1989 BMW 325i LS2 6.0 swap
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Here was the last full build of my car. It was a 98 M3 motor fully built with a gtx3076 on it. The motor put out 500whp on the dyno but reliability became a concern. Also piston slap annoys me and makes me have to change the oil much more often.
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I drift so torque is king. Originally, I wanted an LS2 but budgets are budgets. I found a disassembled LS1 for sale pretty cheap locally with a painless harness and flashed ECU from a 99 automatic Camaro SS. A shop near me is starting to make swap kits for E30s so I'm going to give that a shot. I'm tired of fabricating everything so bolt in and go will be king.
I have much reading to do and I apologize ahead of time if I ask some beaten to death questions. There's just so much to learn about this motor.
For starters, anyone know a book or resource where I can figure out how to piece this motor back together? I have no springs/push rods/lifters/rod bearings
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I drift so torque is king. Originally, I wanted an LS2 but budgets are budgets. I found a disassembled LS1 for sale pretty cheap locally with a painless harness and flashed ECU from a 99 automatic Camaro SS. A shop near me is starting to make swap kits for E30s so I'm going to give that a shot. I'm tired of fabricating everything so bolt in and go will be king.
I have much reading to do and I apologize ahead of time if I ask some beaten to death questions. There's just so much to learn about this motor.
For starters, anyone know a book or resource where I can figure out how to piece this motor back together? I have no springs/push rods/lifters/rod bearings
Last edited by protomor; 01-15-2013 at 09:40 AM.
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The fronts are real M3 fenders that I split and rewelded it an inch wider. The rears are a generic czech FG M3 replica that I also split and bonded an inch wider. The metal bent properly while the FG on the rear made more of a peak.
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They don't want me to say anything until it's done. Which should be this month.
I'm not on a budget per se. I don't have crap tons of cash to toss around. I really want an LS2. Seems like the best bang for buck for general track use. I also want to keep weight down IIRC the LQ is iron block.
I'm not on a budget per se. I don't have crap tons of cash to toss around. I really want an LS2. Seems like the best bang for buck for general track use. I also want to keep weight down IIRC the LQ is iron block.
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Long time. Much has happened lol. The company making the kit is SIKKY. They make a few other LS kits. Here's some pictures of the kit in progress. I think it'll be out sometime early this year.
Motor mounts for the E30 kit
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These are 350z LS oil pans but it's basically what the E30 ones will look like.
![](http://www.slidewaysonline.com/images/Dex601/24.jpg)
Already started packaging the kit.
![](http://www.slidewaysonline.com/images/Dex601/22.jpg)
On my end of things, I finally went LS2. Only down side seems to be the DBW. 77k on the motor. full dropout from a 2005 GTO.
![](http://www.slidewaysonline.com/images/Dex601/8.JPG)
![](http://www.slidewaysonline.com/images/Dex601/4.JPG)
sad car
Motor mounts for the E30 kit
![](http://www.slidewaysonline.com/images/Dex601/20.jpg)
![](http://www.slidewaysonline.com/images/Dex601/21.jpg)
![](http://www.slidewaysonline.com/images/Dex601/23.jpg)
These are 350z LS oil pans but it's basically what the E30 ones will look like.
![](http://www.slidewaysonline.com/images/Dex601/24.jpg)
Already started packaging the kit.
![](http://www.slidewaysonline.com/images/Dex601/22.jpg)
On my end of things, I finally went LS2. Only down side seems to be the DBW. 77k on the motor. full dropout from a 2005 GTO.
sad car
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They are supposed to be test fitting the headers sometime any day now. The oil pans were tig welded and out for final machining but are MIA for the past 3 weeks. Unfortunately, since most of this is prototyping and/or done for pennies, this is how fast things go. The price of being cutting edge?