318i DME/ECU Bracket necessary??? OR can I just make sure its grounded?

[r4esh]

I can't find a 318i dme bracket from a used car and I'm not really interested in paying $40 bucks for all new brackets... can I just make sure its grounded well off to the body somewhere with speaker wire or something? In addition to making something that would hold the dme?

Thanks,
- D

[Wh33lhop]

My car ran fine (still does) with the DME just hanging there. Not a permanent solution, but you do not technically need to ground it for it to run.

[kronus]

Check yards, I see m42 cars there all the time. If you want, I'll grab one for you and ship it for 20 bux :D

[r4esh]

I live in Tucson, AZ - bmw yards here suck.... you wouldn't beleive the price i paid for my front sump oilpan with pickip and dipstick tube....

Maybe actually. I think I'm going to go with what wh44lhop did - expect make sure at least somehow its being ground additionally. Hopefully i don't fry it... but I've heard of people doing this.

[Wh33lhop]

wh44lhop

...Seriously?

[justin_l_]

Wiring diagrams don't say anything about it being grounded, you can make whatever you want to hold it there.

[evil_twin]

zip ties work well :) i'm running the e34 harness so I can't do the bracket.

[surebimmer]

Zip tie's are your friend.

[Wh33lhop]

zip ties work well :) i'm running the e34 harness so I can't do the bracket.

Me too, I am thinking more and more that I'm never going to be able to hold the ECU in the stock location (I even got the damn bracket).

[SamE30e]

If you flip your ECU over shouldn't it like up with at least 2 of the holes for the bracket?

[jahnaboi]

You do not need the bracket. IT will fit in the original place but it will be held by the washers of the screws but it will stay put.

[jlevie]

An E30 DME does not require the DME case to be grounded.

[jeffw]

ecu doesn't need to be grounded. plug it in and its ready to roll. how you get it to stay in the dash is up to you

[Be30mer]

lol at wh44lhop