Long Overdue, Evil e30 update!!!

[TerryBPP]

Swamped with work has made it impossible to put time into the car until now. My main goal has been to get the m30 motor running with the megasquirt before I turbo it. So heres my progress:

I installed a M5 pressure plate with a clutchnet.com 6 spuck sprung clutch. Finally got the trans mounted to the motor and in it final resting place. The only problem is that neither the 5 series or the 3 series trans mount cross member would work. So I fabed one up:





I ended up guseting the mounting point and boxing the ends in or strength.

2nd issue was with the more reward mounting of the tranny I had to shorten the shifter position.



Also with the tranny position I had to shorten the shifter linkage. So I figured I'd make it adjustable while I was at it:



So the tranny is in there. All I need to do now is have the drive shaft shortened about 2 inches.

My seconded major hurdle was an issue in which the crank pulley & the thermostat housing where touch the radiator. I knew that the first time I slammed on the brakes that would be all she wrote. So I searched for a radiator that would fit in the frame rails, 15H x 21W. No such luck. I would have to get a custom one built...NAAAH.

So I decided to remount the radiator on the front of the frame.I had to cut the top and bottom frame areas out for access.Then I built a frame out of 1"x1" steel and welded them to the body.:





The I weld some nuts to use as a mount for the radiator:



For looks and to be able to mount the front grill without more fab work, I decided to weld the top piece of the old frame back to the body. A 3" hole was drilled into the piece so the radiator cap could still be accessed.:



I gained 5 inches of clearence which will allow me to install a electric fan in the engine bay and a large intercooler infront of the radiator. Yepppeee.

Thats all for now. Next time I should have the MS-II mother board and all the sensor installed on the motor.

[cstreit]

I don't know the big picture (got more info?) but it looks like an awesome project in the works!

[TerryBPP]

Search for evil e30 under my screen name for the full skinny. But in short I'm dropping a 3.5 liter turbo motor into a 85' 318i. Hoping for 400hp.

[Rick V]

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