I know some of you won’t approve but I'm going to post up some of my progress anyway.
I got a customer two weeks ago with some interesting ideas for a fun weekend and drift car.
Here’s what he turned up with.
A nice clean Capri shell with very little rust and a recent respray.
It came fitted with this.
It’s a M52b20 from a e39. It’s not ideal but it did provide a good base to work from.
I spent a while figuring out what to do with this. I came to the obvious conclusion that a b25 is a better proposition.
The main reasons for this were power, interchangeability and a simpler ews system.
The e39 uses ews 3 and it’s a bit more complicated than the ews 2 we all know and love.
The e39 also doesn't have an x20 plug (the big round one that we usually cut off) like we're used to. Because I envision this engine will have a hard life I wanted to make it as simple a job as possible to swap engines. That meant a different engine loom.
This one's from an e36 325i Auto.
I stuck it on the m52 with a m50 Manifold to check it for fit.
This is where the magic happens, it’s not much but I've been building unusual conversions and race cars in here since age 12.
And this is my shunter, I don't use it to shunt things in spite of its looks. I just use it to tow cars up the gentle slope leading out of the garage when I want to turn them around.
Tune in next time when we put a bit more of an e30 spin on this blue oval.
Sean
Oh ya let the flaming begin
