'88 E30
-
Radiator is out. Got home from riding later last night so I couldn't do much grinding (neighbors) but today the core support will come off
-
This took like 30 minutes. Everyone should do it.
-
This is where I'm currently at
Before pulling out
-starter wires
-driveshaft
-slave cylinder line
-throttle cable
-heater core lines
-trans mounts
-engine mounts
-move fuel lines outa the way and get gas everywhere
-try to remember where everything goes
-remove anything else??
-don't suck
I think that's it
Oh. And get an engine hoist
-
Bought my stand off craigslist for $50
-
Bought my stand off craigslist for $50
Good deal
I'll search around for a bit, Craigslist in this are isn't the most lively.
May just end up buying one from harbor freight. Granted I may only use it once or twice, but having one is nice.
Plus it's like a guaranteed six pack of "insert beer here" for when someone wants to borrow it.
-
If you are driving through wausau my engine stand is at my parents house, you are welcome to use it.
Sent from my potato phone
The s50 is currently on the stand when the m50 comes out I'm swapping the e34 pan and other stuff off of it. Then dress the s50, put m50 on tires, then put s50 in. M50 going to a buddy who is gonna give me driveshaft/clutch and some help over a weekend
At least that's the plan
I have yet to order any parts haha
-
Harbor freight strikes again!!
No hoists in stock
But I got a super cool rain check
-
-
The rain delay!
H3W4IT5
-
-
May I ask why you went m50-s50? No plans of other mods in the future?
M50 + G250 is pretty high miles (240xxx) or so
S50 + ZF + DME + harness was cheaper than rebuilding an M50, and has almost 80xxx less miles.
I'll slowly add other things to the car as well. Suspension stuffs and such.
It's pretty much plug and play for some extra hp/torque and still cheaper than pouring money into a leaky m50
And it's something to keep me busy
-
and you can be cool and say it is ///M swapped...
I'll tell people it's 325e swapped
-
So in my efforts to swop. I also want to clean up as much stuff within the bay as possible.
I am torn on running heat or not I will be passing the TB.
Still on the fence with PS too.
The evap/charcoal canister can thing I would also like to ditch. Assuming this would be as simple as venting to atmosphere? There is also a connector that goes from the TB to the top of this (purge valve?) assuming that would still need to be plugged into the harness otherwise it will throw a cel?
The line with the red tape is the line coming from the gas tank. Other line with harness plug goes to TB
-
Why vent your expensive fuel vapors to atmosphere?
Sent from my potato phone
So I can get rid of a crusty piece of shit that's 27 years old.
I wonder how functional it is in its current state.
But mainly so I have one less thing to put back into the car
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login