Golf 2002 - m42 swap

[johnnysquare]

Be certain to post the first ride, too. Great work.

jb

[ClayW]

Awesome. I'm on the casual hunt for a 1991 318is now (do I need an is or will an i do just as well?).

Did you go COP with this one?

[jgerock]

Thanks, Jake!

Andy - is this the same Golf '02 you recently posted about as a new purchase?

[jakeb]

Awesome. I'm on the casual hunt for a 1991 318is now (do I need an is or will an i do just as well?).

Did you go COP with this one?

An i will work as well.. This one has the e36 harness so the coil pack is a bit different than on the e30. So no COP on this car. My 02 has COP with the e30 harness.

jake

[ClayW]

Jake,

I know that the E30 driveshaft works well, but is there any other advantage to using an E30 over an E36 as a donor car? Also, is there any difference in the engine and 5-speed from a 1989-1991 318i versus the same from a 1991 318is? The former is a lot easier to find and cheaper! I can't find anything online that says that the 1989-91 318i has any difference from the is model.

[jakeb]

Jake,

I know that the E30 driveshaft works well, but is there any other advantage to using an E30 over an E36 as a donor car? Also, is there any difference in the engine and 5-speed from a 1989-1991 318i versus the same from a 1991 318is? The former is a lot easier to find and cheaper! I can't find anything online that says that the 1989-91 318i has any difference from the is model.

Any e30 318 m42 car will work, 90 or 91. I have never seen an 89 318. The e30 has the correct oil pan and intake manifold that you need for the swap.

[AndyS]

It is that car, Jim. The tranny was squallin' like a bit pig. I didn't have a spare 5 speed at the time. When I got the M42 powered 2000c back, I had to have it in an 02. It is so sweet that my wife wants an m42 in her automagic car.

[jgerock]

It is that car, Jim. The tranny was squallin' like a bit pig. I didn't have a spare 5 speed at the time. When I got the M42 powered 2000c back, I had to have it in an 02. It is so sweet that my wife wants an m42 in her automagic car.

Thanks for responding. I've been kind of wanting a Golf-colored car, but my wife doesn't like the color. Next BMW will have to be anything but red (she likes green).

[jakeb]

I got it back from the exhaust shop on Friday....came out nice.

Here are a few pictures:

I added a bit more support on the center bearing

Going to put some miles on it before it goes home to Andy

[AndyS]

I listened to Skip's this morning. Yeah, it's going Ozarking. Jim, my wife kinda hit the nail on the head with the BMW colors. She said someone had a bag of jelly beans out when they picked the old colors!

[jgerock]

I listened to Skip's this morning. Yeah, it's going Ozarking. Jim, my wife kinda hit the nail on the head with the BMW colors. She said someone had a bag of jelly beans out when they picked the old colors!

Jake's doing a nice job on the conversion. Maybe you can bring it to the Spring True Friend's event.

Porsche also had some wild/neat colors in the '70's.

[AndyS]

I'll be there. Gonna stay there instead of back and forth this year. I'll recruit my kids to drive the other cars so they make it over to the car show, lol!

[ClayW]

Crap. I was kind of hoping for a modified downpipe that would hook up to the stock resonator. Looks like an entirely new exhaust.

[ClayW]

Jim,

I think that this would be a great fix for that hairline timing chain cover crack and subsequent oil leak, don't you think?

[M3M3]

not to mention the "modified" oil pan Clay....;-)

318is's are hard to find. they are one of the more "in demand" of the e30 line.