Five- oh swap into an e30.

[FunfGang]

Took the Honda out for a spin this morning to keep it running. Was quite nice driving before sunrise and listening to some fantastic music! Broke in my gloves more too.







This is what happened to the scraps from the windshield banner, haha.















Finally got back to my main girl, had to park her across the street due to room issues.








Then went for a drive, did some sliding and took way too many pictures. Just getting used to this camera.















Real updates this weekend!

[02wrx801]

How do you like your grip royal wheel? Thinking about getting a painted one here soon..

[zr71]

Good to see you're enjoying her!
I want to see a flaming exhaust sideways pic... can you make it happen?

[loekaaz]

^^This... Do it, and I will make it my screensaver!

[FunfGang]

How do you like your grip royal wheel? Thinking about getting a painted one here soon..

Love it! Highly recommend one

Good to see you're enjoying her!
I want to see a flaming exhaust sideways pic... can you make it happen?

I can certainly try A bit hard to see the exhaust though, but hey, might was well try, no?

^^This... Do it, and I will make it my screensaver!

Give me a few days

[Pierate]

So I think your car is cool as hell, I'd love to do a V8 swap if I end up with another E30.

I haven't read through all of the thread, but how difficult and costly would you say the swap is/was?

Cool stuff.

[FunfGang]

So I think your car is cool as hell, I'd love to do a V8 swap if I end up with another E30.

I haven't read through all of the thread, but how difficult and costly would you say the swap is/was?

Cool stuff.

Thanks man! Definitely should.


It should cost about $2-3k if you do it correctly, order all the e30v8.com swap pieces, stock engine and all that.

Really not a super difficult swap, imo, as long as you make sure to have all the pieces before you start, that was one of my main issues. There's really nothing terribly hard about it, as long as you understand how to run lines, clearance things, do clutch lines and such. Unless you want to make your own mounts and such like I did, no need to really know how to fabricate things.


Obviously it's more difficult than say, an m50 swap, but those are pretty much plug and play haha.

[Pierate]

Seems like a rather doable swap even for someone like me, thanks for the info.

Looking forward to seeing more of your car.

[Nick475]

Looks good Stuart!

[FunfGang]

Seems like a rather doable swap even for someone like me, thanks for the info.

Looking forward to seeing more of your car.

Thanks man, if you do through with the swap or need any more info, feel free to send me a pm. Always glad to help people get into this swap.

Looks good Stuart!

Thanks Nick! You'll have to drop by again so I can take you for a ride.







Taking out my rear adjusters, installing a horn as well as a lot of other stuff today.


These showed up today also, SO happy to finally have these. The preload on my sway bar with the current, oem links is terrible. Besides that, they're just plain ruined.

[Rob&co]

looking good!

[FunfGang]

looking good!

Thanks Rob!

[M.Doban]

I hate you, Stewart. You're so fat.

But your car is cool. Carry on.

[FunfGang]

Changed out my ruined sway bar links.










Whoops.









Installed.










Then my friend cleaned my wheels for me... Dirty next to cleaned










Aaaaaaaaaand now there's snow, so no driving for me. got my exhaust extension on though!

[FunfGang]

Some random stuff.


Got some of the interior cleaned up, just a few more bits I'm waiting on till it's finished(apart from cage, new seats and harnesses).








Got Gretta pretty dirty.









Decided to repaint part of my bay, since I always use it for parts storage while working on the car.


Before:






After:







Threw an old bike grip on my ebrake handle. I don't know why, but it's so much nicer! Feels much better than stock, and especially just the bare handle.








This is why I need a new throttle pedal. If anybody can direct me to any universal floor mount pedals, that would be fantastic! Not really a safety issue, just a little annoying.








I actually decided to wash, wax and detail her. My work on the wheels was ruined 40 miles later thanks to my carbon race pads, but what can you do?