Vehicle Description
1975 BMW 530i 5spd Tremec TKO 500 Calif lic # 5RGY394 chassis # 5021046
51,430 original miles & 2170 since conversion – 160 miles on engine
rebuild. Orig A/C car with dash controls but no comp, or condenser now.
This is a non-sunroof car.
This car is a “work in progress” project. Everything mechanical
Is new or rebuilt. The car is ready to get in and take a trip if needed.
There are unfinished things that need attention like, the center radio
Consol is old and has cracks from being removed and reinstalled so
Many times to finally get the right gauge package figured out. And it
Needs a new leather shift boot made. The weather stripping in the door
Jams is showing it’s age as is the rubber trim around the front windshield
& rear glass. There has been numerous stereo’s and speaker’s installed over
time and there is a little mess from it in the glove box, nothing serious just
needs someone to sort through it and eliminate the un-needed wires. The interior
is in very good shape for it’s age but not perfect. There is a small 3’’ cut in the
driver side seat lower left bolster. Other than that there is no other damaged
areas in the interior. The carpet is not the original loop but has been replaced
with a cut pile type (see pics). It does not have any tools in the trunk tool kit &
it does not have a spare tire or a well to put one in. The carburetor that was chosen
to be used was done in an effort to make max hp, it is the type that doesn’t have a
choke horn on it, when cold the motor has to be choked manually with a rag to get
it started. Once started and wormed up its fine for numerous restarts all day long.
My point is, this is a hotrod type car not an air-conditioned, smooth, quite overhead cam
Type like your typical bmw is. Everything that’s been done to the car has been very well
Thought out & engineered . The car is rock solid, haul’s ass, is a blast to drive, get positive attention every where it goes and couldn’t be duplicated for anywhere near my
Reserve price.
BMW 570
First-generation BMW 5-Series E-12 chassis ( 1974 through 1981 )
Mine is a 1975 with fenders and hood from later model E-12’s
Aluminum SBC, 5spd Tremec TKO 500 Jag differential, Rack & Pinion conversion.
Complete color change from BMW blue to MBZ medium metallic blue
Euro body appearance conversion, no side makers, euro bumpers F&R spoilers, mirror’s
- Rear suspension -
Jag series 1 XKE Dana - 44 diff w/ 3:54 ratio 80% limited slip
Chrome moly axel adapters, ( Jag stub axel to BMW CV ) (Porsche 930)
Shortened axle’s made by Summers Brothers w/300M steel ( larger dia, )
Diff stub axle’s & swing arm stub axle’s , heat treated
Camber adjustable swing arm’s
21 mm rear sway bar , adjustable, shortened & relocated for max leverage
After market lowering springs, specially valved Bilstein’s with ride height adj,
Notched trailing arm’s to allow for rim width’s up to 18X10” (current > 17X9”)
Custom made inboard brake rotors for the emergency brake alum calipers.
-Front suspension –
Upper & lower camber adjustment points
Sealed roller bearing on inner lower control arm
Urethane lower outer, control arm bushing’s.
Sealed roller bearing on the front thrust rod to subframe mount point .
27 mm front sway bar, adjustable, shortened & relocated for max leverage
After market lowering springs, specially valved Bilstein’s w/ threaded collars
Custom made Aluminum hub’s
BMW E-21 Euro 323 power rack & pinion conversion, & bump steer kit
-Gas tank & Fuel system –
1979 bmw side fill gas tank grafted to MGB center mount gas tank . This was
a combination of wanting to update the body with the later model tail lights
and wanting to redistribute the weight of the fuel to a lower more centrally
located position . Aeromotive A1000 fuel pump, -10 supply line, -8 return
Aeromotive adj, fuel pressure regulator & four Aeromotive fuel filters, &
Aeromotive fuel pump regulator, changes pump RPM dependant on mtr, load .
-Cooling system –
Custom made to size, Ron Davis extra heavy duty alum, radiator & two electric fan’s. With an opening
Cut into the BBS front air damn to allow carbon fiber duct work up to the radiator.
CSR Performance Product’s electric water pump.
Reverse flow cooling system built into the motor, feed’s the top of the heads and exit’s the center/lower portion of the block. Allows 11.3 to 1 compression on 91 oct, (see dyno sheet)
Crankcase evacuation system –
BMW E46 electric air injection pump, reversed to create vacuum, Mann-Hummel
Oil/air separator filter. The electric motor is RPM adjustable via an MSD RPM
Sensor , at idle a low speed and at 2200 RPM its full RPM for max vacuum.
-Brake system-
Coleman two piece rotors with alum hat’s front and rear, 14’’ F & 13.5 R
Porsche 993 Turbo Big Red calipers with the rotor radius changed to accommodate
The larger than normal rotors. The rotors were cryogenically treated and cad plated
The brake booster is from a BMW 3.0 CS and was repositioned from the oem location
To a more outward and higher place to make room for a V-8 type motor. The master
Cylinder and reservoir is a Porsche 928 S4 unit . The brake proportioning valve is
Also a 928 S4 piece ( 55 –bar ) & braid SS lines.
-Motor-
The motor was purchased used from Donovan Company in Torrance ,CA it was a sprint car Alcohol motor used by Steve Kinser . At the end of each race season he would turn
In the motor and get a new one. The motor was then rebuilt and converted back to
Run on gas and do street duty.
7.0 ltr 427 cu in all aluminum Donovan stroker small block
11.3 to 1 comp, J&E pistons ceramic tops & moly skirts
LA Billet 4” stroke forged crank
Cosworth Eng, 5.85” rods
Dan Olsen oil pan and windage kit.
AFR/Brownfield 220 cc heads w/spread port exh, Ported by Bob McKray Performance
Ultradyne hydrolic roller cam and Rev kit .610 lift 258 @ .050 dur
S.S. roller rockers 1.6 ratio, w/stud girdle
MSD ignition, Victor Jr intake w/Demon 850 carb .
Exhaust-
Stainless 2.5” mandrel bent, X pipe & Custom made to fit headers, HPC coated
Wheel’s –
Alpina E36 fitment for the specific backset needed , size F&R 17 X 8 & 17 X 9
Tires , 225-45-17 & 255-40-17
Please see additional pictures at >>
http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm180/OC570/
