Small Video of My "GMW 353i"

wbwhiteboy · 04-29-2009, 01:03 AM

Nothing to much, but my little e30 BMW with a stock 5.3 and a 100 shot

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/G...ack_649513.htm

jj_z28 · 04-29-2009, 01:44 AM

cool setup.

02NBMFormula · 04-29-2009, 09:05 AM

what does it weigh? it looks like one heck of a sleeper

wbwhiteboy · 04-29-2009, 11:48 AM

The car weight with full interior, half tank of gas, and me in it (200lbs) was 3060lbs.

KingSS · 04-30-2009, 01:35 AM

car is begging for a turbo! Nice

ehnihl · 04-30-2009, 01:46 AM

Nice setup man...

PipesTA · 04-30-2009, 11:24 AM

Awesome conversion man. I'm sure that Mustang was surprised at the track

wbwhiteboy · 04-30-2009, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by KingSS

car is begging for a turbo! Nice

See the Green E36 BMW in the middle of my sig.....

KingSS · 05-01-2009, 01:24 AM

Nice, that would be a ton of fun. No one would expect it.

BAD ASS TA WS6 · 05-01-2009, 06:02 PM

Thing is sick, except for the automatic

E30s are one of the funnest cars to drive...ever.

wbwhiteboy · 05-02-2009, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by BAD ASS TA WS6

Thing is sick, except for the automatic

E30s are one of the funnest cars to drive...ever.

Meh, autos are fine with me. I daily drive a 5 speed and race an auto. In a way i drive an auto/3 speed. haha!

Morbid · 05-02-2009, 04:04 AM

Just curious why you call it a 353i? The 325i would be idea since the 5.3L is 325ci.

Anyhow, nice ride. Everyone knows automatics are faster, manuals just impress high school kids.

kj598bbc · 05-02-2009, 04:58 AM

Nice car !!! thats a nice daily driver too !!!

wbwhiteboy · 05-02-2009, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Morbid

Just curious why you call it a 353i? The 325i would be idea since the 5.3L is 325ci.

Anyhow, nice ride. Everyone knows automatics are faster, manuals just impress high school kids.

Because in typical "BMW talk" the 3 stands for the series of the car and the last 2 numbers like the 25 in "325i" is the engine size. The 325i has a 2.5l engine. So i took the 5.3l and put it as its name and made a 353i.

Morbid · 05-02-2009, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by wbwhiteboy

Because in typical "BMW talk" the 3 stands for the series of the car and the last 2 numbers like the 25 in "325i" is the engine size. The 325i has a 2.5l engine. So i took the 5.3l and put it as its name and made a 353i.

Ah, that makes sense.

djsanchez2 · 09-13-2009, 11:09 PM

Did you have much trouble slapping that LSx into the tiny e30? I just picked up a DD e30 and have a spare lq4 i WAS going to throw into my nova (im selling it now).

Was the 5.3 you used iron or alum?

wbwhiteboy · 09-14-2009, 12:15 AM

It really wasn't to bad. Being just myself doing the entire swap made it probaly harder. Just from having to hold the engine up on the cherry picker and keeping it level while tack welding up the motor mounts and ect ect.

The hardest of all was me being a newb on a motor swap like this was the wireing. I read so much on how to do it, and now its cake. lol.

But overall it wasnt to bad. Just a little custom things here and there like relocating the breakbooster and having to make a custom moutn and whatnot were things that came along with the swap.

But my engine is a cast block. With me(200lbs) 1/2 tank of gas and the car with full interior and the swap with a th400 trans it weight in at 3050. So i would say the car itself is near 2800 without gutting or doing anything for weight reduction.

DiscerningZ32 · 09-14-2009, 10:15 AM

Nice car.

I bet they don't like you on the beemer forums (if you're on them).

wbwhiteboy · 09-14-2009, 10:19 AM

haha! Yea there are a few guys that are bias on it. Doesn't matter to me tho.

BAD ASS TA WS6 · 09-14-2009, 11:46 AM

Yeah if it were an E30 M3 you would be getting hate mail and death threats LOL. I always laugh at the purist idiots who get their pantys in a bunch over the old S14 M3s.

E30 with a swap is the way to roll, I love them!