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Awesome.

These particular wheels were the factory wheels on the E34 535i I parted, if that helps.

I apologise for the lack of updates over the last few days, I've been busy working on the car. It is now all physically back together, drivetrain, exhaust, brakes, engine etc all done. All coolant hoses etc are hooked up. I have also relocated the battery to the trunk using e36 parts.

Tonight and over the weekend I will be doing the last few small jobs and doing the wiring. The plan to have it driving by the end of the weekend looks very realistic. More to come soon.

Nice - I should bring the e30 round for a visit.

Couple more problems solved.

As with all M30 loom swapped e30s, HVAC wasn't working and windows wouldn't go down while the doors were closed. Solved by grounding pin15 in the c101 on the body side.

Solved the temp gauge not working by swapping in a brown m20 sensor.

Looking good

Bad luck re stud. Making good progress nonetheless!

Bit more driving and trouble-shooting. Had the driveshaft out multiple times trying to work out the driveline vibration issue. Rebalanced (was pretty much fine). Turns out the angle of the engine->guibo was a little too severe. Down to compression of the new OEM rubber mounts I suspect. Shimmed the transmission mounts slightly, worked a treat.

Shimmed the engine mounts slightly too as the sump was resting on the steering rack. Better again. Just been driving it around a bit. Awesome thing - so much torque immediately on hand.

Diff might be a tiny bit short, but not as bad as I thought it would be. It is pretty fond of the one wheel peel though with an open diff.

Gratuitous engine bay photo:

Still to do:

• Windscreen washers
• Some electrical stuff
• Thermostat controlled electric fan
• Cert (& driveshaft loops)
• New sporty muffler
• Battery relocation

White is such the best e36 colour. So few m-sport coupes in white.

E28. It's a 3.07 large case.

Nice lazy ratio. Ended up with a 3.73 med case in the e30, will be interesting to compare.

what is the LSD from?

Exhaust modified to avoid steering linkage.

Swapped in a 3.73 med case rear end & axles. Poly diff bush. New subframe bushings.

First test drive:

• Brakes are great w/ new booster - a bit firmer but lovely
• Clutch feels awesome
• Goes like a banshee
• One or two issues, primarily mysterious driveline vibration. Has to be driveshaft related based on a bit of trial and error.

ZF 5 speed & medium case variety.

Cheers.

Looks awesome Mateja, watching with interest.

That diff looks great.

Awesome. This thing will be rad.

Looking awesome

Shifter linkage sorted, shifts all good. Just used the factory cradle and linkage from the 2.5 g260.

Tidied up some wiring

Shot of the engine mounts

Wiring all done, first start over the weekend with no majors.

Throttle cable sorted using the e34 piece,

Repaired my fuse box lid. Haha.

or try e28 e24 m30 manifolds?

Internet says they'd be even more of a mission - but we both know how many grains of salt to take that kind of information with.

I'm planning on reusing the e34 downpipes, so I think my best course of action will be to slightly extend the tubular section of the front header (maybe by about an inch), and correspondingly shorten the downpipe by the same amount.

Sure i'll be in touch soon to see if we can find a front half of a driveshaft thats the right length out of the box, plus a washer bottle that i can wrangle in somewhere

Engine moved to my home garage, and fully re-assembled.

Using the m30 in the 7 series as reference

Made up some custom hoses out out of a mix of m20 and m30 factory hoses.

Lots of cleaning of parts

Just barely

More to come

Picked up the head after a rebuild from Doug's Engineering. Cam rebuilt and reground by Franklin Cams.

Cleaned out the head-bolt-holes on the block, ground down an old head bolt to act as a thread chaser.

New HG on, all torqued down, no majors

Moved back home haha

When it's all ready come for a drive

Sounds good! Keep us updated with your progress

Great to see this getting thrashed about. Gone to a good home :')

As per title. Let me know if anyone has anything! Also after a clutch & PP.

Cheers.

Just had my m30 head rebuilt for the e30 swap. This included a cam rebuild and regrind, done by Franklin Cams. Head rebuild done by Doug from Dougs Engineering in Puke (this is who franklin recommended to me). Recommend both unreservedly.

Came to around $900 total, including parts. Replaced around half the rockers.

I did all the monkey work getting out of the car myself.