E30 Zone

im just wondering what engine conversions people have done on their e30's and what is the most popular or unique.i dont mean future plans or dreamers ,but what you have had fitted and are running around in or in the process of building now?

just changed my 316i touring engine for a 2.5. still waiting to speak to the original owner of the donor car to find out what mods he had done to it. i know its not standard.

3.0ltr S50 (E36 M3) into my 325i Sport.

Would be up and running now if it wasnt for my misfortune with the exhaust manifolds

Have had it running for a short time without the manifolds fitted, was bloody loud, but atleast it works.

Does my twin turbo and throttle bodies count as a conversion?

yep,id count that mate

Turbo-Brown wrote:Does my twin turbo and throttle bodies count as a conversion?

Unless theres some rare model hidden away that BMW never released Id say thats a conversion and I think it covers the unique bit of Fuzzys post as well

M50 very nearly done

Well I'm not as adventurous as Alex but I do have a resonable single on now and there isn't much of the original engine left, so I'd hope mine would be considered?

And on that same line there's Ants turbo, Lennies SC, Johns turbo, Deans turbo, a few m30/m50/m52's and of course the 350i!!

It seems there are many conversions around now, I remember back to when GUG and Ian's evo engined e30 were as modified as e30's got!!

Amen brother Fozz

few more heroes on the brew too,

Another one reporting in for the conversion massive

S50B32 (M3 Evo engine) into E30 325i Sport.

Cheers,

Ian.

S50B32 (M3 Evo engine) into E30 325i Sport.

Exhaust manifolds and system to do and im away !

M30

S50B32 (M3 Evo engine) into E30 325i Touring.

In Progress !

Am I the first to do this to a touring?

My mate in the USA is puttin a LS1 into his e21 it was in his e12 but his kid totaled it.

There is a guy in oz with a lexus alloy quad cam v8 in his e21.

And i am dropping a 2.0 m10/s14 hybrd into my e21 race/track car.

Jason

M30

bigpimpin wrote:S50B32 (M3 Evo engine) into E30 325i Touring.

Am I the first to do this to a touring?

Have a look on e30.de - if theres one already done, it will be on there.

Ive seen a one or two tourings on there with the S38 engine, but not sure about the S50.

EDIT - Thinking about it, I do remember a silver touring on there with the 3.0ltr S50, but not a 3.2 Evo.

E30 turbo, E30 M30 powered, E30 325i engine work, now planning on doing a v12 with the help of a fella from the zone no names involved.

where abouts in Norfolk are you dude?

E30BeemerLad wrote:where abouts in Norfolk are you dude?

Is that your sport in Bunwell garage?

JoeP wrote:

E30BeemerLad wrote:where abouts in Norfolk are you dude?

Is that your sport in Bunwell garage?

who me Joe?

not mine, it's still here in York

I'm moving back to my gaff in Banham soon hopefully

just a couple of little one's for me
S62 into a 320 shitter
M70 into e30 hearse
when i get time to put the S62 into the M3 shell, i may go for force-feeding
'cos all the turbo talk going on here, is giving me dirty thoughts, and i fancy another challenge after dips car is finished

glenn wrote:when i get time to put the S62 into the M3 shell, i may go for force-feeding

Glenn, you nutter

theres a lot of quality there for sure....is this your day job glenn or do you do these conversions in your free time?

is this your day job glenn or do you do these conversions in your free time?

no mate,
i drive trucks for a living, 'still a million bucks shy of being a millionaire'
'free time', whats that?!

glenn wrote:just a couple of little one's for me
S62 into a 320 shitter
M70 into e30 hearse
when i get time to put the S62 into the M3 shell, i may go for force-feeding
'cos all the turbo talk going on here, is giving me dirty thoughts, and i fancy another challenge after dips car is finished

i can give you all the challenge jobs/ideas in the world just got to back it with the money lol
hopefully you will think about the other project car as well

glenn wrote: S62 into a 320 shitter
M70 into e30 hearse

good choice of phrasing

are you still going to be coming up this way sometime Glenn?

Toby_Unna wrote:

glenn wrote: S62 into a 320 shitter
M70 into e30 hearse

good choice of phrasing

are you still going to be coming up this way sometime Glenn?

yes mate, for sure!,
i want to be the first in the 335t!,
just give me a shout when you've got it sorted

hopefully you will think about the other project car as well

yes dips,
cant wait to start the next one!
when i deliver the v12 back to you, i'll bring the 'car' and all the parts back down with me!

I've got a 2.7 conversion, it's been in exactly 1 year this weekend and has been in daily use as well as a good booting around the Nurburgring

Cheers,

Iain T

laying last hands on 2.7 conversion. should be finished by wednesday.

i'll post some pics when she's running again.

engine swap was planned for next month but my 2.0 died on me three weeks ago while doing 140 km/h on the freeway... .

i myself so far installed megasquirt 2 into my e30 325i, and now working on turbo setup. however here in NZ it's quite popular to put nissan SR20DET's and turbo rotaries into E30's....

M52B28 into a 320i

Andy

S50B30 into a cabrio, a 325is also Mtech II coupe, all with diffrent combination brake assist systems,.

M40 into another M40 car,
M42 into a M40 car,
2.0 into a 325i
3.5 in the works into a E30
assisted in a 2.5 into a 320i cabrio.