Originally Posted by
jriggs
simple swap if you can get all the parts. almost cheaper to just buy a car thats already a clutch as e36s have become so cheap.
Yep... like my black '93 325i with a 5-speed. $2500 obo.
If you'd rather get all the parts to convert yours, I can swap everything over for $700... takes a day and a half for everything, including the wiring. It's relatively easy if you've done a few before (I have), but it's definitely not a novice project, and a lift and power tools are almost required, as well as some soldering skills.
You won't be able to buy the whole car from a junkyard, but that's by far the easiest and cheapest place to get all the parts you need, since you can see everything that you wouldn't necessarily think of if you were buying the parts elsewhere.
LMK
-- Jeremy