SR30 conversion.....

[danthee30man]

so here goes with a new project in the making

with buying a new shell from magpie which i am collecting monday

so i bought this a few months ago




i paid £700 for a s14a with running issues, turned out to be bottom ends slight rattle, cams knackered, oil spray bars blocked...

so with a company well recommended MnM engineering, they took the shell in part exchange for a rebuild... so they took the engine out done all bearings, new cams, cleaned out the spray bars, lifters and sent it back to me....

they sold me a loom all ready to just splice into my loom with just a permanent live and switch live, and a few other wires i will have to do, no nats ! which is a result...

so as they stripped it with the parts i needed i started to clean cleaned a few parts, but more to come. so here is the very start of what i have done so far....



will update on monday !

[Cook318IS]

I really must stop looking at jap turbo e30s Whats the plan for the car - fast road car or purely aimed for the track?

[danthee30man]

nope i am aiming for fast road, i used my old e30 for sliding and it was rotten when i started with it, so now i aim to make it nice simple and fast...

already i have eibach front and rear adjustable arb's, 2 really nice rally design bucket seats, sparco harnesses...

For the rear suspension gaz adjustable shocks as there really good for value and are top quality, rear springs not sure on make as of yet. front i will try and get coilovers by gaz as they seem fair priced for what they are..

i will need an uprated fuel pump, or the original s14 pump modified to go in the tank not sure as of what to do yet..

will have an ultimate sleeper style but no stupid modifications as im not about that, i love simple looking styled cars, so lets see what happens .....

[Cook318IS]

There are a few other sr e30's on here and other high power e30s that I'm sure you can see what they've done with the fuel pump. An uprated one will definitely be needed though!

Definitely looking forwards to it anyway

[danthee30man]

well i have seen somebody modify the intake pump with the s14 one so it will run fine on that.

or there is the walbro pump you can buy

[Darrenr]

Good luck it seem to be gettin more popular for sr20 e30's


Slide motorsport are just finishing a sr e30 now, im sure they are going to be selling conversion kits too

[e30max]

Yep that would be mine, just doing the finishing touches. will get a thread up soon. The conversion kits are up forsale.

Good luck with your conversion.

[danthee30man]

ye i phoned them just to see and they said 2-3k as i already had my loom done and some other bits done so i thought it was quite pricey !

but still its such an easy conversion in my eyes thats what made me do it, apart from the price of the engine its not dear to do at all ! well tomorrow will be shell time, then tuesday mocking up the engine mounts and bits so i cannot wait......

[redcar]

Hi mate, what are you doing about the whole brake servo/mc issue?

[danthee30man]

well from all the setups i have seen, its either to put in a heat shield or to move it closer to the turret.. i have seen quite a few that have done nothing ! not move or put a heat shield in !

so for the moment till i see how close it really is then i will go from there with it.

[BATTS91]

I'd use a clio servo personally they work well and so I've seen give enough room

[danthee30man]

well after a few weeks of hunting and madness i found the perfect car ready for the sr30 conversion and here she is

a non sunroof e30 316 70,000 miles and original paint....





next up is to mock the engine in my red e30 and then put it into my new white one !

next update once engine is cleaned and ready !!

[danthee30man]

[toby]

Good luck with this. I love these type of conversions.

[crossie]

thats one tidy chromie!

where did you find it?

[kingludba]

Epic build right here!! Love the chromie

[danthee30man]

crossie, i found this on carandclassic

and thanks kingludba im going keep it that way too !

[danthee30man]

right after advertising the engine and the car not much interested so im going to fire away and do this within the next week or 2...

so i have a few questions i need to find answers for...

i need to find what legs to use.. 2.5 or the original 1.6 ?

does the 1.6 d reg chromie use a internal fuel pump or external ?

thats all for now so any help on them will be great thanks ;)

[toby]

Use the 2.5 legs as they house the better, thicker dampers.

The 316 carb uses a mechanical fuel pump on the engine if I remember correctly.

[danthee30man]

yes i found that the pump is internal, so going to use a external pump, i know the 2.5 legs are better but was not sure how to go about it being a 4 pot and light as the 2.5 is heavy, but realised the 1.8is have the bigger struts ! lol

[danthee30man]

so here are some updates of cleaning out the boot and to find
















so this week there will be alot to come ! this is all starting from tomorrow !

[danthee30man]

[danthee30man]

[redcar]

Coming along nicely

[E30BeemerLad]

Bloody hell, that's a decent shell you got there!

[crossie]

hows it all going?

[danthee30man]

Sorry this is all completed and drives superb ! Love the conversions and would highly recommend !!

[danthee30man]

[lyricalnut02]