S54 swap questions and concerns

[jink0619]

Sweet cant wait to see what you do with the exhaust!

In earlier post, I mention that i plan on keeping the stock CA lollipops but now I see there's no way the headers will clear so gonna have to buy from Treehouse.

I will be using the previous dual exhaust I have from VAC, and plan on adding resonators to it.

[Staszek]

Pulled the car out the garage for a wash, it's been a long time coming.

Still have A/C and exhaust left to do...almost street ready :)

Sweet cant wait to see what you do with the exhaust!

[gills]

[jink0619]

Pulled the car out the garage for a wash, it's been a long time coming.

Still have A/C and exhaust left to do...almost street ready :)

[jink0619]

That S54 looks SO at home in that E30 M3 body.....

Thank you, yes it does! I've decided to add AC and redo my cooling setup so bumper, hood and rad coming back out.

[0-60Motorsports]

That S54 looks SO at home in that E30 M3 body.....

[jink0619]

After troubleshooting fuel and spark issue, car started up and runs beautifully, just have to button up a few things and it's ready to take on the roads.

I'm just gonna take a minute to give those who plan on doing this swap some advice: I started this swap with just knowledge from doing an s52 swap and altho the concept is the same, it's like playing a video game going from easy to hardest but not quite expert level, and by that I mean, you just have to do more. Plan your swap, make a parts list and don't forget the accessories cause you'll need a lot of it, you will need to relocate parts around to make it work, plan out your steps so that you don't have to go backwards. Some important things you'll want to do before dropping motor in, make sure u have an oil return connection on the pan, tap where you want the e30 coolant sensor to be, have Trans connected with motor because you won't be able to access some bolts, and have starter attached. Once motor is in the rest should be planned accordingly to avoid setbacks. Basically everything has to be changed out or moved around so stay patience and find a way to make it work. Enjoy...

I like to thank all those that helped me, I appreciate your time and willingness to pass on knowledge...cheers!

[jink0619]

I finally got my Bosh004 fuel pump fittings in the mail, they are M12x1.5 5/16 8mm outlet and M18x1.5 1/2 12mm inlet. Installed it in stock location with stock bracket.

[jink0619]

Could you tell me the wire colors that you have plugged into the solenoid for the line to the charcoal canister? I plugged everything there, but my tank is having negative pressure problems, so I need to hook everything back up

The connector plug to the Valve?

Beautiful wheel color~

Thank you

[17sd]

Beautiful wheel color~

[Jb325is]

Could you tell me the wire colors that you have plugged into the solenoid for the line to the charcoal canister? I plugged everything there, but my tank is having negative pressure problems, so I need to hook everything back up

[jink0619]

Charcoal Canister, what did u guys do? I don't have room for it.

First thought was to go without it and just plug up the hose. But as I'm walking around the local junkyard I found a charcoal canister bracket from an M30 e34 and it can be bolted to the engine arm along with the Power steering reservoir yay! That problem solved!

[jink0619]

I'm in the process of adding a water pressure warning light to the port on the radiator, a must for a track car IMO. I have my temp sensor on the engine side, and fan switch in the hose splice that you have, which is working great for me. My fan comes on a 205* every time.

I probably will end up doing what your doing cause I really don't want to take things apart to add the coolant adapter pipe.

[nando]

if you want to be really trick use the DME to control the fan via PWM. you need a control module (I cut one from an E46 330i) and the fan control table needs modified to be used without a clutch fan, but it would work really well.

[Jb325is]

I'm in the process of adding a water pressure warning light to the port on the radiator, a must for a track car IMO. I have my temp sensor on the engine side, and fan switch in the hose splice that you have, which is working great for me. My fan comes on a 205* every time.