I just put myself in debt, all for a 16 year old car.....

Post Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:20 pm

Borrowed a tidy sum from mum and won the bidding on a rather nice engine to swap into my car...Z3 Roadster 3.2

Mmmmmmm..

There'll be tears before any smiles though!!!

It's gonna be soooooooooooo scary to drive.

Can't wait.

Gonna have to put off the conversion till I can afford al the other bits I need (not many hopefully).

Just thought I'd share!

Jai

Post Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:36 pm

The start of a nice project !

S52 or S54 ?

Post Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:37 pm

do you mean the M3 lump or the 3.0 one? Sweet which ever though

Post Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:55 pm

Nice one. That should be a nice project to keep you busy.

Post Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:08 pm

Its from a Z roadster.. so a 3.2 five speed.

I'm getting quite excited now.. Not about the money I'm going to have to spend.

Planning to get as many parts from the Z3 as possible to save money etc..

Gonna get the engine, gearbox, prop, diff, engine ancilliaries, engine loom, ecu, piping and pluming, keys+immobiliser(plus little bit the loom to the immobiliser) and anything else I can get at reasonable cost.

Anyone think of anything else?

It's gotta be better/cheaper to get as much of it as possible at once.

Jai

Post Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:16 pm

yeah mate, but the M Zed's came with the later E46 M3 lump as well the in very last ones.

Or is it an earlier E36 3.2 evo lump?!

U will be pleased i'm sure either way

Post Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:24 pm

Nice one!
I can't wait to get mine fired up, looks mean as hell sitting in the E30 engine bay!

Just finished another spanner session on it.

Post Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:11 am

It's from a 97 so I guess is an earlier evo 3.2 lump..

Oh well!

Are these the 327 brake, 258 lb/ft engines?

Anyone think of any ohter bits I haven't thought of?

Jai

Post Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:14 am

Can you utilise any suspension parts from it to make the E30 a 5 stud while you're at it...?

Post Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:19 am

good lad! that'll be one hell of a project. btw just looked at it on ebay and its def not an s54.

Post Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:43 am

Nice choice !

Post Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:58 am

Nice. I was chatting with my mate (PBMW Front Cover twice, last one was December & Current RedLine Front Cover car / UBER SUPERCHARGED 5 SERIES) and he was telling me about a blue printed Z3 engine with supercharger that can be adapted for the E30 he was working on. I was well excited, but the price was well out of my price range, so i respect any man who would take on a similar thing

Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:54 am

So I've got it home.. Man it's battered. Got the whole car. Will post pictures when I sus out how and where etc.. (same old story - lazy forum user

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Lots of people are after the rear beam/swingarms but they are battered unfortunately.

Can't wait to start.. Can everyone send me their info if they have any? BigPimpin : Do you have any advice/reccomendations for me?

Thanks for all the input.. Keep it coming!

Jai

Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:57 pm

Can I have dibs on the steering rack please????

Post Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:09 am

Was thinking about using it myself...

Is it the same ratio as the quick 1.9 Z3 rack? (I know it reduces lock to lock travel).

Jai

Post Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:13 am

Not 100% sure but I would think so, I will give you Ãƒ”šÃ‚£130 for itÃƒ”šÃ¢â‚¬¦

Post Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:06 am

I'll bear it in mind mate, give you first refusal but I'll probably use it...

Jai

Post Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:26 pm

jaistanley wrote:
Can't wait to start.. Can everyone send me their info if they have any? BigPimpin : Do you have any advice/reccomendations for me?

errrr, I'm muddling though the conversion so I'm not the best person to ask!

I've had lots of very friendly and very helpful advice from JMC330i, Ian332i and Buster.

Good luck, the more Straight Six M3 E30's the better!!

Post Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:25 am

Sounds like a good project, should go like a rocket