touring engine upgrade to 3.5 help!!

Post Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:15 pm

hi, i want to go from a 325 to a 335, whats involved?
is it a straight change over or do i have to change the wiring loom? i guess the ECI will need changing and engine mounts. also does anyone know who can do the job?

http://img183.echo.cx/img183/3743/touringsilver6ni.jpg

Post Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:19 pm

dude - remove the pic from your Avatar - its about 50times to big!!

Post Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:20 pm

summin weird goin on here

Post Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:22 pm

oh my fucking god jesus, now that's an avatar!

Post Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:23 pm

i want those rims though, fav colour too, with kit, in odd ball touring. Nice car

2.5 Turbo!

Post Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:24 pm

Moofles wrote:oh my fudge god jesus, now that's an avatar!

Post Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:25 pm

Phill...

Best way is probably to buy a donor car. An e34 535i.

You will need in addition an

E30 M3 Propshaft
Custom Mounts (see Group buy - Karan is having some made)
E28 Radiator
Electric Fan

Few other bits - Can't remember!

I'm doing this conversion too.

We will have twins!

Post Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:28 pm

removed pic....

its gonna take time to locate all parts but i am in no rush. do your first dave and i will see. may take my car to Germany and let the boys up there do it for me. you know the Germans dont mess around.

Post Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:48 pm

I cant really help phill, (did I just sell you an mtech2 kit?

) But hot damn thats one sweet looking tourer! It looks the nuts!!

Post Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:49 pm

No fcuking about there then Phill.

I'll be the guinea pig!

If you taking it to Germany, get an E39 M5 engine put in!

Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:01 am

Phil & Dave......I hate you I hate you I hate you!!! Your Tourings look like mine should, unfortunately mine has no M-Tech kit, poor paint, shagged bushes, no LSD (got one but not yet fitted), and to top it all I can't even get in mine!

One day I'll buy a house with a drive/garage, get myself a cheap run about and drop a beefier engine in whilst sorting out all the niggly problems. Then I'll re-mortgage the house and get a bare metal respray done.

Well I can dream...

Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:07 am

rare sorry dont know your name. yeh you sold me a m-tec kit. lovely kit waiting to go on a e30 cab and on top of that i have a glass hardtop for it. Geniune. dont hate me dunstable

Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:09 am

dave, M5 engine then..Mmm you got me thinking m8. thats a big mod

Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:12 am

Anouther 335 Touring !

Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:16 am

andy, who done your 3.5 mod?

Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:17 am

if he gets it built in germany maybe his will last longer than ours did Andy

is your head ready yet? i take it the 'new' short engine is all ready to build up when the head is ready!

not bothered to get the sump off mine yet. enjoying my mr2 too much

Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:24 am

phill wrote:andy, who done your 3.5 mod?

A garage by me did the engine swap then i sorted the electrics,cooling,gear linkage,etc.

Toby,the head is comming tomorrow !

This week end i'm stripping the short engine and changing ALL the gaskets and oil seals,bloody garage can't fit me in till a week on Tuesday

Oh and i'm rebuilding the head this week end as well.

Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:28 am

still welcome to that hoist if you they mess you about andy!

although i would have to strap it to the top of the mr2 to get it to notts!

must do all gaskets and seals, my first engine and box pissed oil from everywhere! much easier when it's out of the car!

Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:34 am

BTW did you get my email Re crank nut and vibration damper ?

I think i'm going to have to buy a hub puller to get the vibration damper hub off,did you take yours off on your old E28 M30 that you stripped ?

Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:42 am

yep got the mail

mine bloody fell off, that was the whole problem! it had got loose somehow and chewed up the woodruff key that locks it to the crank, i was lucky not do have damaged the end of the crank...

can you maybe lever between the front crankcase and the pulley? as it shouldn't be jammed on all that much.

Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:47 am

On my old engine i've tried levering it off with two big screw drivers and giving it a hit with a hamer,but i don't want to be brutal with my new bottom end.

Which engine did your damper fall off ? The currant one ?

Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:03 am

nah the first one. everything on that engine was buggered!

shouldn't be too worried about using a bit of force, crankshafts are very very strong! maybe use a blowtorch to heat the hub up a bit? if you're doing the seals anyway.

Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:41 pm

Phill, Karan is dropping an M5 lump into an E30 at the moment - any thing you need to know he'll be able to tell you.Does mean some modding with a ball pin hammer on the transmisson tunnell and the removal of the sound proffing in the tunnel as well, a different thermo housing is also required as well as uprated front suspention(can't remember what Karan is using?).Don't be put of by it all as it would be cool as fook when done, There was a link to a German 335i sight but for the life of me i can't remember it!!!!!!!!!!

Post Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:28 pm

http://www.e30.de/335i/00.htm

Also if you can read German: http://www.e30.de/m335i.htm

http://tobyunna.hollosite.com/main_bmw.htm

Couple for ya

Toby has done, Andy has done, I am doing M30, Dave is doing M30, Karan is doing the s38, Glenn is doing a V8 M5 mod(nutter...)

Plenty of knowledge kicking about here too

Post Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:33 am

Jos wrote:Toby has done, Andy has done, I am doing M30, Dave is doing M30,

Toby and Andy have slipped back to the 'doing' bit at the moment

probably the only 2 m30b35 failures in the whole world ever!

Post Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:15 am

hey phill is this your car awesome mate trully a piece of art

Post Tue May 03, 2005 11:14 pm

yep my car. dont drive it really. thanks Phill