There's a NZ'er by the name of drifty340i over on the r3vlimited forums. He swapped a '97 1UZ in his e30 BMW. If I remember correctly, he used w55 5 speed trans.

His profile is http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/member.php?u=9520 if anyone's interested in filtering through his posts to find out more info.

Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7qNXnMWnVQ