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**exhaust** · 03-21-2016, 07:35 AM

Get the engine, computer, engine arms and harness. That's all I can think of that you NEED from the S52. If you can, grab the MAF, steering rack, diff and any goodies like a shift knob. The steering rack is a nice swap and the diff is worth a few hundred on Craisglist/eBay/forums.

Good luck, work fast

**clydesdale** · 03-21-2016, 07:53 AM

The salvage guy cut the harness. But, I imagine I could solder if needed. Thoughts on that. Will the rear be used in the swap or just sold for dough? If you look in the pictures in the last link, I believe the engine arms were snapped in the wreck. Do i see that correctly? I thank you for your help. I went there right before leaving for out of town, so they promised to keep the car until I get back. I need to get my plan straight so I can get what I need and get out of their way.

**exhaust** · 03-21-2016, 08:23 AM

Not worth it if it's cut. You'll spend to much time trying to fix it and for the ~$120 a harness goes for, it isn't worth your time.

Real will just be sold for dough.

Didn't look at the pictures but if they are snapped, engine arms are cheap enough.

Not to turn this into a sales pitch, but PM me if you need swap parts. I've got boosters/arms/etc. sitting around.

Are you planning on keeping it OBD2 or swapping to OBD1?

**clydesdale** · 03-21-2016, 04:37 PM

I believe I'm going to OBD 1. When I was more informed on this, I think I decided on looking for OBD 1. So, my car won't benefit from the e36 rear? What about exhaust? I will keep you in mind for parts as I get closer. Thanks.

**Northern** · 03-21-2016, 06:50 PM

Any reason you're going OBD1? There's nothing good there. If you're worried about finding a harness, any M52/S52 harness will work.

Easier, cheaper, easy diagnostics, reflashable, and better overall ECU are all benefits. Lots of places offer EWS/emissions deletes if you can't be bothered to do it yourself.

Yeah there are a lot of threads still floating around from 10 years ago that talk about swapping to OBD1, but we've come a long way in the past 10 years.

**Northern** · 03-21-2016, 06:52 PM

Your car can't fit the E36 diff, but the guts could go in an E30 diff if you really want to work for a 3.23/3.38. Worth ~$300 to sell to some non-M E36 kid otherwise.

Exhaust doesn't really fit. People have done it, but I wouldn't.

**Efren** · 03-21-2016, 07:03 PM

Is someone selling a s50 or 52 swap? I have cash in hand

I just bought my first e30 and im planing to do a swap anyone here have one for sale?

**CarsonE30** · 03-21-2016, 07:09 PM

Originally posted by Efren View Post

I just bought my first e30 and im planing to do a swap anyone here have one for sale?

Check the for sale section maybe?

**clydesdale** · 03-24-2016, 02:08 PM

Ok, sounds like I have a lot of catching up to do. I thought there was better performance in the OBD1 conversion. I have been eyeballing this motor for a while. I had no place for it. But, I finallyhave room. So the swap is coming.

**clydesdale** · 03-24-2016, 04:45 PM

For some reason, I also thought the s50 was better. Clarification?

**exhaust** · 03-25-2016, 03:31 PM

Eh it's kind of a wash between the two. The S50 is a 3 liter and the S52 is a 3.2 but after all the emissions they're about even. I like the S52 just because it's newer and they made more of them.

**M3PO** · 03-25-2016, 04:54 PM

Get as much as you can but the longblock itself is the only thing that's really unique the the M3. The rest of the parts you need are standard E36, readily available, and cheap.

**clydesdale** · 03-26-2016, 10:13 AM

They cracked a cover on the front of the engine, see pics and they also hacked out the power steering pump and rack. They cut the plumbing hose for the rack and one pipe on the pump. Are these worth the $100 the salvage yard is asking?

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