change of plan!!!! ,

[daymo69er]

right lads sorry to be a pain!! and asking all these questions!! but i have gone out and bought a 328i e36! donor car....so im going to be putting this engine into my e30! ,


im giving it to a garage to fit they quoted me around 500 to fit! , is there anything i need to get extra? or can i just use everything from the e36? ,

i no theres forums all about it but just would like to double check!!! ,

any help would be much appreciated!! ,

[daimlerman]

Crack open a bottle of wine,get comfy and have a read through this;

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... pic&t=6676

[DanThe]

£500 to do the whole conversion?

Sounds interesting

[suchy]

£500 to do the whole conversion?

Don't know what to say about this without sounding a pessimist...

[Grrrmachine]

It's hard to explain it to you without writing out everything that's been said a million times before, but in a nutshell:

a) the engine will physically fit, but it won't just drop in. You need to change some parts like the sump and dipstick.
b) you need to solve the exhaust issue. You can make your own manifold or buy ones pre-made, but there's nothing from BMW that will fit. This is the biggest cost of your swap, and will easily cost 500 pounds.
c) You need to swap your brake servo for something smaller.

There's little niggling issues, which are all documented here:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/index.php/M5x

[daymo69er]

hello mate, thanks for that, so its alot more work then expected, ill have a word with my mate when see him next , so thats the main 3 things i take it then....

[Grrrmachine]

The links explain it all a lot better. You need to work out what gearbox, prop, diff and clutch you'll use, and how that affects your gearshifter. You need to solve a few wiring niggles, the massive headache of EWS if your E36 is fitted with it, making sure your E30 gauges work... I can't say "those are the three main things" because any of the others will also make your car undriveable.

There's a whole section of this forum dedicated to this swap, so before you spend a penny, spend an afternoon reading. You'll learn soon enough that doing this swap on a 500 quid budget will only end in tears.

[daymo69er]

just to let you all no the conversion is basically finished! , all i need to get is a throttle cable and inlet rubber boot! , the toatal off the conversion for labor was £700 ,

parts that i have bought,

e34 sump
e28 x2 engine mounts
m50 manifold
remove ews and chipp (from danthe)
throttle cable,
328i engine with gearbox
e30 prop shaft bearing
renault clio brake servo
and service kit (oil plugs filters)

toatal cost was around 650-700 for parts

and the labor

fitting the engine,
chopping the manifold
all wiring
fitted m50 inlet
made good of the exhaust
found rust behind brake servo had cut out and welded up

this cost £700!!

so in toatal for the conversion it came to around 1400 give or take:) just thought id let you all no!

thanks for all the help guys!:)

[maxfield]

Sounds cheap to me considering the amount of work that goes into the conversion...

Or I'm too expensive?

[daymo69er]

well the bloke who fitted it is a mate of mine, but he said he will do another conversion for the same price for anyone off course if they supply the bits:) , hes done a really good job aswel , how much do you charge?

[Brianmoooore]

No mention of changing the diff.

[daymo69er]

there was no need to change the diff im still using the 318i one, i will be looking for a lsd soon, thats why i was not botherd about changing it