Any BMW M10 experts out there? Oil pan and turbo questions.

Thanks to irish44j we picked up an 84 E30 M10 for our 74 2002.  Some research shows we need to swap to the e10 oil pan but I read something that says the e30 oil pump will hit the pan unless we remove the "spacer"?  If they're talking about the metal shim between the pump and the pick up that's pretty thin.  I could dent the pan or grind the pick up to make up for that. 

We plan on adding a turbo later and I see pans on Ebay advertised as 2002 turbo pans with the drain.  Except that I don't see any provision for a drain on them.  I found a guy that welded a bung onto the front cover as a drain.  Seemed to me it would be easier to just drill and tap the front cover for a fitting for a drain.

That brings me to oil feed for the turbo.  I see that some companies sell T fittings for the oil pressure sender but could I just use the oil galley plug in the back with a banjo fitting?

Almost forgot.  I read that the passenger side motor mount is different on the e30.  Something simple like just drilling a left over boss or plan on fabbing up something for the 2002?

Anything that I'm missing?

Happy to see you made it home with the engine still in the bed of the truck :) Some road warriors you two are...

In reply to irish44j (Forum Supporter) :

I swear it didn't move an inch after you two added that extra strap.  Today wasn't too bad after we got past SC on 95.

Bump for the post holiday and Monday morning crowd.  Don't make me wing it cause then weird stuff happens.

If something in the turbo goes wonky, will any debris jam in the timing gears?  Would it be long term safer to do the oil pan?

Provided your oil galley plug is off the back of that main distribution bore shown below, and you have a proper restriction to ensure adequate oiling to the rest of the engine I don't see an issue.

I've never dabbled with turbos, but I'd stick with the oil pressure sender location for your oil feed. The clearance between the back of the head and the firewall is pretty tight. For the drain, I think the pan is the better location, but due to the tilt of the block, it will be much easier to get it above the level of the oil to minimize the chance of leaks around the fitting if you put it on the left side of the engine.

In reply to 02Pilot :

I hadn't thought about that.  I just assumed with the distribitor in back there would be enough room.  Draining to the left side makes sense but wouldn't be a nice straight drain path.  I'll have to ponder that more.