We mounted the radiator last night, and pulled the wiring harness to wrap it.

Had to cut the oem radiator mounts off to make the Mishimoto clear. This radiator could not be a better fit. It fits perfectly between the frame rails, and sets down on to the little lip in the first pic.

Im gonna run a pusher fan setup, so no need for the LS2 water pump or CTSv tensioner.

 

Killer...your gonna have to bring it out around town for me to check out! I'm in Far East El Paso.

 

any updates?

 

Id be happy to.

Not much lately. Painted the engine bay. Ivan?


sanded



cleaned and prepped



primed





painted satin black





added heat insulation

 

i want to do this swap SOOOOO BAD!! looks awesome man. keep up the great work.

 

Yep it's me...just thought I would follow along with the build thread.

Everything looks great. Can't wait to see it done next time I go into town.

 

Wow that looks great. You don't have to worry about it heating up the inside of the car.

 

Just saw this thread, this thing is bad ***

 

Any more updates Matt?

 

great work so far, I remember how hot my FC rx7 got in there so I did the heat insulation later on and on the inside which was a pita with a full interior. good stuff, this car will haul some major scoots!

 

Not much... we made an adapter plate to mount the MC to the firewall, and a rod to connect the pedal and the MC. Other than that, nothing. Gonna drop the motor in for the final setup this saturday.

 

Hey guys, after much delay, I have made some progress.

Added some more heat shielding out onto the firewall





Also gave my headers another coat of silicone



put in a PS delete



Nick cut me a plate to mount the MC directly to the firewall. We had to chop up and flare some donor brake lines, cause the stockers weren't long enough anymore..



then i brought the car home for the final assembly

finally got my ******* half shafts out from the hubs. It took 3 people and a monster sledgehammer



installed the new shafts





check this bs out! my powerflex bushing inverted up into the subframe. WTF?





dropped the motor/tranny in



the brake MC interferes with one of the coils. Im gonna figure out a way to remote mount the coil. More on that later.



After alot of trial and error with wiring, and with the help of my friends Julian and Brian, we got it started. Hopefully this video works...

VIDEO


More progress on the way. Thanks for looking. -Matt

 

Update: Progress was slow for a while. I broke a finger on my right hand, and it was casted for 5 weeks, and useless for another 2. Ive been in the garage quite a bit lately, and with the help of some friends made some good progress! My friend Julian has been a huge help; especially with the wiring.

modified my radiator for some clearance, and so I wouldnt have to go on a search for some elaborate hoses. Both the inlet and outlet are now welded at 90 degrees. I also had Rick weld an aluminum adapter to the inlet for a coolant temp sensor




The outlet on the radiator is now 2" connection on the water pump was 1.5". I had a hell of a time finding a hose that worked, but here it is


This setup provides some decent clearance for the intake and belt tensioner considering the size of this engine bay




I then had to figure out a way to plump the steam vent back into the cooling system. I ran a line from the vent and tee'd it into a looped section where the heater lines were.





Installed this Derale pusher fan. Its only 12.5", but it moves 2150 cfm.



Also plumbed in this gorgeous overflow tank lol.



Next is started working on the gauges. I have a water temp, oil temp, and oil pressure gauge



I made a template and had Rick make me this plate for a switch pannel





the panel has a switch for my fan setup, for my gauge, and a toggle for push button start.





I also put in a 350mm Sparco steering wheel



put all the pieces of my intake together, and tapped it for the intake temp sensor. I made a support bracket out of some aluminum flat stock





Here is the engine bay as it sits. I wrapped the intake elbow in some 1500 degree insulation tape. You can also see the line for the overflow tank and the throttle cable.



I drove the car for the first time this past weekend, which was a huge milestone for me. I wanted to drive it before the new yr. The car is running really rich because I didnt have the o2 sensors connected, which fouled out the plugs. I went and bought new plugs and some o2 sensors today. I also took my y-pipe to have 02 sensor bungs added today. This week I plan on putting the y pipe back in, adding some clearance at the rear subframe for the driveshaft, and looming the wiring.

-Matt

 

Awesome build on an awesome car.
Great work.

 

More pics of finished product please.

Bad *** build BTW!

 

Awesome build bro.

Can't wait to see the finished product.

 

I cant say i wouldve gone to the lengths you did to save weight, but i guess thats the difference between a street car and a bmw-guys car

loving it

 

I have just read through all of the posts you put into this thread... I thoroughly enjoyed it. Im lookin forward to checkin back to see the future progress.

 

Hell to the motha freakin yeayuh. A buddy of mine had an E30 with a M50 swapped into it, that was probably in the top 3 funnest cars I've ever driven. Props man.

 

any room for a 76mm turbo in there ??? haha im plannin on doing the same to one of my E30s...