My 1993 Ice White 316i -> 328i Conversion-> S50 Conversion

[KPM3_30]

Brilliant work there! :clapper:

 

[Cartlyn]

Well done Gizmo, awesome work.

 

[Gizmo]

When I sold my Acid Green 328i I kept the single 63mm freeflow exhaust system knowing it would come in handy one day.


I fitted it to my white e36 but wasn't a fan of the dual tips, so in staying true to the heritage of my white e36, I cut them off and replaced it with a single tip.

 

[A.C.SCHNITZER]

Excellent results raise: :clapper: well done Gizmo

 

[Doomsdaya]

WoW Gizmo, the engine bay is looking complete and no empty spaces

nice work bud, always a pleasure reading your threads...

 

[Gizmo]

Thank you guys, Im so in love with the torque! In 5th gear from 120-170km is so fast it pushes me into the seat, don't know why I didn't do this conversion to begin with.
:cartel:

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I no longer feel the lag of the 18's, would be nice to throw on the 17" style 29's to feel the difference of lightweight wheels again.:rollsmile:

 

[moranor@axis]

next swap V8 :rollsmile:

 

[Captain_Stealth]

Damn man congrats. Epic thread what the future plans for this car ?


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[Gizmo]

Future plans are to build a normally aspirated 3.2lt M52 using a M54B30 crank and 86mm pistons. But for now Im enjoying the 6cyl soundtrack and extra torque from the M52B28.

 

[Julz]

Are you gonna use Superboss Pistons for the 3.2 build?

 

[Gizmo]

Are you gonna use Superboss Pistons for the 3.2 build?

I have used them in the past with great success, just need to take some measurements of one to see if it will have the right compression in the M52.

 

[Gizmo]

I recently swapped the front seats out for my black Z4M coupe set, has made such a difference to the comfort and support over the e36 individual seats. Given the nature of the car, they were a better fit over the touring. My touring now has E63 M6 seats.






Tested out the support at Petrolheads4pets at Redstar, spent time on the car a week before the event installing a E90 6spd with a single mass 6kg flywheel. I also installed Bilstein E36 M3 shocks and H&R 40mm drop springs with M3 offset front shock top mounts and lastly new OEM 330i discs with textar pads. Fitted the semis at the track, the car drove flawlessly!

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While my style 29's are being upsized to 18" I though I can take the opportunity of running the 18" VMR 705's temporarily.

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The trio.

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Couple more of the 705's.

 

[Yuben]

Good work Gizmo

 

[Gizmo]

Thanks guys. With the raised height from the h&r springs the e36 can be used as a daily. In fact it has more ride height than my e46 right now, lol.

 

[wikked]

were the seats a direct bolt in?


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[VictorMike]

The rims are nice, but I prefer the previous set.

Also... that spoiler... ugh... remove it, take it out back, and shoot it. Repeatedly.

Otherwise, your car looks amazing!

 

[Gizmo]

were the seats a direct bolt in?


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Pretty much.

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Original BTCC CF spoiler is staying, I love it! Perfect spoiler for my touring car theme, plus its functional.:ty:

 

[Captain_Stealth]

Not too keen on the boot spoiler. But I dig the wheels


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[NtandoN]

Epic :clapper:

 

[Gizmo]

I had my 17inch style 29's BBS split rims upsized by HiTech to 8.5Jx18 which were supposed to be ET41 but when I collected them they were ET30, HiTech is busy sorting out their mess-up so should hopefully have them back in a week or so.





Here is what it looked like before.




I also ditched the stock airbox for my custom CAI, I use a BMC dual cone 100mm filter and I fabricated a bell-mouth 100mm to 76mm ram tube. The shield is also my own design.








Lastly, I have an OEM E36 M3 GT front splitter that I have been thinking of fitting to the E36 for sometime, I would have to fabricate my own brackets though as my bumper is aftermarket and the brackets will cost a fortune. Will do it at a later stage.