Author Topic: 540i to e30 (Read 4172 times)

318lotis · « **on:** September 15, 2009, 01:08:11 PM »

this may be a silly question, i just inherated a wrecked 540i , would any of these parts fit onto my e30 318is? thanx

romkasponka · « **Reply #1 on:** September 15, 2009, 02:14:41 PM »

you can swap your engine 4.0 engine with your m42

http://www.e30.de/ there is few projects...

roundel318 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 15, 2009, 04:35:04 PM »

What body of 540i?
E39 or E34?
Does it have a Nikasil block or Alusil?
You can take a intake manifold off a M60 and put it on the M62 and gain nice power

318lotis · « **Reply #3 on:** September 15, 2009, 06:46:37 PM »

thanx roundel318, yes this is m60, will that intake fit pretty well, do you gain noticable power, have you tried this yourself? thanx,

roundel318 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 16, 2009, 03:23:48 PM »

So this is a E34?
I have not done this myself, you get decent gains, its the exact thing Dinan sells for it, sans their logo, at a FRACTION of the price.
However since you have a M60, you already have the manifold, you just don't have the M62, thus this does not apply to you.
Do you have the Nikasil block or the Alusil?

Deftones · « **Reply #5 on:** September 16, 2009, 04:54:19 PM »

v8 is the best! make it louder as possibile! if i weren't here in italy where if you change anything on your car you risk going in prison i will have for sure did it!

318lotis · « **Reply #6 on:** September 16, 2009, 08:24:07 PM »

i discovered that leather bra that covers the parking brake fits for a nice interior upgrade. and it looks like the heavy duty gas pedal is gonna fit, im still searching for parts that will fit the e30 318is

DesktopDave · « **Reply #7 on:** October 04, 2009, 08:54:29 PM »

I'd sell that car to someone that desperately wants to keep their old 740iL on the road for a little while longer. That car was seriously under-engineered IMHO. Likely a few parts would swap over from the motor but I doubt any would be worthwhile.

I'd be tempted to swap the ASC+T system over...and maybe take a crack at the stereo if it has navigation, or even just the CD head unit. It'd be compatible with some rewiring.

You can pull the lights out of the cluster - they're the same. You can also grab the little reflectors marker lights in the bumpers. They'll fit but the bulb housing is different. Just untwist & swap bulb housings. I suspect that the projector headlights are the same too, but the e30 needs a special frame to mount them. The radiator fan might fit, the resistor is the same. I wondered if the larger radiator of the M60 would swap in. It's huge, so it might need too much work to fit.

Here's one you might not have thought of. The bigger e34 tool tray will swap directly to the e30. The lid even has the four holes ready for screws. You'd need a larger bit of foam, but it'll line right up. I have one in mine now. I've heard the e34 ET20 wheels are best for the 5-lug conversion. You could sell them to people looking for upgrades to their e34's too. The steering wheel should fit too.

My old E34 525i had very few parts in common with my old 325i, other than the powertrain/DME/engine wiring harness/cruise control. The 318is has even less in common.

I think the ABS pump is similar, and the master cylinder might swap too. The electronics are similar but not the same. I'll bet you could hack e34 gauges into the e30, but it's not worthwhile. Suspension is totally different, brakes also. Diff would fit, but in an entirely different case. I think the only e30 with the large-case diff was the M3.