cullen

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Just thought I would share my 97 BMW 528i.
It has an 02 Camaro LS1 with 6sp. I built the 1 7/8" headers, exhaust, motor mounts, and wire harness myself. I used a stock fbody pan.
I installed an M5 diff with a 3.15 gear and lsd. I'm currently looking for some 3.64 or 3.91 gears.
I got the factory cluster to work and kept the A/C and ABS.

hellbents10

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Very impressive, I like that you have the factory cluster working too!

1CAMWNDR

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Very Nice!

Melrose Stanley

any vids of this bad boy! i love it!

cullen

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No vids yet. I need to get my friend to record for me.
Thanks for the compliments guys.

btlegacy

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Car looks great. Good job!

rotor vs. piston

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I see you're a fan of Volvo fill bottles too! Nice build!

sciff5

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I have been thinking of building one of these as a daily, but I hear that there are always minor things breaking on them. How have you found the reliability with the electronics ect?

I have a swapped car and the most reliable part about it is everything I swapped. It's the car that keeps breaking

cullen

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nice catch on that volvo coolant bottle.

they have shitty cooling systems. but an ls1 swap cancels that out if you use a new radiator.
they do have some electrical issues, but they are well known and been pretty easy to fix.

jakeb

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very nice man! Are you over on bimmerforums as well? I have a ls1 swapped e28 and just finished a cammed LQ4 swapped e12 for blunttech.

cullen

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I'm on that forum a little bit, mostly lurking like I do here. Got a link to your projects?

I think I'm going to do a build thread on my next project which is my 63 nova with a 5.3 turbo, 4l80e, etc.

Schitzo

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any pics of the headers? Just starting on a pair for my 528i

cullen

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Here is all the pics I have of the headers out of the car:

If I was going to do it again, I would do 1 3/4" tube instead of 1 7/8".
The passenger side looks similar, just a little shorter. The passenger side was much easier due to not having a fat steering shaft in the way.



What I started with from Summit:

jakeb

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my e28....http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1755686

the e12....http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=254267

Schitzo

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Thanks for the pics. Glad you mentioned the 1 3/4" vs. 1 7/8". I went back and forth as to what size to go with. Good thing I settled for the smaller diameter.

E40_Guy

Awesome swap from a bmw guy. Good job man

cullen

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oh, I remember those projects. I already read those. nice work.

turbotalon1g

Oh my god I want this car.

Nice work, love the AC and factory stuff all works. Well done.