V8 Swapped E30

[johnprusinski]

and the body work continues...

the other night i bought a 6.0 L96 V8 for 1200 bucks. not bad for a V8 with 360 horse and 380 torque from the factory. fully complete from oil pan to intake. i stripped off the AC condencer, power steering, accessories. i need to take off the intake manifold and then ill eventually have it gone through. im now looking for a T56 trans to complete my swap. once i find that i will buy the Cage for it and then finish the mock up before i paint the car.

[jc43089]

Uhhh, sweet! I need a house with a garage to get back to work on my e36, you are motivating me.

Sent from my potato phone.

[johnprusinski]

I try to keep my build threads current, but I fail too hard at it. The only way I keep up is with Instagram. My next post with pictures will probably be in 3 months hahaha.

[YoungCR]

Thanks for the summary! Paint looks great. This is why I wanna tear down on of the cars to its bones so I can learn how to do all this myself.

It will be fun having two racecars when this is done

[johnprusinski]

I've done most of the body work with at least two to three beers in me to stay focused otherwise I wouldn't of a been able to do the body work. a lot of this stuff is tedious work, but its a great learning experience.

[DrLeadFoot]

This is awesome!

[CMart]

At this rate it will be running before mine. Nice work.

[johnprusinski]

its going to be a while before I get this thing running and driving. I still have to find a trans and buy the cage for the car. after that I need to figure out a dash, plus a whole interior. I want to hopefully start it and figure out the bay before I paint it. I also have to reinforce the rear end so I don't rip out my diff. I still have a lot, but hopefully I can get it close to finished next year.

[CMart]

Nice. I'm doing a BMW V8 swap so not entirely the same, but if you have any questions or need a hand with anything shoot me a message. I'm over in Milwaukee.

Edit - I just sold a 102MM Fast intake/ported TB, but still have some ls6 injections/fuel rail if you are interested.

[johnprusinski]

Im going to go with an ls3 intake with rails and injectors. Surprisingly the swap is very straight forward, its just affording a trans and wiring that's the only thing that's presenting a problem, but its not too big of a problem.

I took off the intake and wiring harness tonight. I want to take it out to get some work done soon to make it quick and reliable.

[johnprusinski]

I took the time to try and fit the 6.0 in the car the other day. I day to pound out the trans tunnel with a hammer. the combination of beers and a hammer caused my trans tunnel to split and create a hole. I will fix that once I get more gas for the welder. right now it works as of right now, the motor fits in the car.

[johnprusinski]

well after a few months of dumping all my money into my VW and other E30, I didn't get anything done on the V8 swap. I tore it down and decided what im going to do for power. I cleaned it up, painted and installed the oil pan. I also ordered a couple gaskets and sensors  that I broke along the way.im also starting to buy the accessories for the front. 

im switching to LS1 accessories so i started by buying a LS1 crank pulley.

here is a basic idea of what the motor looks like now. i have the motor mounts back on it now.

i ordered a pedal assembly for the car so when that gets here i can start running lines.

[B C]

Is that oil pan made for e30 purposes or just generic ls swap into anything purposes

[Boris3]

Kind of reminds me of a Paul Poore SE30 pan

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=368336

[CMart]

Nice progress. I picked up an Cheby V8 E30 recently. I'd love to check this out some time

[johnprusinski]

The oil pan is specifically built for LS bassed e30 swaps. I am currently prepping the cab for the cage by getting all of the tar out, which is not fun.

[Jdesign]

johnprusinski said:

The oil pan is specifically built for LS bassed e30 swaps. I am currently prepping the cab for the cage by getting all of the tar out, which is not fun.

Dry ice is your friend.

[johnprusinski]

I learned that the hard way. It wasn't hard to get the sound deadning out, it was the residue. I used aircraft remover and it worked great, but I should've used dry ice.

[B C]

why did you remove an aircraft from your car?

[wasnt m3]

What in 9/11 are you talking about, Snap?