Verdeck dunkel-blau  

S530A: Air conditioning

S540A: Cruise control

S551A: On-board computer II with remote control

S675A: Sound System

S925A: Transport protection package

[B C]

I pity the fool who has a BB23 Typschüssel, but at least your Modellbezeichnung is 325i

[mkoepp]

Nice find! The tranny is an easy and cheap fix but if you plan a 5 speed swap I would not bother. Reverse will work all day long. I drove mine back roads home up north for over 5 miles.

[YoungCR]

mkoepp said:

Nice find! The tranny is an easy and cheap fix but if you plan a 5 speed swap I would not bother. Reverse will work all day long. I drove mine back roads home up north for over 5 miles. 

Don't listen to him!

[jc43089]

Don't worry, if it doesn't have three pedals it doesn't belong at my house.

[jc43089]

After waiting for 4 hours for a AAA tow truck to haul the car 3 miles... I got the car to it's home for the winter, nice storage unit 3 blocks from my house so when my e36 is out of the garage I will just drive it over here in reverse. 

As for the manual swap been doing a bit of research.  This seems to be a pretty easy job, this guy on e30tech made a great write up.  http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108141

Any tips/recommendations from people who have done a swap before are welcome.  Out of curiosity who on here has done an auto to manual swap?

I would like to use a lightweight flywheel and replace all chassis bushings with street poly ones but in the end this will probably get sold to my parents.  My dad would like a cool car to cruise around in now that the kids are moving out. so I will probably just use OEM bushings.  The writeup mentions using an e21 323 flywheel, it is identical to the "i" flywheel but less material on the engine side, 14.5 pounds instead of 18ish so I may go with that if I can find one for a decent price.

[B C]

I have done the swop.

Let me be your guide.

 

[REKIII]

Thatr is pretty cool.  Awesome deal.  Now Ramplesause will be longing for another convertible automatic.

[B C]

The Ireland Engineering street poly bushings are very streetable and much easier to install than OE rubber. You cant go wrong with OE rubber but you will just need a press to get them in. 

I would plan on removing the engine for the trans swap. It is very simple to do so and makes the swap 1000x easier. I had a stripped top bellhousing bolt and had to pull the whole thing anyways. 

Installing the pedals was by far the biggest hassle. Bassboy and I also discovered a very quick way to bleed a clutch for when you get to that point.

[YoungCR]

Snap ( I M50) said:

The Ireland Engineering street poly bushings are very streetable and much easier to install than OE rubber. You cant go wrong with OE rubber but you will just need a press to get them in. 

I would plan on removing the engine for the trans swap. It is very simple to do so and makes the swap 1000x easier. I had a stripped top bellhousing bolt and had to pull the whole thing anyways. 

Installing the pedals was by far the biggest hassle. Bassboy and I also discovered a very quick way to bleed a clutch for when you get to that point.  

I'd also reccomend pulling the engine, its a pain to try and line up the transmission input shaft while the engine is still in the car. Plus as Snap said it sucks getting to the top bell housing bolt.

[6670charger]

I have the same con list, except that mine goes forward too.

[jc43089]

Sounds good on pulling the engine, I will be replacing seals and all that jazz so that will be easier with engine out as well.  Too bad the rad support doesn't just come off of the e30's the same as e36's or does it?  Hmm I will have to do some thinking on the bushing choice, I have UUC red RTAB's in my e36 and they squeak because I did not use the correct lube.  What lube have others used and does it have to reapplied after a few years or just at install?

[B C]

E30 rad support is not removable. You need a load leveler for the engine hoist and the front of the car has to be on tall enough jackstands for the tail end of the transmission to avoid the ground.

Copper grease is what I would use for poly, and lots of it.

[Rowleym]

Snap ( I M50) said:

E30 rad support is not removable. 

Bs! Totally removable I removed mine! Makes for awesome engine mock ups haha

[DrLeadFoot]

Something like this.

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[jc43089]

Stopped at the storage unit to grab the coolant bleed screw for bfraser and the poor thing looks so lonely in there.