M54 Madness, the remix

[MasukBMW]

Updates? Thought this build would fly this time

[hoveringuy]

Off to a good start..

Removed my valve cover and it's as clean as I could hope. The cam lobes are gorgeous. This motor has had a good life!

Also picked-up an M50 intake manifold.

[wazzu70]

Very nice. Not worrying about the low hanging front pan will be nice!

Does anyone make a set of nice cams for M54. I cant recall if you have the ZHPs but a proper set of cams will help heaps.

Rewiring the car will be nice. When I installed my VEMS system I removed everything I didnt need from the factory harness (and added some extra wires for new sensors). It looks really clean, and there is no crazy splicing to cause headaches.

[325ix]

I'm in for results as well. I've been reading up on m54's lately.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Excited to see this!

[digger]

you need a seriously well ported head man, i hope it is on your list of to do? in all likely a set of custom cams to match the new found characteristics will do wonders. this is where you will find power IMO. then you could probably nudge closer to 300

[hoveringuy]

Or the sequel, part 2, etc. We finally learn who Luke's father is...

Anyway, I've been running the same M54 since the end of 2008 and it's been a great success. I've changed configuration on dozens of things, made lots of trips to the dyno and learned everything I would need for the second M54 swap.

So, I picked-up a 85k mile motor out of a wrecked cream-puff e39 this weekend. It'll be easier to start with this motor than to pull my existing one and have the car down all year.

The plan includes:

-ArcAsylum subframe and notched oil pan. The e34 pan has always bugged me hanging out front.

-Megasquirt wiring from the git-go. I've got a mashup of M50, M54 and "other" wiring harnesses

-M50 intake manifold. The head will be port matched to the larger intake diameter.

-ArcAsylum headers??

Dyno data from a similar setup demonstrates 250whp.