WIBIMMERS

I've made a lot of progress since my last post. I ended up replacing the oil pump with a new unit. I got my oil pan and subframe back from Bayside Fabrication(Ben Sipson). I wired in the CAN module from gpetersen(r3v). I built a steering shaft using 2 e46 knuckles. I found a 3turn 712 zhp rack at a junkyard, e36 outer and e46 inner tie rods. I had to extend a few harness to fit into the glovebox, lots of soldering. I'll need to tuck the wiring. My DME came back from Kassell. I ended up having an H bridge installed in an mss54hp, MAP sensor, and csl tune. I used ecuworx for the swap coding. I went with the e46 m3 driveshaft and e30 CSB. 1 1/8" was removed from the front and I installed a 4 bolt e36 flange on the rear(32") for an overall length of 1374mm with the guibo. The shifter is an ebay AC Shnitzer euro e36 m3 6 speed spin off. I shortened the dssr to 109mm. I used a premade s54 3" exhaust adapter and it just so happened to bolt right up to the rest of my exhaust. I modified the airbox to clear the booster. I installed the fuel pump and FPR with some fresh fuel line clamps. The oil cooler AN lines are done. I briefly started the engine and it runs good! I need to finish up the cooling system and break in the rings/hone before running the engine anymore.

I have an ad up on facebook with some of my big parts, I'll post below. If you guys need hardware, cam gears, connectors, any smaller parts (for e30, e28, e34, e36 m20, m50, m52, s50, s52, m54) let me know. I've been there, waiting for a single bolt for 5 days so I can install camshafts. Or needing nuts/bolts and paying $12 at a hardware store for a handful of mix-matched hardware. Here's my facebook ad with larger parts I have for sale.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/617677058979407/

E28 m5 motor mounts, I spaced up the drivers side. Underdrive pulleys. I need to hook up the power steering lines and a handful of other things.

I successfully seated the piston rings last weekend. The engine sounds amazing. I installed my s54 swap cluster from "e30 clusters" on Facebook. They did an awesome job. I installed a check engine light and hooked up the oil temp sensors.

Snap said:

And now for a more formal welcome.

This is Wibimmers.

Earl is nocturnal and has trunk issues

alexw started this site, also has trunk issues, and will squeal the tires every chance he gets.

CYoung will host a BMW meet then show up in a diesel Suburban, he will also ban your ass

rampelsauce used to live in toothpasteland, hates his car,and will flip you off if given the chance

Submuzikboss is the King of Miltown and is pretty serious about the music he makes 

Kaiser Rolls saves big money at Menards and wants a pet goose

need4speed1299 is sexy hot sauce.

REKIII posts naughty pictures instead of finishing his project,but either way, he may make you jealous

Brian has -8 degrees of camber, a racist diff, and is Abraham Lincoln's stunt double

wasntm3 has the most amazing e36 m3 known to man, and a wagon that things like to crash into

Narcosis is a 12 year old with a sideways cap, he is also a grandpa

m3clubbmw is the resident punching bag and father of rage drifting 

jockhater2 hates jocks

bassboy3313 is the king of trading cars and rare e21 parts 

jawa is the shit

Ted entered early retirement after the sale of a single turn signal lens

Straight6pwr has very good taste in cars and had the coolest e30 in the region until his wife tried to rage drift it

stew crew is a retired rage drifter

MKoepp once had a very short stick 

merl has an epic e28.  

I will annoy the piss out of you with my constant banter about megasquirt, and have been known to overdose on Doc360, also the biggest M20 apologist in the history of man. 

and Michael1972 is PIIIIIIISSSSEEEEDDD

Haha fixed.

Anyone doing a 5 lug swap? 318ti subframe, control arms, axles, brakes. $225.

PPs. I offered to trade him Honda.

Im currently in the process of getting all the parts together. Decided to paint the block white. I'll be going NA, power goal of 350whp with cams/intake/pulleys/exhaust/tune. I went with megan racing headers and a vac single collector. I'll be running AC through a CAN module. Pusher and puller fan setup. Dual sump pan. ZHP rack, born2drift axle adapters, garagistic secondary diff mount. I'll post more as I go.

He should paint the tires white.

I once was using a chinese plyers. I squeezed it too hard and it broke. It jabbed a whole in my hand. I contacted China, but their customer service sucks and their jibberish is foolish. Long story short, snap on FTW.

I feel you bro. Same boat for me. Summer kicks ass though.

m42b32 said:

Very interested in these, but couldn't find much info. Do you need to use different output flanges in the differential too? 

Here's a link to their site.

https://www.born2drift.co.uk/shop/bmw/bmw-e30/rear-axle-shaft-adapters-bmw-e30/

I do not recall if I had to use e36 output flanges or not. Regardless, they held up very well. The inner cv is much larger.

Alright I made some progress on the engine! Rings, rod bearings, and bottom end. Head gasket with ARP. I installed the 288/280 cams and vanos. New oil pump is on. I also ceramic coated and wrapped the headers. I found a spot on the block the e30 cluster temp sensor screws right into, I'll see how it goes(may read too hot?). I have the adapter harness ready to install, as well, with a CAN module. I'm setting up my oil coolers in front of the condenser fan with some brackets. 2x 10 row coolers linked together. I'll also be running a puller on the radiator.

The steel breaded AN hose is a challenge to work with, very tight. The setup fits on the original condenser mounting points, no modification to the radiator support or valance.

I never snapped any either. No heat or pb blaster. I zipped them off with a half inch impact and ground down an air chisel bit to this shape.

_/\_

So I've been busy doing some swapping the last couple years and thought I should share what I've been up to. I currently have 2 e30s, red s52 supercharged and blue m50nv(sold).

I picked up an s54 with a 420g(6speed) that has a hole in the block. The head and cylinder are destroyed from what looks like a piston going through an industrial ninja mixer. The flywheel was a bonus, lightweight with new sachs clutch kit.

I found a good cylinder head. I also picked up a mystery block that supposedly had 80k miles on it. Sure enough after disassembly, it looks as though it did. I cleaned everything up and am currently waiting for some new rings and rod bearings.

My goal is to sell the s52, zf310(lightweight flywheel, act clutch)supercharger kit, and mspnp to swap in an s54 turbo. (Sold)

For the s54, I'm going to use arp head studs and the oe mls gasket. The rod bearings are ACL. I'll be opening up the ring gap a little bit as well. Any input is great. I'm deciding what kit or parts to use for this build, as well as a hp goal. Definitely want to go turbo, more tq.

I've decided to put the s54 in the red e30 and sell the entire powertrain. I love e30s . I am at a standstill until the new piston rings come in from the UK. The ACL bearings came today, woohoo!

YoungCR said:

The E46 tach is the same size? That's cool. My OCD wants the gauge faces to match though...

It's an e30 cluster and tach. The mismatch makes that rev range pop lol.