That’s what I figure. And I want as streamlined a swap as I can manage. It looks like it’s ANT steering and electronics that produces the harness. It uses cas and a canbus emulator
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yeah, you don't need any of that. Honestly, Hoveringuy did a pretty good job documenting what he did. There are various parts of the wiring that can be modularized to basically plug into the E30. I don't think it's really going to be a big deal - the E30 wiring is quite primitive compared to an E90, and you don't even need a lot of the modules that the E90 has. Pretty much you need the DME, power block/relays, the EKP, and you probably also want a fan controller (any PWM fan controller will do). The rest of the CAN bus is irrelevant because it can all be turned off.
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Originally posted by Cdmef View PostFor sure. In my case it’s an e36 but I agree it shouldn’t be too bad once I get my head in it. It will help having all the pieces to go through in person too.
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That looks like it was a blast!
I have an opportunity to get an 06 323, 2.5L for next to nothing. I’m thinking of grabbing this and figuring the swap kinks out, I know it’s only good for about 200hp maybe a bit more with n54 mani, and driveshaft will be different once I go for a 330 and matching tranny… thoughts? Would I be wasting my time?Last edited by Cdmef; 04-21-2022, 09:53 AM.
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Originally posted by Cdmef View PostThat looks like it was a blast!
I have an opportunity to get an 06 323, 2.5L for next to nothing. I’m thinking of grabbing this and figuring the swap kinks out, I know it’s only good for about 200hp maybe a bit more with n54 mani, and driveshaft will be different once I go for a 330 and matching tranny… thoughts? Would I be wasting my time?
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I don't think the 2.5l is worth it, no. Not only does it weigh about the same - it makes less power - and the 2.5 liter engines have issues with rings and burning oil. I'd imagine the swap costs/work will be pretty much the same as well. you want the 3 liter if you're doing an E30, otherwise do one of the older swaps (M52/M54). Or just build an M20.
Maybe you could get a 2.5l block and punch it out to 3.0 liter, but it's probably cheaper to just get the 3.0- to begin with. They're super common in North America - everything got them regardless if it was badged a 325i or a 330i. they also came in the Z4, X3, X5, 5 series, and 7 series. The only 2.5 liters in North America are the 323i cars, but those were only sold in Canada. So anything in Canada that isn't a 323i (or 523i? I have never seen one of those) is going to have the N52B30.
My 2012 X3 28i has the same basic engine (N52B30) as my 2006 330i and my old 2006 325xi wagon. Not sure why they marketed the 325i with a 3 liter engine, but at least it made for an cheap/easy upgrade. 2 out of the 3 N52B30 powered cars I have owned came from Canada, so I don't think they are that rare.
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Yeah I’ve decided not to do the 2.5, I just wanted to make sure someone with experience agreed it wasn’t worth it. Yes there are a lot of 3.0 cars out there, I have been holding out for an actual 330 setup for the better transmission for one thing. One reason is that down the line if I wanted to upgrade the transmission I would also need to figure out the driveshaft and the 330 trans into e36 has already been sorted. And of course I would prefer to do it right the first time haha! If I don’t find a 330 I’ll do a 328, they are abundant and I have a line on one from a friend.
when I’m ready to get the ecu flashed should I pm you nando, or get in touch on bimmerlabs? You mentioned hooking up with cobra Marty, as I am in near Toronto too
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