Today was a good day

[dude8383]

that collection will grow larger i promise :)

thank god i'm finally going to stuff mine in next week.

[Jean]

Lol, I believe you. PM or email me some pictures of your swap, if it's obd1, I wouldn't mind some good clear pictures of various connections if you got any. Good luck with your swap!

[golde30]

yah i didnt want to remove the 2 main bearing bolts, so ijust bent that bracket back and forth till it broke off... then snipped the sides.

[Nick325is]

Lol, I believe you. PM or email me some pictures of your swap, if it's obd1, I wouldn't mind some good clear pictures of various connections if you got any. Good luck with your swap!

Jean, I've enjoyed reading your thread thus far and have made use of a few of your pics as I have been putting the motor back together. I have my obd1 m52 bolted in the car now and am in the process of hooking everything up.

I will try to get some pics up of everything soon.


Good luck with the swap.

-Nick

[Jean]

Jean, I've enjoyed reading your thread thus far and have made use of a few of your pics as I have been putting the motor back together. I have my obd1 m52 bolted in the car now and am in the process of hooking everything up.

I will try to get some pics up of everything soon.


Good luck with the swap.

-Nick

Nick,

That's pretty much why I try to keep a log, even if only 1 person finds it usefull .

Deff, post some pictures if you have time I could deff. use some for reference .

Good luck and I am sure it will fire up on first try :)

[Nick325is]

I'm currently in the process of hooking up all the cooling system lines and figuring out the wiring. I am trying to figure out the coolant temp sensor though. The shop I purchased the motor from converted the motor to obd1 already and they claim to have spliced the temp sensor to work with the e30 cluster.

I am uncertain how this is possible as everyone else seems to say this will not work for e30 swaps.

-Nick

[Farbin Kaiber]

Got a 98 m52 today with ps pump, denso compressor, and headers for .. .... won't believe this, I still don't myself, under $200 out the door! Don't worry, once I get all the gaskets/hoses/brackets etc it will get up there in price as usual... This engine looks 10x cleaner than the m50 I had last week, no leaks and coolant is CLEAN! Pan and compressor coming off this week to start with. Ran a carfax on this one as well, just barely 100k on it.

Alternator, afm, starter should arrive this week. Got a lead on an M50 manifold/tb and fuel rail and injectors. Still need to find the e34 oil pan pick-up, as the oil pan I got is bare :(

Thanks Bruce!

So I found a great quote of yours....

Good start! I would love an m50 for $200 myself....

Are you going to upgrade rear brakes or just doing the fronts ?

Ironic, no?

[Jean]

Farbin , aka 007 lol.

Engine wise still a shit load of work to do, and don't even get me started on the car.

[el bob]

Wow, just found the thread. Nice work as always Jean!

I'm an avid picture guys as well. My camera smokes every time I use the flash from burning off engine oil! hehe

You have inspired me to start posting some of my projects.

[dude8383]

Lol, I believe you. PM or email me some pictures of your swap, if it's obd1, I wouldn't mind some good clear pictures of various connections if you got any. Good luck with your swap!

Holy crap man, I didn't realize you responded! I'll pm you a link as to where you can find pics of the the motor.

I should have some more stuff this weekend.

-Denis

[Jean]

Thanks man! I saved some of the pictures locally, I hope e36 bentley will be a good guide for me as well.

Haven't done anything with the engine this weekend as I was out autocrossing sat/sunday. I did get a vanos solenoid and e30/e34 harness plugs today to make an adapter, and hopefully 413ecu and e34 engine harness will arrive this week.

[dude8383]

Very nice! I will say that the bentley didn't help me much...

check out pelican parts DIY sections...they have lots of pics :)

[Jean]

Bentley doesn't explain the engine harness connectors (wire colors or what end goes to what) ?

[matt]

Yes it does, you have to read the diagram very closely. That's how I did it the first few times, now I can do it from memory.

[Jean]

Matt, good to hear