standalone s54 engine and DSC retrofitting into a e30

[gobuffs]

No idea. Does it really matter?

[nando]

Yeah, it tells you what sensors you can use.

Can probably find it in the WDS.

[gobuffs]

I am using E46 sensors. I said that once already. E30 M3 ABS ring.

The E46 sensors work. Why even consider using anything else?

[nando]

because they don't fit directly into E30 trailing arms, as you say yourself. but they do fit into the E30 front struts?

they look like a sort of hybrid sensor, reminds me of the M52 cam sensors. powered by 12v instead of 5v.

[gobuffs]

Not sure why you try and reinvent the wheel. The E46 sensors mount with little difficulty and are the right sensors that work with the system. The swap isn't exactly cheap so why try the E30 sensors?

I know nobody using the E30 sensors with the E46 system. Plus I think I read somewhere that the E46 sensors run on 12v while the E30s are 5v. Could be wrong on that though.

[nando]

E30 sensors are VR, they generate their own voltage.

I just like to know how things work. I mean, swapping the entire ABS/DSC from an E46 to an E30 sort of already is reinventing the wheel. ;)

why is the swap expensive? the computers aren't really worth that much by themselves. time consuming?

[Wh33lhop]

Not sure why you try and reinvent the wheel. The E46 sensors mount with little difficulty and are the right sensors that work with the system. The swap isn't exactly cheap so why try the E30 sensors?

Not everyone wants to run 5 lug. ;)

[gobuffs]

Doesn't matter 5 lug. The ABS holes are exactly the same.

[nando]

didn't you say yourself that there's no sensor that just "works" in the E30 trailing arms?

Not trying to be argumentive, just to clarify.

[gobuffs]

The E46 works in the rear but isn't plug and play. Need some work to get it to go further in the hole to read the ABS ring. Not overly complicated.

[Wh33lhop]

Well that's good news. :)

[nando]

The E46 works in the rear but isn't plug and play. Need some work to get it to go further in the hole to read the ABS ring. Not overly complicated.

doesn't sound too bad. But personally, I prefer electronic solutions to mechanical ones. I'm guessing the E46 sensor output is basically a square wave which is trivial to make from an E30 ABS sensor.

[gobuffs]

You'd rather use the wrong sensor for the electronics than the right one modified to fit? Ok.

[nando]

what difference does it make? all you'd have to do is convert the sine wave from the VR sensor to a square wave. that's like maybe $10-20 worth of electronics instead of whatever 4 sensors cost, 2 that don't actually fit directly, plus swapping ABS rings.

it sounds like the "right" sensor to me. :p

[gobuffs]

Who said anything about swapping the ABS ring?

Doesn't matter. It works on my car, that's all that really matters to me.