Avus Blau, E36/5, V8, A New Start

[Bluebimma]

Back in November, 2015, i was involved in an accident with an elderly who chose to overtake 3 lanes thus smashing into my old car. I had planned to just fix the chassis but found a very nice Avus blau 318ti at the edge of Indiana/Michigan. Picked it up, missing the head and most other top engine components. Brought it back to Toledo, Ohio and it sat until last month. About 10 hours worth of labor and i swapped in my old drivetrain to my new chassis.

1999 E36/5 318ti Sport
LSX 346ci
853 heads
Sodium filled valves
04 ls6 camshaft
ARP studded together
Improved racing trap door oil pan kit
1 5/8 - 2" - 2.5" Tri-Y custom headers
Dual 2.5" Exhaust
E46 M3 Stainless tubular rear muffler
T56 6 speed manual
Fidanza 13lbs flywheel, LS6 clutch
Steel 3/4
Billet Keys
Bronze tips
Carbon blockers
44" 2.5" Steel coleman racing driveshaft
JTR flange
Power Tower Pro 5.0 short shift
4.10 LSD 188mm
E30 Axles
E36 M3 front brakes
E36 M3 master cylinder
Dual 10" electric fans
MZ3 S54 Aluminum radiator
E36 M3 SACHs struts
318ti Sport rear Bilsteins
H&R race springs
18x8.5/9.5" VMR CSL reps, refinished in GM charcoal Grey metallic
235/40/18, 285/30/18 Sumitomo HTR Z3
E36 M3 Mirrors
OEM Bosch headlights
4300 35 Xenon low and fog
DICE ipod install kit

[xxxxxxx]

That thing must be bonkers

[Compactive]

I usually don't like the Ti, but...

Who am I kidding... this thing is gnarly, and congratulations to you for sticking with your build(s) for so long, seeing them through, and doing it better each time. Don't forget about us at lil ol 318ti forums

[TH3 Shifty]

In pic 9, of the cumbustin chamber, there are 3 gouges on the inner deck and combustion chamber, please tell me they fixed that???

[Bluebimma]

The knicks were superficial. Something was in the cylinder at some point. I replaced the cranks, rods, pistons, and the machinist was able to rework the 853s

I usually don't like the Ti, but...

Who am I kidding... this thing is gnarly, and congratulations to you for sticking with your build(s) for so long, seeing them through, and doing it better each time. Don't forget about us at lil ol 318ti forums

I didn't want to see this die. I try to follow through with most projects I start. This one just kept having major issues that set me back and onto another set of rails. ive learned a lot though. Ill contemplate the org

[m3j0n]

that thing must fly.. doing a ls swap into an e36 328i at the moment... what abs module relocation kit did you use?

[Bluebimma]

I didnt use any kit, just remove the stock and reweld it elsewhere. Tried running unions, they kept leaking, so i ran all new lines.

[Jaxchrisfla]

Congrats on keeping your swap living in another car. Gives me motivation to get mine done. Been waiting to long to take it for a drive and hear the big ole cam I put in it.

[E39520]

Damn, impressive that you can do this. Looks very very good!

[m3j0n]

I didnt use any kit, just remove the stock and reweld it elsewhere. Tried running unions, they kept leaking, so i ran all new lines.

did you make your own lines?..That must have got expensive...

[budget76]

Tony, what'd you wind up using for mounts/headers/etc? Starting to miss the TI chassis. Found one with a blown engine for $400 locally that's REALLY temping me.

thread revival I know.... was just reading your 335 swap thread

[Bluebimma]

Tony, what'd you wind up using for mounts/headers/etc? Starting to miss the TI chassis. Found one with a blown engine for $400 locally that's REALLY temping me.

thread revival I know.... was just reading your 335 swap thread

I made everything from scratch for it, for the most part. If you want to chat about it, you can hit me up on Facebook messenger or something.

I forgot to update the 335 thread, I already drove that bitch to California lol


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