Another S52 swap... but this time with a newb!

[chuck90m3]

Those are the wires you will tap into to run the fuel consumption gauge and speed input for the DME, if I'm not mistaken

[jahnaboi]

What are these wires? The stock e30 harness connects to them and on the harness the connect colors are black/white & violet/grey. Anyone know what these are?

The connect displayed in the picture has the colored wires of black/red & black/violet. Can anyone chime in? I have no idea...

[jahnaboi]

I know. But I'm looking for cheaper/better alternatives than the SS replica's. These kind of look like the AA headers as the flanges look like it will mate to a AA track pipe (obd2).

[e30polak]

Anyone run these headers?

Just buy the ebay headers and call it a day! :hitler:

Otherwise look into KK headers or TMS shorties if you want to be a baller! ;)

[jahnaboi]

Anyone run these headers?

[jahnaboi]

Very nice! Those are kind of long gears though, do you like it?

Not long at all. Not much longer than a getrag 260 with a 3.73. At 80 with my getrag 260/3.73lsd I was at 3500 rpm but with my ZF/2.93lsd I'm at 3100 at 80mph. Still lots of torque and still lose traction on first and second when throwing it into gear (Almost losing traction fully on second).

Do I like it? Hell yea. Love it. Couldn't be happier. But I do have a noise coming from the rear end... don't know if its the tires transferring noise from the ground to my cabin because of the stiff ass bushings or my 2.93lsd is humming. I checked the diff before slapping it on and cracked it open. No shavings, and was a factory rebuilt. So it felt real good. Just don't think its it. But could always be a possibility.

You know, (to dig up an old problem..) I am actually wondering if the black sensor will work. The reason it will give no reading with just the Brown/Violet wire @ pin 12 of -X20 is because the instrument cluster also provides the ground reference for the sensor via pin 11 of -X20.

If you were to ground the Brown/Green wire on pin 11, and connect pin 12 to the cluster, you would get some sort of signal. Very possible that it could be the same resistance range.

Dude, are you going to try grounding pin 11 of the x20? If it works, let me know.

[Mohammed_A]

I think the brown single pole sensor is the one for the guage cluster? I believe that is the one you need to use.

so u have to use the brown sender from the e30 but is there a plug on the s50 harness that fits the sender or must a plug be modified?

[DaveSmed]

Would a blue top sensor (ecu temp sensor) work for the e30 gauge? I know the answer is no.... but how accurate would it be? Would the cluster even read it?

I dont know. I didnt try because everyone says it wont.

People say that the black sensors don't work...

You know, (to dig up an old problem..) I am actually wondering if the black sensor will work. The reason it will give no reading with just the Brown/Violet wire @ pin 12 of -X20 is because the instrument cluster also provides the ground reference for the sensor via pin 11 of -X20.

If you were to ground the Brown/Green wire on pin 11, and connect pin 12 to the cluster, you would get some sort of signal. Very possible that it could be the same resistance range.

[MR 325]

I put my IE race subframe bushings/IE street urethane tabs/ss braided lines/2.93lsd diff in last night... Man the car feels better and is more happier freeway wise!

Very nice! Those are kind of long gears though, do you like it?

[jahnaboi]

I see. I would see why they had fitment issues. The ones I'm getting are short equal lengths. Hopefully I don't run into any problems.

I put my IE race subframe bushings/IE street urethane tabs/ss braided lines/2.93lsd diff in last night... Man the car feels better and is more happier freeway wise!

[e30s52]

Could you post a picture of the ones you got ?

Here you go. Sorry they are so dark. Thier is no light in my garage at all.

-alex

[MikeK]

jasper! where the fawk are my vidoes ehhh??? :)

[norcalE30]

hey nice job, ive been wanting to do this since i got my e30.... can you make me a thorough list of all the mods and parts you needed to get this done? i really want to do this

it looks great, well done

[jahnaboi]

I had fitment issues with my SS knock offs. It really sucked sence my whole exaughst system was done at that point too.

Could you post a picture of the ones you got ?

[jahnaboi]

Lol. I really hope not because the guy I talked to said that it will bolt up just fine. LOL. We'll see. Haven't pulled the trigger yet, since I'm still doing my rear sub-frame freshen up. Man, so much shit to take out before you actually get the sub-frame out... wack. Lol.