This build is such a masterpiece, so many years of experience culminated together to create the perfect James Pumphery machine. Mad Respect this should be the gold standard everywhere.
Sweet build. I’ve a few decent ones of me own. Problem is always damn California smog checks and muffler shops now. They’re afraid to touch anything. My suggestion is Nevada if it’s over 25 years old, just take you rubber band day trip there and back, or Montana LLC but “La Chota” is on to that loophole and can hassle. Just my two cents.
I tell people that about the exhausts. Even an m52 with m50 manifold, 3.5 intake/maf (or if u add a cam). U gotta do duals as far back as possible, with an xpipe, or a proper Y way back. U can't join em at the front or the car feels like sht. Even with headers, shorties or long tubes. All modded straight 6 bmw engines like the similar exhaust setups. From experience lol. I've had maybe 50 exhaust setups on e36s
I love the whole car looks. It looks well thought out. How exactly did you mount the speakers in the rear decklid? I also wanted to do something similar to make it look cleaner but wasn’t sure how to mount the speakers. Did you screw them in the original place and just put the alcantara over it?
In South Africa, m20 engines are heavily moded and run with Diktator or Haltech. S54 engines being a bit expensive are not so much used. The other engines used in E30 are Toyota 1UZ v8 which is like the LS of the South African car culture. That being said , Castro you do some very solid solid reliable looking builds
Chris, I have a modded E30 Coupe like this (just late model) with an M20 ready to S54 swap. Emailed you guys a while ago, whats the best way to make an appointment?
Fair play in selling the parts to people and even encouraging other shops to use them. Good for the community!
This build is so good! I love how you "spill the beans" and break it all down. Big credit to you guys. GREAT TASTE
This build is such a masterpiece, so many years of experience culminated together to create the perfect James Pumphery machine. Mad Respect this should be the gold standard everywhere.
Appreciate it!
Yeah I'm dying for that s-swap kit..... And the donut burnout at the end sealed a beautiful video and beautiful build!
Love the outro… collab shirts just arrived! 🔥
Men James was left hanging in that ‘Allright first thing’ 💀
Man! that high notes at the end of the video is telling us all about itself.
Beautiful build. The no spare tire is so clean. A kit would be amazing! For s52 cars as well.
@castro - good to hear that you guys will be offering kits now. How about complete exhaust systems?
Best video to date.. Hope to see yall at the E30 picnic here in the PNW.
See you there!
Sweet build.
I’ve a few decent ones of me own.
Problem is always damn California smog checks and muffler shops now.
They’re afraid to touch anything.
My suggestion is Nevada if it’s over 25 years old, just take you rubber band day trip there and back, or Montana LLC but “La Chota” is on to that loophole and can hassle.
Just my two cents.
A kit would be amazing!
So awesome that you guys will be making these swaps a little more plug and play. Any rough ETA on these kits?
in the works...email us at castromotorsport@gmail.com
I tell people that about the exhausts. Even an m52 with m50 manifold, 3.5 intake/maf (or if u add a cam). U gotta do duals as far back as possible, with an xpipe, or a proper Y way back. U can't join em at the front or the car feels like sht.
Even with headers, shorties or long tubes. All modded straight 6 bmw engines like the similar exhaust setups.
From experience lol. I've had maybe 50 exhaust setups on e36s
Fire
Man I gotta have an engine and engine bay like this one 👊
I want to ship my BMW E30 325is to Castro Motorsport for an S54 swap, what do I need to do to get stated?
shoot us an email at castromotorsport@gmail.com
I love the whole car looks. It looks well thought out. How exactly did you mount the speakers in the rear decklid? I also wanted to do something similar to make it look cleaner but wasn’t sure how to mount the speakers. Did you screw them in the original place and just put the alcantara over it?
We modified some aftermarket 6x9 mounting pods and affixed them to the bottom of the shelf.
@@castromotorsport3176 thanks
do you Americans ever work with M20 engines in your E30 builds ??
too slow!
In South Africa, m20 engines are heavily moded and run with Diktator or Haltech. S54 engines being a bit expensive are not so much used. The other engines used in E30 are Toyota 1UZ v8 which is like the LS of the South African car culture. That being said , Castro you do some very solid solid reliable looking builds
@@doostar6875 Was just kidding, we love the good ole M20's, but our customers prefer the S5X engines, they simply suit their needs better.
@@castromotorsport3176 keep up the good work and feed us more content on your channel 👍
Chris, I have a modded E30 Coupe like this (just late model) with an M20 ready to S54 swap. Emailed you guys a while ago, whats the best way to make an appointment?
I might have missed the email, shoot me another one please castromotorsport@gmail.com
Is that a Z3M rear diff or just the fin cover
Just fin cover
@@castromotorsport3176what diff did you guys use?
@@Alvaro_722 Probably also a Z3 diff, super easy to get LSDs from Z3s
@@Alvaro_722 The case is a medium case from any E30, the lsd pack is from wavetrac.