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The simplicity of the older E30s are fun to drive. My goal is to get the E30 M3 one day. You should totally do the Ls swap. Feels so good whenever you start the V8 and listen to the exhaust roar.
Build Japan meets America (Ls Swap)
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Dropping the Ls into the engine bay. Aligning cruisermatts mounts to the chassis. Marking up the location of the welds.
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My cousin welded the motor mounts. Off topic. That’s his mini cooper. Pretty cool. Evolution swap I believe. Was difficult to hold up the mounts with tape so we just drilled and bolted up some screws.
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Welded the motor mounts to the chassis and placed the engine in. The driver side header is super close to the driver side frame. Passenger more room to run the down pipe.
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Spray painted the radiator support with kbs blacktop satin black. Installed the ac condenser and derale tranny fan. Also installed the Derale power steering cooler.
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Replaced the LC fuel pump with a 4Runner V8 pump. 4Runner looks smaller. The white filter provided won’t work. It hits the bottom of the tank. The cover won’t close. You have to use the LC design. I had to cut the wires from the LC pump and merge to the wires from the new fuel pump.
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American made. I fabricated the Dorman 620-118 engine cooling fan (ford/mercury). My understating is that it pushes out like more than 3000 cfm. To wire it up, I used the ford cooling fan harness connector.
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Powder coated the stock wheels. To be continued....wiring and custom exhausts.
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Not a fan of your fan shroud!
You've covered a lot of the core with what looks like a flat plate. You'll have significantly compromised airflow.
A single electric fan is questionable in the first place. Dual fans often shift more air, and give you more control.
Hope it works for you.
You've covered a lot of the core with what looks like a flat plate. You'll have significantly compromised airflow.
A single electric fan is questionable in the first place. Dual fans often shift more air, and give you more control.
Hope it works for you.
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Yea. I prefer the dual fans. Maybe down the road I’ll fabricate for the dual fans. Wish there is a manufacture that makes the dual fan for our setup. I’ll keep an eye out to see if the engine overheat.
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For the exhaust, I designed and fabricated the 2.5” pipes similar to the LC layout - wrapping over the frame. I incorporated one of the two cats into the exhaust system. It was a tight fit around the passenger header. Surprised it worked out.
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Magnaflow muffler. So many angles. I’m a beginner so it took so many hours to weld them.
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I'm sure you didn't get any burns welding that exhaust up. Just hoping you didn't end up in the hospital with heat stroke after wearing that giant jumpsuit 
.All jokes aside this is an awesome thread and swap. Your posts give me faith I can tackle this project one day.
Most importantly it is awesome to see you doing this project with your father. Irreplaceable memories dude. Keep up the good work and go terrorize the streets with your old man when your done.
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Hhaha. It's Seattle man. I got used to the hot/humid climate in Vietnam. Seattle summer is cold for me. I got sunburn cause I didn't wear the jumpsuit the first time welding. Should have bought a welding jacket. Got the idea on the muffler by watching this video magna flow. I'm an amateur at welding. May take a welding class after this project. This is my first engine swap, excuse the imperfections.
All jokes aside this is an awesome thread and swap. Your posts give me faith I can tackle this project one day.
Most importantly it is awesome to see you doing this project with your father. Irreplaceable memories dude. Keep up the good work and go terrorize the streets with your old man when your done.
. I chose the 14" magnafow for it's not obnoxiously loud. Sometimes, I feel like my father enjoys working on the swap more than me.
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Primed and painted the exhaust with high temperature. Early Christmas ornaments.
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Someone on the V8 thread used one of these dual fans and there are versions with built-in PWM controllers. I can't remember which size but it was a very close fit with minor modification. I was going to do dual fans, but went with a mechanical fan.
Great work on the exhaust.
Doing the exhaust on my truck was the worst part of my swap. I spent way too long figuring out where to route everything and then doing it. It is the one part of the project that I should have paid someone.
Wow. Never seen anyone route the exhaust like that on a v8 swap. Nice job
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Thanks. It was arduous to run the exhaust like that. I prefer not run the exhaust nearby the gas lines and the gas tank. Can you guys please give me some advice on where I should run the purge hose to? I was thinking about deleting the Evap sensor and run a hose to a check valve and to the hole somehow. Did some research and could not find any clear photos and description. Also what about the hose from the bottom of the Evap canister. Appreciate it.
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Yup it is. I have another one. Does the lc purge hose goes there. Circled in orange? My hood may hit the purge valve so I may remove it.
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