M60 V8-Swapped BMW E30 - One Take

[@klasseact6663]

Real owner, real build and really nice!

[@306RxsVol2]

The wheels are not from a E36 M3. Are from E46 with the M pack.

[@ImOldGregg]

André Ribeiro you're correct, but I know which wheels he has confused them with. They are relatively similar

[@brettcastro97]

Yup, the E36 wheels he confused them with are called Forged M Double Spokes. I know they came on the M3 lightweight and I guess as a wheel option for the regular M3.

[@ChittysMusicGear]

yup, I had them on my 2003 330i M sports package.

[@bmos02]

Yeah, Matt was totally on point with that. So many e36s have them that the owner must have assumed they were meant for the car.

[@ChittysMusicGear]

yeah, 17" staggered. They weren't my fave, but they looked really cool when you get close, pretty deep looking. Definitely stock with that year's MSport package. I see them around town semi regularly.

[@bosse641]

So much nicer looking these Bimmers compared with today's production.

[@SprayIgniteBoom]

I live here in N. Italy (I'm American) and I whole heartedly agree with you! I think the 2010 models were as future looking as they needed to go. The actual steel/chrome bumpers were nicely done and....RWD + manual transmission + driving skill=😃 Oh and the cops here in Italy have no radar in their cars....it's normal to drive 55mph in a 30mph or 95mph in a 75mph. I love these roads!!!

[@floppaturnt]

Arthur Wall the M cars are absolutely beautiful but most of the regular 3 & 5 series look the same

[@laidback93]

Thank you! Seems like every E30 video or message board post devolves into "I hate new BMWs because..." territory. I own an E30 and F30 and I love them both for different reasons.

[@jf6441]

Car sounds perfect. Not too loud and not too quiet. Just right.

[@delamaize]

I have a V8 Swapped 1987 E30. Best thing I have ever done to my E30. It's a freaking rocket now. I basically did the same thing he did, with a M60B40 from a 1994 540I, Getreg 420g 6 speed out of a 2001 540i, and a 3.24 LSD out of a 2002 Z3M.

[@Jorge-Tamacas]

Great car and excellent engine swap. A V8 in a lightweight car. I'm starting look for a 325 E30. Great video Matt!

[@vincevegacustoms8860]

Jorge Tamacas a heavy brick w only 300hp you mean ;)

[@Grimm-Gaming]

Jorge Tamacas Reminds me of.... a prettier fox body the way its set up

[@snape1464]

Why a 325? save the money and start with a 318

[@girgislv]

325 has better suspension ;)

[@nightreapers3425]

dirty thirty People are gonna switch the stock suspension out anyways I don't think that matters. Just get a cheap 318. Same chassis just different motor

[@westsenkovec]

Poor buddy Mike. He did most of the work and drove 500 miles just to get curbed by Matt

[@Slow370Z]

lmao

[@_baller]

Yea not even a cameo.. bad form

[@UFOSgotme]

Yeah definitely an a-hole move

[@velocity211]

Damnnnn that exhaust note.... Already so menacing from the 540i E39, but coming from a clean/stockish looking E30... Dayum....

[@PinkGuy120]

The M60 came from the E34 🤔

[@cedb7115]

Matt promotes Vincero watches and wears a Rolex Submariner in the same video. Lol

[@drakefulmer9599]

Bigchubby cause those watches look like and are cheap shit mate

[@TheSmokingTire]

Bigchubby it was a GMT Master II :)

[@michaelmakdissi]

TheSmokingTire GMT Master 2 BLNR Batman ; )

[@mrmidnight32]

Cause it's a load of shit. Obviously prefers an empty check over actually pushing quality product for his fans. Aka the people who made it possible to even get paid from this channel.

[@mattwasilewicz9677]

lol, well that's because a Rolex is a nicer watch. Think of it this way, he can go out there and say that the BRZ for example is a great little sports car for the money and an awesome buy, but if you have a 911 at home in the garage, what are you actually going to drive given the choice?

[@JF-ns5zs]

Didn't even need to check his phone for the transmission, impressive!

[@Perumet]

He's heavy, but not a heavy G

[@bentv7]

I see what you did there. Lol.

[@EvilSSP]

It's a German Fox body. This is how BMW should have done it in '86.

[@DuBstep115]

It would have been kinda funny if M3 would have had 60hp less than 340i

[@tralalaklak]

@@DuBstep115 but i think its not well balanced as M3...

[@PyleHD]

No. Just no

[@WestSide1207]

You guys forgot to mention the M60B40 is also in the E32, have it in my 740iL, surprisingly provides a great amount of power to pull that 5200 pound tank. Can't imagine how much fun it would be in that lightweight E30, great build!

[@MadMonroe90]

The only reason why I started watching this video is that it's not another LS swap

[@norgepalm7315]

Thanks for clearing that up, I was dying to know why you were watching this.

[@MadMonroe90]

palmtrees bananapants I'm glad that you're miserable life is now a bit better thanks to my previous comment :)

[@RefianS]

of course, otherwise it wouldn't be the "odd ball"

[@ghostintheshell2123]

slowsr20 2- ever consider commas and fullstops?

[@iliovecaRS]

Zoltan Benedek ls is way better and lighter than m60 lol

[@kingkhoda]

What a sweet little Toy. Clean, tastefully understated and low-key, seems to have been created for driving enjoyment rather than showing off. Cleanup the interior a bit, add power-brakes and I would absolutely consider daily-driving this instead of my M5. Great Car Chris!

[@DeViceCrimsin_]

Invite Mike for his own shoot? I'm pretty sure he has a gem or two laying around. That build was inspiring.

[@brandonurban5215]

I am not a BMW fan but I dig this car. One of very few BMW one takes I have ever watched. Nice build!!

[@lonetreeoutdoors]

Love the e30, love the fact y'all built it ourselves and love the fact u didn't spend 10s of thousands to do it! Thanks for sharing!

[@paxwallacejazz]

This is what I dreamt of doing with my old E30 back in 2000 when I lived in Germany near Heidelberg. Good on ya young man.

[@hotwire96]

This guy seems to know what he's talking about.. but those aren't E36 M3 wheels.

[@DEEuroworks]

hotwire96 that’s right, e46 wheels non M3.

[@_baller]

"Best part is its sleeper" ...arent all cars sleepers now, an accord goes 0 to 60 on 5.5 seconds, sleeper is now expected

[@91son92]

it's not just about 0 to 60

[@hubertkolka3107]

You have to admire this mans passion, and determination for the build.

[@lexburen5932]

a E30 that is not ruined, good job. and what a beautifull looking E30. congratulations to the owner :)

[@aa240sx]

getting the wheels wrong bro, those are e46 330i style 68s. i think there's some confusion here, you had it right matt.

[@Riley180sx]

Doublevanoz I think they came on both

[@clayp.e30_v86]

They did come on the e36 m3 euro you guys may have had them later on the 46

[@aqeelkader2956]

@@clayp.e30_v86 They never came on the E36. The E36 M3 5 spokes received on Euro cars were the DS2's. The North American market and a few others received the DS1's

[@DodgerBluetC]

Cool car, chill owner, and properly built. And not to forget the perfect clear looking day y'all driving in. 👍

[@FurkyDurky]

Frat boy Seth Rogen built a badass e30

[@strengthbuild]

Furkan Memon yeah I would never expect a guy like this to pull this off, shouts out though he really knows his stuff.

[@MaffiaAlfista]

Haha my first thought too. WTF is Seth Rogen doing in a E30 on TheSmokingTire x)

[@B95_P]

If you close your eyes and just listen I think you mean Jonah Hill

[@KBynum-ld8ti]

LMAO he really does. I was just watching war dogs last night.

[@bigbirdsmurderer4168]

Check out the widowmaker video on carthrottle. That's a wicked fucking E30. Not hating on this e30 at all, but the widowmaker is the king of modded BMWs.

[@KannX]

Very cool that dude made all this in his garage. Great achievement!

[@Music-By-Nobody]

"Vincero watches are some of my most favourite, definitely recommend getting one" *Wears a Rolex watch*

[@treedeblue]

Josef von Borcke his obviously kinda fake in many ways

[@awdrifter3394]

Well, he also probably don't use the ball powder, but he'll still promote it.

[@1982daverogers]

I like this guy, knows his stuff and has done a great job keeping an E30 alive.

[@bradnaylor]

Props to this gentleman and his buddy Mike! This car is impressive!

[@andrewwilson8317]

Quite why anybody thought that a widow-maker needs more power beats me! I had a 325i and it tried to kill me every time it was driven on slightly damp roads! It would try to swap ends in a heartbeat. I can only assume is in a hurry to get killed by it! Great car in the dry, lethal in the wet! Lost count of the amount of bends I went around backwards.

[@CJBMAGGOT94]

This car is awesome. So is the owner. Love cars that are built by the owner. A lot more love and passion.

[@danekeeper1]

Mad props for this Sac town screamin machino...representin Nor Cal...!

[@carpetmogul007]

Serious props for the headliner! We are currently swapping an S38 in my E24 and going the Hot Rod route so to see this AND see some originality is kick ass! You got my vote!

[@alexsarver2367]

Ah the M60 v8... my first car was an e34 540i, and it screamed just like this. Brings back memories of 16 year old me doing donuts😢 Man I miss that car

[@jmoe2060]

Wow, one of the best One Takes I've seen. These guys should be proud. If you got the money you can drive whatever you want but this was done on a budget and it's badass.

[@flacidneckgiraff6825]

Seriously considering this swap myself really tempting after seeing this one and how sorted it is

[@noiiaz96]

That car has seriously good looks, props to the owner!

[@halojonssan]

Really nice car and props to the owner/builder!

[@tonyboughman8050]

Right-sized sporty coupe! Nice work Chris and Mike! Thanks Matt!

[@gregorytrane7828]

God I love those E-30's. You could sell many if pdisc power brakes were included. No nonsense driving machine. It must be a joy !!

[@TheGuerillapatriot]

A super-sano, show room condition E30 is in Canoga Park with this same conversion. This car is beat, but it's glorious.

[@EnemyinBlue]

This owner is legit. Props on the build.

[@imSchwaggy]

This: perfect execution of an m60 e30. especially because of the 6 speed swap ! props, i want a turbo m60 swapped e30 with a pandem kit. #OneDay

[@charleshines1553]

You mentioned Akebono brake pads. I once tried them on my Jetta and must not have had the right type of pad. They were the right part number but they seemed to take longer to stop the car than the ones I had. I took them off and got a set of Stop Tech para aramid pads that are slightly better than OEM for stopping. I think they are even advertised as being more fade resistant and fading is a very common thing with many brakes.

[@drake5557]

I'm very happy to see that conquest there!

[@luisgonzalez1637]

Nice, fitted proper bass in the trunk with the air ride equipment. Respect.

[@seraph1926]

Where in the hell did he get a crack free dash

[@everydaycarguys1380]

seraph1926 we got lucky and found it in pick n pull junk yard. 45 bucks!!!

[@seraph1926]

Everyday Car Guys nice!

[@ZeroFoxENT]

Mine is crack free and pristine!

[@SearchEast2069]

"oh ya its not hard to make this build, anybody can do it!" Yeah take an engine, a tranny, and a rear end from three different cars and put them in another car they were never designed to go into while modifying a whole bunch of other stuff all in your home garage. Total piece of cake.

[@mro9466]

most BMW parts can be changed with very few modifications. the Z3 rear end for example is exactly the same design from the e30. you can use most M20B25 gearbox on M50s engines etc

[@AndyE30]

I'm honestly doing this right now with a low boost pump gas setup. It really isn't difficult besides thr monies

[@nuclearpancakes2]

bmw purposely designs their parts so they fit into other bmw's.... swapping most engines is pretty straight forward. For example, they used the same shitty waterpump (identical part) in something like 15-20 different cars. This is not uncommon with them.

[@mescko]

Until I started on my E28, I knew little/nothing about BMW's. I have since found out that, indeed, there is a lot of design continuity and parts-bin engineering in these cars. The shifter in my project is out of a Z4. the stick fits The original E28 shifter support 'console'. All I had to do is shorten the rod between the stick and the shift shaft on the gearbox. There are half a dozen or more different shifters I could use depending on which shift ratio I wanted. There's even an X5 manual shifter (if you can find one) I could use.

[@LorenzoCalgaryRealtor]

Antwon Jenkins And it’s especially easy when your buddy Mike builds majority of it

[@TheQuispie]

NICE! a m60 swap instead of a LS. AND kept the balance in mind! GOOD JOB! NICE CAR!

[@hockeymann88]

" we didn't want to go to the effort of brakes. " OK , I paraphrased a little but that is some funny sh@t. I can so relate to that mindset.

[@robmanueb.]

Great project, good find Matt. Love to see this in a year. Supercharger and power brakes. Don't know about 550 to the wheels but yeah we always want more...

[@DMX-PAT]

what a sweet car, of all the cars you've reviewed I honestly say this is the only one I would make an offer on and straight up buy just from watching this...

[@everydaycarguys1380]

thelocustemperor interested in buying?

[@deluxedetailing9832]

This is my dream swap in my e30, hope one day I can build one

[@DriversSide]

Really awesome build! It must have taken a long time to do all that work!

[@ante4331]

he did that in his garage?!?! RESPECT!

[@PGHdrift]

When keeping it simple goes right. Congrats on a build.

[@TheAussiefrog]

That thing is sweet, well done on the home build

[@nolanjv]

Impeccable build. Absolutely perfect in every way.

[@Stuka87]

Nice to see a guy that knows a lot about his car.

[@nathanwabre]

As a bimmer I’d have liked to see an M straight six but man, this swap rocks, fois job 👌🏻

[@BMWMTEAM1]

So cool amazing build, love the work. More BMW builds please

[@AW-xv7dq]

I drove a stock e30 325i years ago (except it was lowered a bit) It was some of the best fun I had in car at the time. I can't imagine how amped up it would be with a V8. But it must be scary fast.

[@SubaruWRXspdManual]

I love the one takes. I'm subscribed to only around 5 channels and I watch TST more than any channel. Good shit Matt. Keep it coming. I don't even mind your commercials. Love the car by the way. Nicely done. Bit of a sleeper.

[@Greig300]

Credit to the guy... he done it himself. I like it. Good work!

[@SqueezeTop]

I like your wheel choice those style 68 go great on e30 and e36 and z3's

[@MrRandomcommentguy]

Would love to put a E55 AMG motor in a W123...

[@JMMmarketing]

m113k is the move. i'd place it in the w126 slcass of that same era just because it has modern size brakes and ABS stock. But both are equally awesome since w126 gen2 front brakes are a direct swap into the w123 front.

[@Roddy_Zeh]

I think about an M119 with a 6-liter RENNtech stroker kit...I like the fact the M119 has 4 valves per cylinder despite being an older engine. And in stock trim (5 liter, 322 hp), it already pulls the S and SL-class cars quite well, can't even imagine how crazy would be in a W123.

[@DriversSide]

Really awesome build! I bet it took a loooooooong time to do all that work.

[@CooCuMbEr]

He said less than a year

[@sfn4702]

Definitely one of my favorite posts. Thanks, guys.

[@clubracer6]

Early E46 330i sport package wheels that weren't even around when the e36 existed. Nice car regardless !

[@JoshuaC0rbit]

I really think BMW has a fairly timeless style actually the Mercedes of that era look great as well I swear one more of these videos and I'm going to end up buying one

[@TWIRKNOLOVE]

Hey Chris - I make black suede headliners for these cars if you're interested in one seeing that it's out of shape. Lmk :^)

[@Bednorski911]

ABBI NOLOVE interested!

[@TWIRKNOLOVE]

Message me! Instagram @abduak or FB: /akaoussarani

[@suntzunikola2917]

ABBI NOLOVE I was totally interested but then remembered I have a 325i vert:(

[@MartinvcE36]

I’m interested in the headline

[@danryan2810]

Sweet build...hats off to you Sir.

[@glennmartin2403]

Subtle hammer - love it. Classy build. Props!

[@madcook1936]

Love that it is not an LS Beemer on Beemer Super Nice Ride

[@potterg04]

Great video Chris, super nice 86 325i

[@usergonemad]

Awesome car, fun owner, great video. Well worth the ad at the beginning!

[@mehkayla6685]

I can't wait to see that Starion...

[@deedler5687]

I'm waiting for that starion or conquest in the background 😱

[@nycLPplayer]

Imagine the performance with a lightweight driver/passenger mod (just messing with you guys...great vid)

[@danzel1263]

Awesome job on the build

[@brandonblake4631]

Thanks Mike for building a solid roadcar, wouldn't have minded seeing you in the backseat!

[@greenbullitt6999]

This is one badass car ... Making this one badass video ... Both you guys could make great videos together

[@syrgrad91]

Great car. I'd add the brake booster and skip adding boost to the motor. That M60 has gobs of torque and sounds badass. Adding a turbo or a supercharger isn't necessary and will drown out the rumble of the V8. Otherwise, a great looking build. I'm sure Igor at CATuned is happy that the car is equipped with his coilovers. Nice build indeed!

[@rocckstar187]

Daaaamn cant wait to see that damn starion!!!! Thing looks EVIL!!!!

[@nickb3968]

This makes up for the previous E30 vid....a lesson in tasteful upgrades. Ignore Matt's whining about power brakes, if the feel isn't right just change the master cylinder(and/or pad formulation) to get a better feel.

[@Burdpvt]

Such a clean engine bay

[@brettcastro97]

I am really looking forward to seeing that Starion. Sweet E30. I love a V8 in a small car, especially when it's period correct and from the same manufacturer.

[@Jorge-Tamacas]

Yes, I'm waiting to see that drive too. I paused the video a couple of times to have a good look and make sure that it was a Starion

[@brettcastro97]

I think I've seen that one at a car show actually. It has a Corvette engine. Just search "Starion Corvette Engine" and you'll see it immediately. It just doesn't have the massive rear wing on it in the video and the decals aren't exactly the same now either is different. And that vent on the side is black now, but it's definitely the same car.

[@bmw-blast733]

BMW power. Nice built.

[@raiNofchAosFPS]

ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh mama! i have had my e30 2.0i 8v for awhile and been thinking a ls1 or lexus v8 in it.. Just love the sound of a v8 :)

[@mikegiles5038]

Love his work.. But dude post that conquest!!!!.. I need n waiting for that!

[@jody024]

Neat little car! best 700 Dollar donor car ever used for it too.

[@genericdenizen1]

Great car, and MANUAL TRANSMISSION!!

[@ICONAUTOMOTIVEBV]

Nice swap, nice car... But those wheels are E46 M Wheels, not even delivered on an M3 and surely not on an E36 M3.. Styling 68 Wheels but great car nevertheless..

[@fxhmason9546]

I love all the E30's!!!

[@hv9356]

You're doing a good job Matt.

[@youmustbethatninja]

This car was tastefully modified

[@dramen]

Is that an RX-7 FC in the backround? Holy shit, can't wait for THAT video! I mean it might not be so don't kill me comments ;), looks sick anyhow.

[@snakebobjames]

dramen issa starion

[@randy438]

The engine swap is amazing and all but is no one going to talk about how clean the outside was?

[@truthinaction0000]

Wouldn't mind seeing a track and strip matchup with an ls swapped Miata.

[@mangobunsss7213]

I own a black on black E34 540i and am trying to find a good exhaust lol Love the video and this build