DieSekte's S54 swap

[jink0619]

Good job man! all that hard work pays off eh? The power and sound of the s54 is very addicting :)

[diesekte]

Thank you...couldn't have gotten it running without all your help. Appreciate you letting me ask 5000 questions lol

[jink0619]

Haha np man glad I can help, just passing on knowledge someone gave me :)

[dhithim]

I wish there were Californians that would post their s54 builds. I love these swaps. They look right at home! Good job man!

[Staszek]

Nice hope to get mine done by the end of the summer. Looking at your list it pains me how much more I still need to buy. I have a 3.46 as well, sometimes I wish I went even lower.

[dhithim]

Stock headers won't fit?

[iliad]

Nice hope to get mine done by the end of the summer. Looking at your list it pains me how much more I still need to buy. I have a 3.46 as well, sometimes I wish I went even lower.

3,46 is perfect!
I have it in my s54 6 speed e30 and love it.

[diesekte]

Dhithim, no stock headers don't fit. The cats on them are enormous and won't fit between the motor and body

[dhithim]

Dhithim, no stock headers don't fit. The cats on them are enormous and won't fit between the motor and body

I wonder if there are any BAR'd E30 CA swaps here. Thank you for your answer but the truth has now crushed any hopes on doing this swap. :( Although the guy with the E36 gives me hope

[e30polak]

3,73 must be ridiculous.
I have a 3,46 in mine and I feel like 1st gear is almost useless.

What suspension and tires do you have? I had a 3.46 in my s54 e30 m3 with a zf 5 speed and LOVED it! The ZF has very similar gearing 1st-5th compared to the m3 6 speed. I had 255/40/17s out back and had an 8300 rpm rev limit, car was VERY quick!

3.73 would be annoying with a 5 speed, but with a decent size tire and a 6 speed it would be a riot!

I wonder if there are any BAR'd E30 CA swaps here. Thank you for your answer but the truth has now crushed any hopes on doing this swap. :( Although the guy with the E36 gives me hope

No, but it is doable. There are a couple CARB legal e36 swaps.

[iliad]

[QUOTE=e30polak;4605457]What suspension and tires do you have? I had a 3.46 in my s54 e30 m3 with a zf 5 speed and LOVED it! The ZF has very similar gearing 1st-5th compared to the m3 6 speed. I had 255/40/17s out back and had an 8300 rpm rev limit, car was VERY quick!

3.73 would be annoying with a 5 speed, but with a decent size tire and a 6 speed it would be a riot!

Ground control coilovers with 17x8 arc 8's, toyo 245/35 tires and a 8200 rev limit.

I really wouldn't want to go any shorter on the gearing

[diesekte]

Added some pics and some additional info re AC belt etc

[Staszek]

Quick question how did your Top Speed Headers Fit? It looks like a really good solution, more expensive then the Ebay headers but still way cheaper then all the other options. I was about to buy these and remembered that you posted about them in your thread. Any issues?

[diesekte]

Fit well for me, bought through clown shoe motorsports so they made sure to get me a set that fit. Besides guaranteed fitment on the more expensive headers, there are literally no differences between these and the SGT headers which are the next cheapest at 8-900, even the other brands that are 1100+. Except for the arc asylum headers which are a bit different design and are hand made awesomeness with A+++ welds. The welds on the topspeed headers are really pretty decent. I did have to cut away some sound deadening to get one of the O2 sensors on but I had to do that was my m52 as well

I come from the American muscle world...there is absolutely no reason why big name brand really nice v8 headers are 600 and straight 6 bmw headers from whoever tuning are 1200...
Don't even get me started on cam prices :/

[Staszek]

Fit well for me, bought through clown shoe motorsports so they made sure to get me a set that fit. Besides guaranteed fitment on the more expensive headers, there are literally no differences between these and the SGT headers which are the next cheapest at 8-900, even the other brands that are 1100+. Except for the arc asylum headers which are a bit different design and are hand made awesomeness with A+++ welds. The welds on the topspeed headers are really pretty decent. I did have to cut away some sound deadening to get one of the O2 sensors on but I had to do that was my m52 as well

I come from the American muscle world...there is absolutely no reason why big name brand really nice v8 headers are 600 and straight 6 bmw headers from whoever tuning are 1200...
Don't even get me started on cam prices :/

What is clown shoe motorsports, never even heard of them. Well thanks you helped make my decision and saved me a ton!