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I've seen that car from rmeuropean in person, it's a clean swap
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Originally posted by DTM190"fuck the kangaroo dude, his toilet water swirls the wrong way anyway, plus i never liked crocodile dundee or Steve Irwin and vegemite tastes like shit"
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Throttle Cable FYI:
E34 Vs E36 Cables.
E34 at the top.
The E34 cable looks good cosmetically.
The Achillies heel of the E34 cable is the length of the cable at the throttle body end of the piece.
It is just a tad short at the TB end. Once installed, and the cable adjusted, the wire is still taut and exerting pull on the linkage. Ergo raised idle. and jumping throttle on bumpy roads.
You can get some slack by shaving the back side of the anchor grommet by 5mm or so.
Then it works fine.
The E36 cable is shorter overall but has more cable exposed at the Throttle body linkage.
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Originally posted by 7pilot View PostThrottle Cable FYI:
E34 Vs E36 Cables.
E34 at the top.
The E34 cable looks good cosmetically.
The Achillies heel of the E34 cable is the length of the cable at the throttle body end of the piece.
It is just a tad short at the TB end. Once installed, and the cable adjusted, the wire is still taut and exerting pull on the linkage. Ergo raised idle. and jumping throttle on bumpy roads.
You can get some slack by shaving the back side of the anchor grommet by 5mm or so.
Then it works fine.
The E36 cable is shorter overall but has more cable exposed at the Throttle body linkage.
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Wouldn't this depend on what the engine is from? My e34 cable works fine on my e34 m50, for example.
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Originally posted by JGood View PostWouldn't this depend on what the engine is from? My e34 cable works fine on my e34 m50, for example.
Your question did actually give some pause for thought, ie Perhaps instead, I could have bent the anchor bracket on the Throttle body towards the Pull linkage to shorten the distance.
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Originally posted by 7pilot View PostThe pictured cables are M50 applications and usage is for the M/S 5x in the E30, my bad.
Your question did actually give some pause for thought, ie Perhaps instead, I could have bent the anchor bracket on the Throttle body towards the Pull linkage to shorten the distance.
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What I meant was, my e34 cable works fine in my e30 with an m50 from an e34. Anyone who uses an e34 m50, will most likely keep all associated brackets, which means the e34 cable will work perfect.
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Couple tid bits:
OBD1- unless late 94 or 95 likely doesn't have EWS and if so there is a DIY to disable. To get proper temp signal you must switch out the rear most temp sensor usually blue in color and exchange it for the typically brown E30 temp sensor used on M42,S14'sM20's and M10's.
OBD2- You have two options on EWS:
Option A- transfer over matching key,EWS module,and DME all from same car. You will need the harness and ring antenna from around ignition. In short, this method is a real pain in the ass and you may as well do an OBD1 harness and sensor swap and use an OBD1 DME to run you engine.
Option B- Send off your OBD2 DME to a tuner and have the EWS disabled and pay the fee. Bimmerworld,Active, and The Racers Market all do these, and TRM provides a few extra services as well like tunes,trouble code /rear O2 delete, etc. If you are running OBD2 you will need to have the head drilled and tapped for the M20 sensor unless you have a head casting that has a plug there (usually 96/97) or some have removed the nipple in the head and tapped a sensor to fit there. The preferred method is to tap the head. Since OBD@ uses a single sensor for the DME and Gauge temps you will need to get a pigtail connector to splice into the 4 wire temp sensor connection. Here's the info so far.
The two wires from the temp sensor that run to the e36 instrument cluster are:
.5 BR/GE (Brown/Yellow)
.5 BR/VI (Brown/Violet)
The two wires from the temp sensor to the DME are:
.5 BR/RT (Brown/Red)
.5 GR/BR (Gray/Brown)
I haven't personally tried this yet and will refine it once I start that part of my current swap.
If you are making you own harness here is a nice link.
My only edit would be to use a paintbrush, sized close to the pin diameter, and pull out all the bristles. Stab it around and wiggle in a circle.
Couple parts avail here for swaps:
G260 transmission brace- has to be modified ( I think he does the shifter rods too)
IF you use E36 trans, no need for this use E36 trans mounts.
Harness adapter:
Originally posted by 325Projectzdon't listen to the diagram... listen to mr. swiss.
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anyone still in this post? doing my first m50 swapped would love an appreciate the help i have most of the parts needed m50 crate motor 5 speed tranny e36 wiring harness, my shell is an automatic but im good to go with making it a manual just need help on mounting the engine an running the harness to the e30
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Originally posted by 89/325i View Postanyone still in this post? doing my first m50 swapped would love an appreciate the help i have most of the parts needed m50 crate motor 5 speed tranny e36 wiring harness, my shell is an automatic but im good to go with making it a manual just need help on mounting the engine an running the harness to the e30
i havn't done the swap, but by reading it doesn't look like rocket science.
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I'm doing this swap right now too.......The stickies on this site are a big help, but theres a lot of questions I still cant find an answer too, or not a clear one anyway...
Still dont know how to identify which oil pan is currently on my M50.......
Still dont know if I need to switch my motor mount arms or not, I heard both ways.....
And few other real specific things I cant think of right now
24V M50, M3 cams, Turner Tune, full exhaust, ect....
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Originally posted by highoutput View PostI'm doing this swap right now too.......The stickies on this site are a big help, but theres a lot of questions I still cant find an answer too, or not a clear one anyway...
Still dont know how to identify which oil pan is currently on my M50.......
Still dont know if I need to switch my motor mount arms or not, I heard both ways.....
And few other real specific things I cant think of right now
here is a pic I made in MS paint to help you
the e34 pan has a front sump, and the e36 has a rear sump ( which is basically where the oil sits, and where the pump picks it up from)
Also you need e36 motor mount arms, they look like these
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