IntroDoucin tha 71' Bavaria

This is epic.

and i'm soooo jealous of roadtrips you guys have opportunities to go to. My country is freaking small and there's pretty much no way that the roadtrip could last for more than 5hours. lol.

[K.rischan]

I was wondering if you still have your friends after that trip

[Brian Fantana]

holy CRAP! what an epic drive home...

love the interior of the Bavaria though, its solid

[dfreshx00]

awesome story. coming along awesome as well. that interior is so minty!

[s52e368]

looking really nice... y not go with a tii brake booster and ditch the basketball?
that interior is tits.

[ollycarbs]

what a wonderful job!!!!
really like this kind of swap!

[CSBolger]

Oh man, that just made me so excited for Bimmerfest. I can't wait to see it there!

[Rickysbmw320i]

I'm trying to. We will see!

[BreakMyWallet]

nice. youre trying to bring it to bimerfest?

[Rickysbmw320i]

Alrighty folks, I have had alot on my plate lately so it's been hard to post up pics and update.

So, In order for this engine to fit properly, I had to use the oil pan from the old engine so it clears the subframe. That also means you need to change the the oil sump pickup. And of course there are small differences. So I ended up taking the old oil sump neck, bolted it to the new engine's oil pump and bolted on the old pan. Also replaced the rear main seal.






As for the clutch, I used the one I recently bought from the 5-speed swap. The new engine has a 30lb dual mass flywheel. Threw that out and used my 14 pounder. Can't wait to feel that!

After It was prepped, We started to put this beast in. Note it was 10pm on a Monday night.





So after 12:00 no luck....
We were so tired and it just didn't want to go in. I slept on it and started working on it by myself the next afternoon. later that day my roommate rolled through and lent me a hand. We had a bad angle on the tranny the whole time and thats why it wouldn't budge. So, We jacked it up a bit and the tranny clicked to the engine. Sounded like Lego's snapping together. Finally the engine was in and I could finally return that hoist that was costing me $40 a damn day.






And of coarse the booster would not fit with the manifold so I had to figure that out to. Either I could cut the booster more or find an epicly rare and expensive booster from a 2002tii. I ended up finding one at the shop and started to figure out what I had to do in order for that to fit. I had to shorted the shaft going to the brake pedal and use some random hardware but its finally all in. And look at that, it fits!



Old booster


New Booster


Did some wiring and bolted on the headers. I also managed to get my hands on a barely used radiator from a 79 5 series. Fits perfect! And looks sex with the electric fan in front of it.


lots of room!






Also Ripped out the A/C system and started mocking up a new custom center console.





Last but not least, started working on the Fuel injection pumps. grabbed a low pressure sender from a 82 320i and a high pressure pump from a '86 5 series (like mike's 5er).




that's all for now. I eventually will take everything apart again and paint and clean BUT.... I have to try to get this running before the 22nd of this month. I am trying to drive it to L.A. for a huge BMW show. We will see

-Rick

[shawnthemonster]

this is a great thread.......

[Rickysbmw320i]

I know, That is the scariest part

some random pics...

The Refinished MOMO steering wheel



The Manifold I had cut and rewelded. Except they really messed up. You can see the lines I made for them to cut and they failed. Have to get that redone.




And the Bavaria keeps warm sitting next to my buddy's Turbo 02



cheers

[loneStar22]

be careful putting a motor in that shiny new engine bayyy

[Rickysbmw320i]

I hope to be putting in the engine by the 15th of April. Sooo long from now but still have alot to do before hand.

[HarryCWB]

Could've made a film of that, haha.
Awesome car, keep up the good work!