BMW e30 - shaved bay m50 turbo - super hella stance - UK build

[Hellalime]

Hell yea man, I'm subbing for the turbo M50

[iamsilverfox]

small update.

Because its pre 94, its fitted with a '413 red lable' ecu, so no imob. Thought it would be a laugh to try and start it before i pulled the engine out. Do a burnout or something equally as anti social to annoy the neighnours. Keep in mind its not started since 1999...



DrIlled into the tailgate to get the boot open and stuck another battery in it, fetch the ignition switch out and turned it with a screwdirver and hey prEsto, ignition!




TurNs out the mileage is tiny, 53199. Motor will be getting rebuilt anyway. No crank however. released its got a real rubbish aftermarket sigma immobiliser on it. Started ripping it out, and got the heap to turn over. Sounded okay, but cant get the fuel pump to prIme so couldn’t start it.Its showing a 1/4 of a tank of fuel, hope its not water ha. Tomorrow i'll spend a little longer on it, see if i can work out how the immobiliser is killing the fuel.

[SnazzyQ]

lol this thing last ran when I was born

Also subbed for e30 madness.

[anti.engineered]

in for this. well mainly in for when you cut the front end off with a grinder to pull the engine, aha.

[Mehowski]

so cool knowing this will one of the best cars in the game next season lol

[12vsex]

Subscribed for sure , love your old cars . cannot wait to see what you do !

[iamsilverfox]

lol this thing last ran when I was born

before i was born! ha

in for this. well mainly in for when you cut the front end off with a grinder to pull the engine, aha.

see i was going to drag it out the top but you know, that isn’t a terrIble idea

so cool knowing this will one of the best cars in the game next season lol

i doubt that very much dude, but thanks for the kind words

Subscribed for sure , love your old cars . cannot wait to see what you do !

thanks bro!

In an attempt to get it started i’ve been doing a little troubleshooting. TurNs out the fuel pump is dead. Pulled out the back seat (past all the brOken glass and varIous other shit) and tried putting a voltage to it - nothing. Pulled it out and its pretty shagged. All the petrol has turned to jelly too.



Ah well, doesn’t matter really just thought it would be fun to here it running its its original body one last time. Will be pulling the engine with Thooooom this saturday

[iamsilverfox]

Engines out! Bit of a pig compared to the e30. Because its been stood for so long everything was very seized. Decided to cut the front end off and drag it out with the engine crane. Couldn’t get the downpipes off, so they came out too.



There was so much moss and shit on the plenum chamber. All went up the hoover.



Garage is such a mess. Will be very glad when the shell goes.





Don’t laugh at my headtorch!





Left to rest for the night.


M20 engine sold and was collected last night too so thats good. Need to get rId of the e36 shell then the e30 can come into the garage and the smoothing can begin.**

[rodubber]

Subscribed. I can't wait for the m50 to meet the turbo and e30 body.
PS: poor e36

[Thooooom]

I have the coolest friends

[iamsilverfox]

Subscribed. I can't wait for the m50 to meet the turbo and e30 body.
PS: poor e36

Me neither.

I have the coolest friends

[iamsilverfox]

another update. moved some stuff around so the e30 can go in the garage. didn’t want the e36 looking a state on the drive so got that covered up nicely. removed the terrible aplina spoiler from the boot and its got some nasty holes going on. will try and find something to replace it with.













ALL of the room





also knocked up a bit of a to do list and a rough order of things to do.



it reads

1. get parts for 5 stud conversion
2. parts for crOssmember refurb including z3 rack and steering column fabrication
3. coilovers and 5 stud wheels
4. smooth bay.
5. marry engine and box temporally with engine arms
6. worK out mounts & position, year levees and box cross member
7. send car away with engine in for manifold to be made
8. spends loads of money on vems and sort loom adaptor, tuck loom
9. rebuilding engine
10. refit engine and start and fix problems/leaks etc
11. remorage house to pay for everything.
12. remove engine for paint.
13. engine back in carefully
14. take car for mot and tuning
15. apply wheels and stance
16. mcdonalds breakfast on the way to ultimate dubzzzzz 2015
17, lots of skidding
18. no crashing!

[iamsilverfox]

little update. started hacking stuff up. well, thom did ha. we have no idea what we're doing.







working out what works and what doesn’t, how not to cut completely through the inner arch ha

[iamsilverfox]

small update, e36 is going back to its home in the scrapyard tomorrow morning. spent this evening shaving more stuff in the bay, few more brackets and the battery tray. Pleasantly surprised at the lack of rust on this car. Makes me think its all hiding in one place waiting for me to find.



Killed the cheap halfords grinder doing it however. Swapped to my dads makita one (which apparently is 26 years old) and a 1mm cutting disc instead of 3mm and it went through the steel like butter. Swapped to a flap wheel to start tidying up and removing the seam sealer everywhere. Must say with all the dust flying around the majorIty of it ended up my nose Would suck to work in a body shop!

[Hellalime]

Keep this going man, can't wait until its finished, makes my e30 look like a piece of shit with it's stock b25