My e30 318is s52 swap thread

[windsor318is]

well..i feel angry to say the least, but ill get there lol

[static]

no reason to rush

[shiboujin]

Took me 9 months to complete my turbo. Half the fun is the project. Once you finish, youll just be looking for the next project. Keep up the good work man.

[windsor318is]

i think your right, i have the next project lined up already. thanks for the comment!

[etxxz]

no reason to rush

he's right, they are all right....i just can't help that every free second that i have i will get greasy, i'm sick, i can't help it. i know it, i admit it....to say the least, this past weekend i dedicated around 25hours to preppin the engine and car, to droping it and starting to put things in their place....not including work sat and sunday and an all nighter sunday...my gf is pissed she wants to make me believe that i like her more jeje j/k just don't tell her thati have not been able to touch it since though, no time


there's two ways to do things man: the right way.

[windsor318is]

i no what you mean, everytime i walk in the garage my fiancee asks how long its going to be today lol!

heres what arrived today, i dunno what you people where talking about, im happy with the akg harness, im happy its not green, and tranny mounts


and headers, that dont look anything like the auction i won, not sure what to do, ill link you guys to the auction pics. theres only one o2 plug and no flared ends with flanges


heres the auction pic


one more thing i bought

[windsor318is]

well its saturday, so back at it...with new lighting too, now i can see, and the pics are better.

finally got this stupid booster out, i made it harder than i thought, i couldnt see that there was a clip at the end of the pin, idiot.


so lets begin in here today...


handy crossover in the top of the ecu im removing...


first question, what is that plu? its on the harness, and also pluged into another harness under the dash


better pic


is this another paper weight for me or can i get something for this?


my superviser tonight, shes never been in the e30, i think she found it smaller than the e36 i have.


since i had the computer unplugged, i started pulling the harness out ciomplete threw the firewall.


i think im understanding where my harness adaptor i bought goes, in here, this one goes bye bye with the harness.


im assuming this is what im suppose to have remaining in the car before the e36 harness arrives...will the new diagnostics plug reach the same e30 location?


so this is what im working with right now, i think the headlights are going bye bye tomorrow, might as well paint underneither the hood properly....im trying to hold back from pulling the ABS out.


cant believe i can actually see what im doing now, im not attached to my hand light anymore. did anyone notice i made a wall decoration out of my hood?he he i think im hanging the new headers soon.

[windsor318is]

at it again, my motor arrived, im a little annoyed by something im sure its obvius what the would be from the pics....the engine color matchs the engine stand...problem #1 sorry a couple pics are camera phone



finaly got it on the stand


i didnt fool around i got the headers off the minute it got to my garage, ready to instand stainless ones.


i still cant believe i have an engine in my garage....ive been waiting 10 years for this.


this is the kick in the nuts, thank god whoever did it didnt no what primer was, its going to come off no problem


while im at it, i started shaving this side as well, rerouting these brake lines


these are going buy buy, found a way to rerun them no problem


engine mounts are a whore, this didnt work, out came the impact gun.


once again, armenians cant help but smoke while working, its a mechanic thing to do

[qimis]

Did you push the engine stand all the way from the shop to your garage? lol ...

[Teaguer]

Good to see it coming together for you .

What is that extra thing you picked up , chrome flexi radiator hose ?

Althought he yellow cam and fuel rail cover is not to my liking I think its ironic that you are criticizing the quality as you did not even remove your intake or valve cover to paint them . :rofl:

[windsor318is]

ya ya ya..... my manifold isnt as easy as taking 4 screws out as the m50 engines alright! lol and yes its flex hose. black rubber is ugly, lets not fuck around now.

[MR 325]

Your AKG adapter looks much nicer than the one I received.

[windsor318is]

Your AKG adapter looks much nicer than the one I received.

huh....thats weird, youd think they would make them all look the same, as long as it works though.

heres some updates, i put the headers on, modified the tranny braket to fit the new AKG tranny mounts, ground the air box braket off, and i cant get the abs unit out for the life of me, anyone know how to disconnect the harness off of it?








i pretty much dissconnected everything off the abs, but theres a few lines that go into the front part of the unit that i cant disconnect without cutting, i need some tech support here guys.

[windsor318is]

still at it, rerunning the brakelines, so they are not showing in the engine bay, ill weld the hold for it later.

well i found a way to get the yellow paint off, a steamer is fucken awesome! it can be black once again..


finished product..
all for know, need to sell my old parts, start ordering maintainence parts fo rthe engine, and clean the shit out of it. heres a pic that i just tryed to start off. might as well lots of time!

[buhnahnuh]

Nice progress, I wonder if that engine came from a yellow car?