[1984 318i Build]

Finally found a couple hours away from school to get some work done. Ally my wheel parts are here and ready to assemble. Quarters cut,sealed and ready to rivet my overs on. Front fenders are almost finished and wrap color is picked out and ready to order once i get my taxes back. Pictures because i take pride it doing stuff the right way!

[1984 318i Build]

Yeah they're the odp fenders

[1984 318i Build]

Been awhile since I have updated here but this is the direction the car is going. Front fenders should be here sometime in February. Some people like where it is going, other people hate it. Trying to set myself apart from the rest of the e30 community. Also doing more upgrades to the motor again to make the sure it is bulletproof for this next upcoming season.

[1984 318i Build]

Finished assembling the motor and got it back in the car this weekend. Drives perfect just doesn't idle and wants to shut itself off when coming to a stop. 

[Rubber floor plug?]

I believe that i could cut the patch panel/gas pedal out of my parts car if someone wanted, but it may have to wait for the weather to cool down since i believe there is a wasp nest inside the car or near it.

[1984 318i Build]

Motor started knocking last week and came out. Turns out rod bearing #6 spun but once we started grinding the crank down the journal on #6 was cracked which we believe to be the culprit. Motor should of been rebuilt and back in the car in less than a week but was sent rod bearing for a euro s50 not us. Motor got all new bearings, rings, new gaskets, new oilpump, one rod, dual valve springs and titanium retainers and keepers, and a whole lot of cleaning. Timing was very inconvenient but shit happens. 

[1984 318i Build]

Been awhile since ive made an update but have done a few things here and there with the car. 

After getting caught in the rain a few time i decided to finally make my sunroof brackets and got a hood for the car. Neither stayed on very long but at least i can use them. Ironically i had to leave The Brew Haus car show early because i decided to drive out their without the sunroof and hood when it started raining.

Locally i found someone selling an SLR angle kit for my car and picked that up. Was imaging it was going to be a simple install, I was wrong. The SLR arms are much longer so I had to find extended brake lines. Turns out I could only find them from WiseFab (another steering angle company) and that was out of the UK so i went off on my own. A couple fitting and some steel braked line later everything was great. Then the kit creates a stupid amount of angle and before full lock the inside of the wheel hit the control arms so i had to make rack shims. After it all i am extremely pleased with the kit just wasn't expecting so many unseen issues.

[1984 318i Build]

Need ideas for rerouting my oil feed line in a cleaner fashion.

 

[1984 318i Build]

Drift day 59 is done and over without a hiccup all day. Feels really good and is a blast driving the car to its full potential.

[1984 318i Build]

Got a hold of some footage. Still in my break in period at 7 psi.

 

[1984 318i Build]

Aluminum radiator with a slim puller fan. Keeps everything cool even on hot days at the track.

 

[1984 318i Build]

Just about have all the bugs worked out. Clutch master cylinder decided to go a few hours into drift day 58 this last Sunday. Car felt and drove extremely well and cannot wait till drift day 59.

[Engine Builders in WI?]

Would most definitely trust the shop that built did the machine work on my motor. Located in Fond du lac   

[Motor swaps, Fabrication, Wiring, etc.]

With my s50 turbo e30 pretty much wrapped up for the year i am thinking about opening up my shop to do work on other cars. Can do anything that i have done on my car (I have a small build thread on here). Very familiar with E30's and E36's. Any interest or questions send me a message or shoot my at text @ 920-948-0040. I also have a super clean, black 1988 e30 with minor front end damage i can build for someone. Thanks!

[1984 318i Build]

Rk tuned

[1984 318i Build]

Interior paint is 100% complete and the motor was fired up this weekend. Things are looking promising. 5 days till the car and i leave on the maiden voyage to automotion, I really need to get more high quality pictures instead of all these one off my cellphone.

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[1984 318i Build]

Starting to look like a car again! 

[Bmw E30 Booster Swap]

Got an 325ix booster to use in my s50 swap. Thought the regular e30 matercylinder bolted up but apparently not. Anyone know what master cylinder i need to finish the 325ix booster swap? Thanks

[1984 318i Build]

9:1 compression JE pistons and eagle rods

 

[1984 318i Build]

Everything in the motor is built to withstand 700+ HP but i'm not sure when the clutch and fuel system will give in. Plan on starting with low boost to get a feeling for it and then upping it little by little till i'm happy with it.  

[1984 318i Build]

Updates from this weekend.

[1984 318i Build]

Finished the prep work, primed everything, and paint laid down really well but i didn't have enough to paint the trunk. Oh well that's another days project.

[1984 318i Build]

Finally decided it got to the point where it was time to make a build thread for what started as a 1984 318i E30. After ice racing an E30 325i for a couple years and spending a afternoon at a Club Fr drift day up in Shawano I decided it was time to build another for drifting and driving around every once an awhile. Went down to Chicago and pickup up what was supposed to be a 1984 318i m10 turbo car with a bad mega-squirt ecu. After seeing the wiring nightmare, i ordered a brand new mega-squirt ecu and wiring harness. Not up and running by the next drift day i was once again a spectator, but found a fellow who claimed to have ton of experience wiring mega-squirt and agreed to wire the car up and give it a base tune. Three months after dropping the car off at his shop and not being able to get it running correctly he was paid and car was picked up. After hours of trouble shooting and taking to a couple different places i became impatient and a deal on a m50 swap came up and i pulled the trigger and that is were the journey began. 

The day the car got back to the shop

Being that 1984 E30s came with drum brakes the first step was cleaning up the backup E30 disk brake set-up from the ice racing E30. Decided to put the Revshift bushing kit in while it was already out. Also ordered K-Sport drift spec/ true rear coilovers

 

 

 Between the spring rates the coil overs were build to and being form 1984 i decided it wouldn't be a horrible idea to support the rear strut towers.(support was fulled stitched together, sealed and painted after the picture)  I also build and welded support plate onto the control arm that sit on the outside of the coil over but don't have a picture as of right now. Also having a pair of front struts from a 1990 325i the struts were cut up and front coilovers weld on along with new wheel bearings. 

 

With the suspension done the car was sent out to be wired  and that's where the m10 turbo dreams took a turn (the setup is still sitting on a pallet at my shop). Decided to finish cleaning up the bay before starting the m50 swap.

Then i turned my attention to the m50 swap. Again being a 1984 I had to build an adapter to from square fuse box plug to the circle that came on later year E30's. Decided to upgrade to the z3 steering rack while the sub-frame was out. Bolted the motor and trans to the sub frame and dropped the car down onto it. After some Ecu troubles the swap started right up and was good to go.

Bought some second hand Corbeau fx1 seats that my buddy had in his Mk2 Gti, modified the brackets to work in an  E30, built a harness bar, and mounted and plumbed the ASD handbrake, and fitted some wheels.

Spent the next week buttoning everything up for the car and finished just in time to take one test drive before taking the car to it's first Club Fr event. Besides a vacuum leak towards the end of the day the car ran and drove flawlessly for the rest of the season.

As summer ended i went to school and didn't want to drive this or my beat up truck and wondered across a Felony form e36 m3 for a steal so that became my new college commuter.  

As winter came and it was time to start driving the truck again, i decided it would be a great idea to replace the S50 from the M3 with the M50 from the E30. Once i had both motor out i found people asking to buy the car as a roller and was given an offer i could not refuse. I ended up making $500 more than i paid for the car and kept the motor, trans, ecu, wiring harness, drive shaft and couple other bit and pieces from the car. I decided the money i got from selling the car was going straight back into the E30. Decided to boost the S50. Ill let the pictures take over from here. The M50 was used for mock up while the bottom end of the S50 was at the machine shop. The machine shop ran the motor through a couple heat cycles to break everything in. Have a lot of little parts that i will include pictures of later when everything starts going together.

The whole interior was stripped out including the sun roof frame, wiring the slimmed down to everything but the necessities and the roll cage build started. I have everything finished besides making the gussets for the A-pillar bars. Also the trunk was prepped and primed

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That brings us to the present, as of right now i am just taking my time prepping the inside to be painted and prepped. Hoping to finish it up this weekend and having it primed and painted all one color. Stay tuned!

 

 

 

 

 

 

['88 E30]

For coilovers i have Ksport Coilovers. They offer a setup for e30's that include "true rear" coilovers in the rear that i really enjoy in my drift e30.

 

[S50 clutch options?]

Just put all new gaskets in the m50 but have no plans for it now.