I've got a track prepared M3 that has been in a couple of accidents and poorly repaired at some point in it's life. Now that it is finally with someone that knows what they are doing they have found biblical rust in the inner sills and both inner wings are going to need replaced before the car can even be jigged.
This is going to cost a fair fortune, so I was wondering has anyone put the s14 lump into an is? M3 shells are pretty scarce at the moment and i was wondering about putting all of the running gear in (including my coil-overs etc.) to the standard shell, if nothing else, at least it would be a sleeper. I wouldn't mind about converting it to lhd either.
Thanks for any advice.
S14 into 318is
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E30Mark
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Demlotcrew has a 318iS with a S14 in it!
The mechanics from the M3 will drop in the 318iS no problem.
The mechanics from the M3 will drop in the 318iS no problem.
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ShepsEvo3
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The only problem is the Exhaust Manifold! Unfortunately, that and the steering couplin like to accomodate the same area!
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Also, Live mapping of your Standard Motronic ECU for optimising all your modifications.
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Also, Live mapping of your Standard Motronic ECU for optimising all your modifications.
www.sabre-tuning.co.uk
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ciaranthemurph
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Could I get around this LHD'ing it using my M3 bits and bobs?ShepsEvo3 wrote:The only problem is the Exhaust Manifold! Unfortunately, that and the steering couplin like to accomodate the same area!
I've seen that car and it looks like a very well executed conversion. There is obviously a way around the steering column with the exhaust.E30Mark wrote:Demlotcrew has a 318iS with a S14 in it!
The mechanics from the M3 will drop in the 318iS no problem.
Hi
I had a rhd Birds manifold for a conversion I never done basicly, it appeared to to a standard manifold with the 2 down pipes seperated to pass the steerign column through.
Jason
PS though about selling the whole car.
I had a rhd Birds manifold for a conversion I never done basicly, it appeared to to a standard manifold with the 2 down pipes seperated to pass the steerign column through.
Jason
PS though about selling the whole car.
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ciaranthemurph
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Alright, I might have to get some photos of that to see how it looks, although I'll really have to get a 318 first to get the ball rolling.e21Jason wrote:Hi
I had a rhd Birds manifold for a conversion I never done basicly, it appeared to to a standard manifold with the 2 down pipes seperated to pass the steerign column through.
Jason
PS though about selling the whole car.
I'm not really wanting to sell the car to be honest, I'd rather just store the shell until I'm able to afford to do it correctly and then basically have a perfect rust free non-sunroof shell to start with at a later date.
I would get a nice custom manifold made up by a respected exhaust fabricator, which allows you to use a faster E36/E46/Z3 rack - the Birds RHD manifold probably wont have sufficient clearance to use anything other than the crappy standard E30 rack which is a downgrade from the E30 M3 item.
That is now sold.Bob_S wrote:no it's not Uwe, he did/does have a 320is shellUweM3 wrote:I might be wrong but is Demlots car not a 320iS??? (that comes with an S14 from BMW)
His black car is indeed a 318iS with a 2.3 S14 and uses a Bird's RHD S14 mainfold.
His car is awesome, i want it!
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So do I, the only other car on the zone I really desire.bss325i wrote:That is now sold.Bob_S wrote:no it's not Uwe, he did/does have a 320is shellUweM3 wrote:I might be wrong but is Demlots car not a 320iS??? (that comes with an S14 from BMW)
His black car is indeed a 318iS with a 2.3 S14 and uses a Bird's RHD S14 mainfold.
His car is awesome, i want it!
325i Tech 1 Touring, breaking.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
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Shame all e30's arn't so sympathetically modified and repaired.Jhonno wrote:It is fantastic.. Plus done sooo properly!!
I really do want.
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2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
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Very true!march109 wrote:Shame all e30's arn't so sympathetically modified and repaired.Jhonno wrote:It is fantastic.. Plus done sooo properly!!
I really do want.
If mine comes out 1/2 as good I'll be happy!
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ciaranthemurph
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I have finally found a thread with some photos of this car, very nice, plenty of inspiration. Now I've got to get a 318is!
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Check out some of his other threads!? reduilt the engine a while ago, christ that car is looked after better than I look after my testies.ciaranthemurph wrote:I have finally found a thread with some photos of this car, very nice, plenty of inspiration. Now I've got to get a 318is!
325i Tech 1 Touring, breaking.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
Oakey had a 318is shell for sale. http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... sc&start=0
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ciaranthemurph
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Yeah I saw this, I'm in a shipyard in Norway at the moment and will have to wait until I get back from work to have a look at any potential cars. The shopping list is growing by the day!toby wrote:Oakey had a 318is shell for sale. http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... sc&start=0