Brother's S52 OBD2 swap
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Brother's S52 OBD2 swap
My brother has had an E30 with no motor for like 5 years. Finally he bought an S52 the other day and is hell bent on an OBD2 swap. So I think I'll document stuff here about mainly the OBD2 stuff and I suppose eventually update my write up for the OBD2 stuff.

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Lets see some pics of the car. oh, and you have a brother??

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Not sure I have any pix. it's a 90 or 91 red 2 door. You can see it kinda in the last pic.
Yea one older bro. I'm 30, he just turned 34 saturday. 9 year old nephew. Got parents. stuff like that. Oh I'm married.
Yea one older bro. I'm 30, he just turned 34 saturday. 9 year old nephew. Got parents. stuff like that. Oh I'm married.

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He should put some air in that tire. 

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you got parents???? mind=blown.

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Imagine Yoshi with children 0.0
On another Yoshi note, saw your drift pic on Reddit/Imgur, my wife found it
On another Yoshi note, saw your drift pic on Reddit/Imgur, my wife found it

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lol your wife like "ah man, I wish you had an E30 as awesome as this one!" ? lol
Hopefully getting together with the brother on saturday to put the motor in the car. w00t!
Hopefully getting together with the brother on saturday to put the motor in the car. w00t!

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Took a few hours out to help brother prep the motor to be put in. We really wanted to get the motor in but the asshole lost the oil pickup. Couldn't get the oil pan on so nothing went into the car. So far pretty smooth though. Only had to do 1 parts run since he hasn't worked on a car in so long he had nothing but standard wrenches and only one ratchet (that liked to stop working). Hopefully it gets in soon.







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I'd like to point out my brother has made 0 progress. At least the money not used on this is going towards his dream house with a nice garage. Jealous? no...

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That's slightly more progress than I've made on my black 87 325is. Ooh, I did put air in both passenger side tires last week. lolYoshi wrote:I'd like to point out my brother has made 0 progress. At least the money not used on this is going towards his dream house with a nice garage. Jealous? no...
Schwarz 5-speed 87 325is (newest project)
Arktisblau 5-speed 86 325e (current DD)
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Alpine white 5-speed 87 325is (my first e30, possibly for sale)
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Arktisblau 5-speed 86 325e (current DD)
Schwarz 5-speed 87 325e (parts car/LS1 swap?)
Gazellenbeige automatic 85 318i (70,000 miles)
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I think my brother has yet to do that too. The tires on the car are like 20 years old.

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I think the tires on my DD are about that old. Both front tires (the same week) decided to develop tennis ball sized growths on the tread area. I should take pictures of the one that's still on the rim with air in it.
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Alpine white 5-speed 87 325is (my first e30, possibly for sale)
99 Suburban
Arktisblau 5-speed 86 325e (current DD)
Schwarz 5-speed 87 325e (parts car/LS1 swap?)
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I sat in my e30 for the first time in a year this weekend.

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