S54's have been around for what, 8 years now... If none of the major shops/race teams have cracked it by now, it ain't going to happen. Why would they even try since they could just go standalone? Most of these engines go into race cars anyway...
Here is that m54b30 thread - http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthr...ghlight=m54b30
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i nominate YOU to figure it out.
to be honest, youre just shooting in the dark. i was told that even the motorsport division did not bypass it. i heard that the euro motorsport race cars "suposidly" did not have ews. however, if you opened up the dme, there was a sawed off key and ring taped to the inside of the dme. if the "motorsport" division of bmw cant figure it out, im sure that i cant either.
however, i have heard that ews was removed (via soldering inside the dme) from the m54b30. dealer was in germany, and i cannot verify though.
cheers, jasonLeave a comment:
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So if we could figure out if the EWS has a separate board or chip on the motherboard, it would be possible to bypass that part of the system...Leave a comment:
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What does he mean by 'keeping the EWS aligned"?
On another note, speaking with one of the Honda ECU people they said that it may be the DME has the EWS part built onto another board that is then attached to the motherboard.
What exactly does the EWS disable on the cars; fuel pump, coil packs, etc? IF the EWS only disables the pump for example, figuring out if it just disables the ground to the fuel pump means you just have to ground the fuel pump pin in the C connector to get the pump to operate...probably too simple but if enough of us make suggestions on how to circumvent the EWS it might get solved sooner...Leave a comment:
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I agree. I'm guessing in 2-3 years this swap will be a lot more common. Its at the stage s50 swaps were 3-4 years ago. All it takes is one brave person to tackle it and document.
I vote you Fred.Leave a comment:
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haha, thanks for keeping your eyes peeled madjurgen! The swap really makes a lot more sense if you don't need to drop $2500 on EMS, plus $1500+++ on tuning, custom parts, wiring implementation, and other crap. Stock driveability is great too!Leave a comment:
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"Keeping the EWS aligned is the only issue we are having currently. Once this is ironed out it will make S54 swaps pretty easy. We have several cars allready running S54's with stock ECU's in a variety of bodies." - robweenerpi over on bfc, he works for bimmerworld
So apparently its not as impossible as I thought it was.Leave a comment:
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I LOVE the way that bay looks. Pure function.Fred, here is a little inspiration for you
edit: some more spy photos here
http://www.azevedomotorsports.com/ga...8158&g2_page=1Leave a comment:
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not sure if this has been posted yet, but i just found mite46's website where he documents the whole e30s54 swap with pics and comments (beats the long ass thread full of unnecessary chatter on e46fanatics)
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I understand from reading all the way this thread that the main problem with the S54 swap is the DME and all the extra things BMW has it do besides engine management. Hasn't anyone tried to decode the function codes and come up with delete features or something similar? Seems like there is a market for such a thing.
I know it took several years to break the Honda codes, but now that they have there are several firms that offer flash programs, etc for just about any combination available.Leave a comment:
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