Rampant Phase III

[bravo 35]

Build diary for my motor swap from m20b25 to m20b25 + Toyota SC14 supercharger pushing about 0.4bar on chipped motronic ecu.

Should be a barrel of laughs when finished.

Day 1, Beer 1:

Boat is finally out of the shed. Spent all of yesterday tiding it up and prepping for today. So here she is ready for dismantling:

One bolt down, time for a beer...

Day 1, Beer 2:

So a few more bolts... Exterior panels removed.

Day 1, Beer 3:

Cooling system and a few other bits out.

Day 1, Beer 4:

Exhaust and driveshaft disconnected.

Day 1, Beer 6, 7 & 8:

Loom out, computer swapped over, powersteering drained, ancillaries removed, everything ready for motor removal tomorrow except for air con.

So that's it for today.

Current beer count: 8

I'm taking bets on how many beers till completion. There may be a prize for whoever is closest.

Tomorrow morning a friend is removing the refrigerant from the aircon (so as not to make more holes in the ozone) and then tomorrow night I'll pull the old donk out.

Stay tuned.

Beerometer Bids Placed:

(Includes bids from mirror thread in another forum I go to...)

iliad 35

RJS 63 + 2 bottles of Jager

KT (Spanner Girl) 64

Big Daddy 65

E30ONP 70

Sam (Ari Gold) 70

Alex (Quicksilver) 70+

Nick021 72

Apex 72.5

Creaver 74

SIR e30 75

antony 80

Boost Junky 83

Kirby 85

Ollie 85

Bram 88

Martyn (Penry) 89

_BRS_ 92

Jamez 94.6 + antifreeze

The Godfather (Andrew) 103

Chris (ED1RTY) 108

tastic 120

Rag top 211

Edited March 20, 2009 by bravo

[Guest Simon*]

Nice documenting G

After 8 beers I might have been tempted to go "why don't I just pull this f**ker out myself right now then go to the pub!"

Looking forward to updates

[Andrew 30]

optimal beer to work ratio - I like it.

Badass swap.

[nastnas 9]

nice beemer mate.... styling is wicked!

[bravo 35]

After 8 beers I might have been tempted to go "why don't I just pull this f**ker out myself right now then go to the pub!"

Oh, you don't know how close I was to - f**k the ozone, GET IT OUT! But my "engine hoist" was up the road pulling logs out.

[lbirgel 0]

i hope to see your car for real some time!! looks sick and will be one of a kind once your done with the swap!!

[ED1RTY 2]

Badass.

Do a skid

[Guest Ari Gold]

It's common knowledge that for any E30 project, no matter where on the car, the grills have to come off.

[antony 0]

Quietly awaiting mandatory dragon pic.

4 door mtech ll diamondschwartz is so classy.

E: Beer count = 80.

Edited March 8, 2009 by antony

[bimmer boy 21]

It's common knowledge that for any E30 project, no matter where on the car, the grills have to come off.

True story.

Sweet swap G. Looking forward till the next installment..

[Sammy J 1]

Awesome, will be a mean car when its all done.

[*Glenn* 854]

Another great project on the way

I reckon the beer count will be in excess of 100 bottles by the time it's all finished

[Gus 5]

pic + video of when it's done, im liking it. good to see projects again!! waahyeeey!

[tire 10]

Wicked, subscribed. Betting 120 beers

[Creaver 55]

Awesome project! Will be reading with interest!

I bet 172 beers.

[e30plz 1]

Build diary for my motor swap from m20b25 to m50b25 + Toyota SC14 supercharger pushing about 0.4bar on chipped motronic ecu.

Dont you mean M20B25? Lol.

[Creaver 55]

Dont you mean M20B25? Lol.

If this is the case, I wish to reduce my beer count!

[martyyn 2]

Brilliant stuff Graham.

Im going for 89 bevvies. I reckon by the time you get it all on you'll be so desperate to get it driving that you'll give up on the beet altogether.

[E30 325i Rag-Top 2963]

A good ambitious project, and a great base car, good luck!

My experience would suggest a couple of niggly little problems that frustrate the hell out of you for a while which will push up the beer count, there fore my entry in the sweep is 211 beers.

[SIR E30 68]

Im guessing well in excess of 200 beers..

[Apex 693]

Should have it in within a week, im saying less than two 24 boxes. 34 beers.

[*Glenn* 854]

Should have it in within a week, im saying less than two 24 boxes. 34 beers.

Not if its a M50B25... Graham... in the hole maybe... but not driveable

Edited March 8, 2009 by *Glenn*

[bravo 35]

Dont you mean M20B25? Lol.

f**k. edited.

Sorry guys. You were all getting excited weren't you?

Re calculate your beer counts. Graham is still low as I plan on doing a fair bit of maintenance, plus there is an intercooler to plumb and an oil cooler to figure out.

Martyn - no chance. The guys that know me will back me up.

Edited March 8, 2009 by bravo

[Apex 693]

I thought we all knew you were swapping to a S/Cm20..

Hard to gauge, im working it of 8 a day and guessing some days you will work dry.. will change it two 72 and a half beers, you’re bound to knock at least one over. Oh, and are we counting the beers other people will come and drink whilst talking projected figures and pipedream’s with you?

[bravo 35]

Yeah, I wondered why everyone was jumping up and down about a m20 swap??? Will still be fairly awesome though. Goal is 200+rwhp. Will be 180rwhp after the swap, but there will be kinks to iron out after I've driven it for awhile, and I hope to pull it up over 200 eventually.

No. Only beer consumed whilst working plus the obligatory end of the day one admiring one's own handiwork.