M52 318Ti

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MAJOR UPDATE Q3-2017. 2.8M50 Destroyed


Hi all - Firstly this build would not be possible without my friend and compact genius BlueBimma. He and I are going to to be swapping in his freshly rebuilt M52 and trans into my daily 98 318Ti sport.

Some history on the car - I had wanted a compact since they came out/earliest I can remember. I bought in 2009 and it has gotten me through college albeit having front end damage and rear quarter damage. The rear quarter damage has been fixed and have a hood that will need painted. I have painted new bumper and nose panel.

Currently the car mod list is small and mainly stock replacement for reliability and affordability in school. But this has now changed. Within the coming months the car will be setup as follows with some of the suspension bits already done if there are no delays.


Motor: Fully rebuilt down to block M50/52 - Basically 2.8 OBD1 M50 built by BlueBimma

E39 2.8 Block
M50 Manifold
M50 Head
3.5" MAF
New Bearings
Mahle Rings
Polished Cams
Beisan Vanos
Pulley Kit
OBD-I
E46 M3 mounts
KN/Spectre Box+Intake
Bimmerworld 3.5" Silicone boot
Pink Tops
ARP Hardware
Castrol Edge 5W-40
Bimmerforums Tune for 413 Silver Label DME - EWS Delete, 2nd Airpump delete, 7100RPM, No check engine light and and CEL/Stomp test fully works. No lights on dash!
Ebay SS Longtubes -> Y pipe -> Magnaflow muffler -> MeganRacing dual 3" tips muffler. Semi quiet under 3K. Loud at WOT. Moderate amount of rasp.

Cooling
Turner Motorsport 6cyl Aluminum radiator
Derale electric fan kit with probe
Spal 12" low pro pull
Mishimoto Tank
GEBA Pump
E39 Thermo housing
Pentosin with Redline Waterwetter

Suspension Front
Bilstein's from E36 328i
H&R Z3 2.8 Sport springs
E90 Mounts (Will be going back to E36)
Urethane 26mm sway bar bushings
All new control arms and Karlyn Swaybar+tie rod kits
E36 M3 control arm bushings
E34 steering coupler

Suspension Rear
Koni SRT shocks
H&R Z3 2.8 Sport springs (To low IMO especially with 4cyl halfshafts. Potentially looking at Ireland Engineering Stage 3 E30 springs)
E46 M3 mounts with AKG reinforcement plates
Ireland Engineering Subframe bushings
Ireland Engineering RTAB
Condor Springpads

Brakes - Front
Stoptech Sport Pads
ECS Tuning SS lines
New Calipers for vented
Meyle vented blanks

Brakes - Rear
Stoptech Sport Pads
ECS SS lines
Rebuilt calipers
Zimmerman blanks

Driveline
UUC Black Trans mounts
Stock Getrag from BlueBimma's previous swap. Roughly 310K, fluid changed Pennzoil Synchromesh every ~10K
4.10 Medium Case LSD
Short Shift Kit from Mcoupe bits
Power Flex diff bushing
E36 M3 Flywheel and clutch
SS line
M3 Slave
325 Driveshaft

Wheel/Tire
Square 17x7.5 OEM Contour on Sumitomo HTRZ3 225/45/17
Stock sports on Blizzak WS 60 225/50/16

Lighting
Euro Bosch with 5K HID and White LED City Lights
Stock fogs with Nokya 3500K
Smoked corners
Clear sides
LED plate bulbs
Smoked clears

Interior
Mainly stock M-Tech that I have tried to take care of.
LED interior bulbs
6cyl cluster - OBD1 with gauge rings
ZHP shift knob
Fire extinguisher because I no longer trust it

Entertainment
Pioneer X3500ui HU
Stock front tweeters and door 2.5"
Pioneer 5.25" in kickpanel
Kicker 6X8" in stock rear location. Covered in black speaker fabric
Alpine SWE1042 (Oldschool 2000s) Subwoofer powered by Kicker CX300 (Very efficient)

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Swap is done. Rust is dumb.
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Adding some swap photos and updated the first post with current modifications to car. Still need a hood and to fix slight misfire when hot issue. Overall good. Swap has 16K on it already. Rattle canned the front nose panel and bumper. Added the brake ducting, new liners, etc.

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Merry Christmas all. Well just to add an update. Motor was money shifted by acquaintance and completely destroyed. I picked up a local S52 with 0 documents other then 130Kish mileage. Motor was clean inside but wanted some maintenance down while out. Local shop machined head and timed motor. Feels more powerful then previous motor but not much. Current plans are to finish rear brakes, wheel bearings all around for preventative, E30 6cyl axles and minor bodywork. I daily when I can but am looking for a 6spd trans to keep 410LSD. Also not going to drive in salt if I can help it. Surface rust starting that will need addressed. Still mated to a 300K Getrag that is a champion. If all goes smooth then it will be "finished" in spring 2018. Except for wear items I've built it for a peppy street car and it is. needs to focus more on E30 M10 project.

New motor specs
130K stock internals S52
Every gasket/seal replaced using VR gaskets and CRP Industries (Ajusa/Rein)
Head decked and covers bead blasted
Exhaust cam placed in lathe to clean rust from sitting
Ebay SS Longtubes
M50 Manifold
OBD1 Conversion
IWIS Race chains and Bimmerworld Oil pump lock nut
Febi Guides
New or recently replaced sensors




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