New ride! 89 e30 vert

[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.

[jc43089]

We be SWOPPIN!!!

[B C]

Im sure its the g260 swop but if its an m50 swop then i dont know what we will do

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[RamRod E28]

Snap u just never know what us boys of the southwest are up...

[jc43089]

Haha no m50 swap, Mike came over and we got it from the storage unit into the garage driving in reverse the whole way. 

Goodbye to you

and you

and you Mr kickdown cable

Got it up on stands and I drained fluids while Mike took out the shifter

Exhaust removed, the muffler wasn't attached to the pipes anymore so I will have to fix that up.

Next up, pull driveshaft, and order a few things.

[B C]

I still have my OE muffler if you are looking for one, but id rather spend $80 and get a Magnaflow anyways

[jc43089]

Can't hear dat OE!!  I want some m20 rumble.

[bfinley]

So Sexy!

[bfinley]

John,

Thanks for letting Damian and I stop by yesterday. The 'vert is even prettier in person.

As we were leaving Damian goes "your friends really nice but I kind of hate him right now" he spent the rest of the day about how you got a clean e30 vert for cheap monies

[RamRod E28]

you need these wheels for your e30

[jc43089]

I like those, they remind me of Alpina wheels, what are they?

[RamRod E28]

snap should know they look oem to me

[YoungCR]

Ramze46 said:

snap should know they look oem to me

He doesn't know everything! They aren't OEM E30 wheels as style 32's are 18 spoke and didn't come that small. My best guess was Hartge but those are 12 spoked and I genuine hartge's are 11 spoke.

[jc43089]

Got some work done yesterday.  Pulled the drive shaft and found this.

Anybody here seen the cam belt ride way to the front and rub on the covers?

Appears this has been worked on before, and they forgot to put something back...

I love you late m20 and your plug in fuel injector harness goodness also it's way better with both fuel lines at the front of the rail.

Engine is grimy but looks great

Coolant has been flushed regularly, this is the best I have seen inside, no rust or scale inside the block or head.

Got the trans out, never pulled an auto before so I dumped all the fluid from the torque converter out, caught half of it in a bucket luckily but still made a mess.

Goodbye evil slushbox!

Also this is getting expensive, just made a $625 order from Pelican to hopefully have everything I need.

WTB cap and rotor, Rowley, message me back.

Little bracket thing for the back of the shift linkage: wasn't going to pay the 50 bucks for a new one, somebody has to have one.

PM me asap if you have any of this.