If someone would be kind enough to sticky this thread, that would be great, that way, all the information is in one place. Thanks!
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In recent years, I've wanted to start tracking my red 330is, and thought it would be smart to add an oil cooler. I have also been pondering supercharging the car, so oil temperatures would be a concern to me. As we all know, the smartest way to go about that, is to buy a Euro S50 or S54 oil filter housing, as they are a bolt on affair to a US spec M50/S50 or M52/S52.
The port for the VANOS line is not the same from Euro S50/S54, to US S50. Luckily, VAC Motorsports makes a pretty neat little banjo bolt/adapter, as seen here, which takes care of that issue:
Turner Motorsport sells an adapter, to go from metric sized fittings, to -AN fittings, as seen here:
https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-4...6-e46-e82-e9x/
I would like to run the factory oil pressure sender (so the red light on the cluster still works, just in case), as well as an aftermarket oil pressure sender, and an oil temperature sender, both for gauges.
At one point, Randy Forbes, was making an oil distribution block, for folks doing just this. However, and I may be incorrect, but it doesn't seem like he is doing them anymore - again, I could be wrong. Does anyone else make an oil distribution block, that would allow the use of the factory oil pressure sender, as well as two *accessible* ports, for aftermarket senders?
I would like to use the stock E30 325i oil cooler (as I have many of them, and obviously mounting wouldn't be an issue at all). From a visual inspection of a 325i unit, to a Z3M S54 cooler, they don't look all that different. My question being, would a 325i oil cooler be sufficient enough for an S50/S52? I don't see why it wouldn't be. Having some -10 AN to metric lines fabricated up, shouldn't be too difficult.
Other than that, I don't think I am missing anything else - and if I am, this is the place to discuss it! Just want to know exactly what I am getting myself into, before I do it.
Austin
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In recent years, I've wanted to start tracking my red 330is, and thought it would be smart to add an oil cooler. I have also been pondering supercharging the car, so oil temperatures would be a concern to me. As we all know, the smartest way to go about that, is to buy a Euro S50 or S54 oil filter housing, as they are a bolt on affair to a US spec M50/S50 or M52/S52.
The port for the VANOS line is not the same from Euro S50/S54, to US S50. Luckily, VAC Motorsports makes a pretty neat little banjo bolt/adapter, as seen here, which takes care of that issue:
Turner Motorsport sells an adapter, to go from metric sized fittings, to -AN fittings, as seen here:
https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-4...6-e46-e82-e9x/
I would like to run the factory oil pressure sender (so the red light on the cluster still works, just in case), as well as an aftermarket oil pressure sender, and an oil temperature sender, both for gauges.
At one point, Randy Forbes, was making an oil distribution block, for folks doing just this. However, and I may be incorrect, but it doesn't seem like he is doing them anymore - again, I could be wrong. Does anyone else make an oil distribution block, that would allow the use of the factory oil pressure sender, as well as two *accessible* ports, for aftermarket senders?
I would like to use the stock E30 325i oil cooler (as I have many of them, and obviously mounting wouldn't be an issue at all). From a visual inspection of a 325i unit, to a Z3M S54 cooler, they don't look all that different. My question being, would a 325i oil cooler be sufficient enough for an S50/S52? I don't see why it wouldn't be. Having some -10 AN to metric lines fabricated up, shouldn't be too difficult.
Other than that, I don't think I am missing anything else - and if I am, this is the place to discuss it! Just want to know exactly what I am getting myself into, before I do it.
Austin
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