V12 meets E30 Touring

[stevetigger]

Any sound clips or video clips of the beast?

[e30bmlover]

ffs thats one hell of a car... well done mate... he who dares....

[glenn]

She lives !

S38b38 nice !! Is it a Zoner ?

How many swaps have you got lined up mate ? May be you could have a new career if it takes off ?

andy,
i have had a few pm's about engine swaps, but i dont think there would be enough of them to do to earn a living from them, still, it's a bit of pocket money for a hobby!

the S38B38 is for a zoner, but he's asked me not to reveal who it is, yet.

[fuzzy]

whats the s38b38 in plain english?

[Dan318-is]

the 3.8 litre straight six found in later e34 m5 mate

[bootyman]

Fuzzy i was just about to ask the same question as you mate. All this Y5UMA engine and S38B38 is way past my head

Is it going in another tourer? Im asking cause the tourer seems to be the weapon of choice at the moment for every engine conversion

Mybe one day when i win the lottery i will come to you for a conversion Glenn. I've always fancied a V500 (What ever the fcuk that is. It sounds good) conversion in my car

[dips346]

Fuzzy i was just about to ask the same question as you mate. All this Y5UMA engine and S38B38 is way past my head

Is it going in another tourer? Im asking cause the tourer seems to be the weapon of choice at the moment for every engine conversion

Mybe one day when i win the lottery i will come to you for a conversion Glenn. I've always fancied a V500 (What ever the fcuk that is. It sounds good) conversion in my car

lol...........

[bootyman]

Just cause you will have one of the fastest E30's in the Country dont mean you can get a big head

I'd love to see the look on Ferarri drivers faces when you leave them at the lights in a tourer

I'm done with spending money on my car now. I just want to finish the Msport, then i'm retiring from the modding game. Besides i've had 2 full features and a few awards, plus countless pics of the car in different mags so i'm done with the Rieger now. Time to pick up ladies for special sucky, sucky in the summer

[glenn]

Fuzzy i was just about to ask the same question as you mate. All this Y5UMA engine and S38B38 is way past my head

Is it going in another tourer? Im asking cause the tourer seems to be the weapon of choice at the moment for every engine conversion

Mybe one day when i win the lottery i will come to you for a conversion Glenn. I've always fancied a V500 (What ever the fcuk that is. It sounds good) conversion in my car

all will be revealed in time ben!
i'll run a build thread on it,
but the identity of the car will be hidden until it's finished.
that's how the owner want's it.
S38B38=E34 M5 3.8

[jonmsm]

Dips this is what you need



http://www.boggbros.co.uk/gallery2.html

Jason

my mate just had them set up with Mk2 escort 1700 carbs and my other mates has just hadhis xe powered chavette set up on r1 bike carbs by the bogg brothers.. legends! I cant believe someone is actually putting a v12 on carbs... thats just silly haha

p.s. the v12 looks good in the tourer bonnet, absolutly snug as a bug in a rug. almost looks like the batywas designed to fit the engine from day 1!

[bootyman]

That engine does look very snug in the tourer.

Glenn i cant wait to see pics o the 3.8 conversion. If it's anything like Dip's car then it will look awsome. What's the bhp on that baby? I want to cry now cause i want an engine conversion, but no one wants my booty Hmmm. Dip's seems to be loaded. I wonder if he fancies adopting me

[fuzzy]

surely the 3.8 e34 conversion is a bit beneath you glenn,that isnt much of a challenge after the v12 why the secrecy on the owner though,youd think he or she would want to brag all about it

[bigdek]

sure the 3.8 is good for 347bhp or close to that.

saw one on the rollers 2 weeks ago and it made 340

[bootyman]

I thought it was closer to 380bhp or is that the official figures? I guess with time you lose a few ponies as well. Still 350bhp in a E30 will be a monster Lucky sod whoever it is and i bloody hate you

[bigdek]

i know

[bootyman]

It's not you is it mate? I wonder ifwe should have a trasure hunt to flush him or her out

[bigdek]

lol i wish.

i have to settle for my m30 touring (3.5 to you )

[bootyman]

Good enough to me mate

[glenn]

surely the 3.8 e34 conversion is a bit beneath you glenn,that isnt much of a challenge after the v12 why the secrecy on the owner though,youd think he or she would want to brag all about it

each conversion has it's challenges, if the S38 was easy, karan would be running around in his by now. i dont think there's a specific big problem, just lots of little ones that each need thinking about and then coming up with a solution, usually by spending lots of money but we prefer to break out the fags and coffee and come up with a solution that doesn't require a bank loan.
the owner wants their identity to be kept a secret for a while because they want the comments on the thread to be truthful to the conversion and if the owner was known, the comments may be a little biased

[bootyman]

It's me. I won the lottery last night Next time you see the owner Glenn kindly ask if he wants to adopt me. I dont eat much and i can do all the crap jobs for him that he cant be bothered to do himself like take care of his missus between the sheets and boring crap like that

[fuzzy]

i suppose any engine conversion will have its problems,i know mine did,but each one will have its own specific irritations,nothing cant be overcome with a cup of tea and some biscuits to ponder over.i cant imagine anyone with anything other than truthful unbiased comments on such an engine conversion,it will surely go down well regardless of who its for

[glenn]

just a couple of up to date pics

[fuzzy]

hows it sitting on the front suspension,is the weight pressing it down?do you expect it to effect the handling?

[gareth]

goddamn that's tight!!!

glenn, slightly off topic... do you reckon fitting a V12 to a E34 would be relatively straightforward? i've pulled a E32 735i apart for my M30 conversion and noticed how similar everything is to my wifes E34 525i sport and i now have an urge to try for a E34 550i sport, using a E32 750i donor...

[Morat]

awwww, no updates!

have you driven it yet? Is it road legal yet?
Please let us know how it drives and mebbe, give us a video? or two?
gwan

[craigieeb]

any closer to getting this beast on the road glenn?

[dips346]

any closer to getting this beast on the road glenn?

hopefully this weekend just a few things left to sort out now

[craigieeb]

mint!

[glenn]

'all done and dusted'
loaded the 750il and the tourer onto the truck today.
it's all going home tomorrow.
goddam v12 ran out of petrol when we were putting on the truck so i've got to shove a tenner in that on the way back to london aswell!
a tenner should just about get it off the truck and into dips garage
it's been an enjoyable project, a few problems along the way, but another one to put on the c.v.
and dips has been a pleasure to work with.

[maxfield]

So whats your next project?

[Andy335Touring]

Dips, don't forget plenty of Vids/pictures !

Is the beast coming to the Aces meet on the 13th ?

[glenn]

So whats your next project?

it was going to be a S38B38 into an e30,
but the doner engine supplier is messing about so i dont think this is going to happen.
i'll be putting my S62B50 into my M3 shell, until someone wants another project doing

[dips346]

Dips, don't forget plenty of Vids/pictures !

Is the beast coming to the Aces meet on the 13th ?

hopefully yes and i might have finished my m20 supercharger by then as well

[Andy335Touring]

Dips, don't forget plenty of Vids/pictures !

Is the beast coming to the Aces meet on the 13th ?

hopefully yes and i might have finished my m20 supercharger by then as well

Nice one, i'll look forward to it

[leeroy]

Hiya
Have you had a kamshaft and lifter problem with your engine at all.