The comprehensive DOHC engine swap thread.

[Brew]

Stu,
One more question. When using the 260, how do you bend the selector rod? It's alloy and seems awful brittle!
Thanks,
Ed

Cut it. Rotate it so the ends have a 10-degree difference. Weld it back together.

I need to do this. I was also thinking that I might just bend the shift lever itself. I don't know. :?

[Stu]

Stu,
One more question. When using the 260, how do you bend the selector rod? It's alloy and seems awful brittle!
Thanks,
Ed

Cut it. Rotate it so the ends have a 10-degree difference. Weld it back together.

I need to do this. I was also thinking that I might just bend the shift lever itself. I don't know. :?

Brew, you can do it that way as well. I don't know whether or not it is advantagous to mod the selector rod, or the lever. Seems to me that either method would be fine.

[trent]

The shifter rod does not have to be bent. Bend the shift lever instead. Works out easy too.

[RedBaron86325]

Cut it. Rotate it so the ends have a 10-degree difference. Weld it back together.

This is what we did on JasonH's and Bryson's conversions. It is quick, easy, strong, and most of all works very well. Send JasonH a PM, I'm sure he still has a pic of it before he installed it.

[Ryan Stewart]

WIring the vehicle speed sensor. Has anyone done it without that green plug? I dont have that on my cluster and I have tried connecting the grey wire to either output pin on the speedo with no luck. I have also tried connecting it to the brown/red which should be the input.

Im a bit lost because it always throws the code. Is there a common ground on the cluster, does it use a body ground, or do I need to then ground that other half of the circuit back to the ECU? I cant get a check engine light to work either.

I guess the other alternative would be to find what wire goes from the ECU to the OBC.

[Brew]

The shifter rod does not have to be bent. Bend the shift lever instead. Works out easy too.

Stupid question: Where did you make the bend on the lever and how did you do it?
Thanks.

[kylebes1]

my be too rough, but I would put the fat part into a vice and use a large screw driver to rotate/bend the bottom section.

[Brew]

my be too rough, but I would put the fat part into a vice and use a large screw driver to rotate/bend the bottom section.

I don't think a screwdriver is going to bend that lever. :?:

[Bryson]

haha, you guys are talking about modifying two different parts, both of you are right.
the screwdriver will bend the upper shift linkage

[BavarianBimmer]

I've acces to an wrecked 1993 E36 2.5 really cheap and a couple months ago bites the M50 bug me
so here are my Q's :
I don't now much about M50 swaps so don't flame me


A 1993 car, has it the famous anti theft system (DWS or EWS )
Is it an M50 or M52???
and is the E36 wiring harness something worth in an E30???

TIA A.C.

[PanamaE30]

if i'm not mistaken, EWS became an issue with '96+ engines, which had that and OBDII... 318ti guys dumping sixes in their cars usually had this issue with later engines. Basically you'd have to take your car to a stealer to get something with the computer reset.

a '93 325i is going to have an M50..

dunno about the harness though.

[Brew]

A 1993 car, has it the famous anti theft system (DWS or EWS )
Is it an M50 or M52???.

Its an m50tu. M52 engines are OBD2, 1996+.

[BavarianBimmer]

A 1993 car, has it the famous anti theft system (DWS or EWS )
Is it an M50 or M52???.

Its an m50tu. M52 engines are OBD2, 1996+.

So it's an Vanos engine ?
Is it worth the money and labour for swapping into an E30 ???
Wich parts do I need basically ?


Here's a pic :

[Brew]

haha, you guys are talking about modifying two different parts, both of you are right.
the screwdriver will bend the upper shift linkage

Ah fuck, now I'm really confused. I was talking about bending the actual shift lever, the part that the knob goes on.

[PanamaE30]

So it's an Vanos engine ?

Intake side VANOS only. Still a nice engine.