And so it begins…
Time for another m6x swap, it seems like these swaps are rarely happening these days, swap specific parts are becoming far harder to find, and OE stuff is getting more expensive every day. Thanks to the homies Frank, Julian, and Jean, I’ve spent far more hours than I’m willing to admit going through all of your builds, and making a gameplan for what I’m doing, and finally the ball is rolling so I figured it was time for the ol' girl to get her own thread. I've already spent e92 m3 donor price so far, so I don't recommend anyone go this route, I'm just stubborn XD
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The victim is my currently m42 swapped 1990 318I Touring, she’s a certified shitbox fr, she's got some MILES, her paint is hurt, she’s got some crust, or what us northerners like to call “character” or “weight reduction”, but I've been known as a staunch believer in the "I can save her" mindset. I hate doing big projects and having to order things over the course of a year while figuring things out along the way, so I’ve been working on ironing out all of the knowns and unknowns of the swap, and In my head I feel like I’m about 95% done with planning, so realistically I’m probably about 75% there haha
For a broad overview, the goal is a fresh M60B44 build, hack apart my 98 m62NV harness (for now), run with a Maxx ECU, custom c101 adapter, 420g 6 speed, and once that’s in the car and moving, there will be more goodies in the future.
PHASE 1: As I said, I’ve tried to prep the car as much as possible whilst still keeping it driving before the engine has to come out. So far what’s done is H&R sports with B8’s, ST sway bar set, 3.15 Torsen, reinforced, fully blasted and POR coated the front and rear subframe, , Revshift 95a front to rear, every ball joint, bushing, and bearing has been replaced, yellow tag rack, solid steering shaft conversion, all brand new factory brake components from the calipers to the masters, new fuel system from the tank to the rail, Wilwood pedal box with the Garagistic booster delete (WITH a stiff pedal, I know crazy), new wheels and tires (KE Motorsport L14 15x7 Spec E30 wheels & 205/50r15 ExtremeContact Sport 02’s) which I’m sure will be interesting with the v8, chassis mounted shifter with an adjustable DSSR that I hope is short enough to work with the 6 speed, and I’m sure there’s plenty of other things I’m forgetting right now, other than all of the countless other dumb things I’ve poured money into like my sound system, slight cosmetic things, interior bits and bobs etc.
PHASE 2: This is where we are at now, and it includes getting everything that I can ready to go in the car before I pull the engine out. Ordering as many of the parts as i possibly can, stripping down the engines and making them one, shed some weight out of the Harness, pin on my C101 (no x20 on m62, its a bunch of other smaller plugs), do all the detents in the trans, etc.
As of now, I've acquired my 98 M62B44, a 94 M60B40, Z3M radiator, full gasket and timing set for the engine, e39 540/6 420g, PSPerformance e30 swap headers, Cybul single mass flywheel and clutch and a bunch of other small things that ill go over as it comes together. Still need to order new connectors, a couple of new sensors, ECU, ignition drivers, widebands, and the thing I still haven't decided upon, is which expansion tank I want to run. So far I've narrowed it down to my two options, either run an early or late e30 tank, move the battery to the back, run the feed from the water pump outlet and try and figure out some heater core hose setup to the m62 rear crossover with the two outlets, drill and tap the crossover to take the CTS and gauge sensor, or I run the E34 tank, factory hoses, plug off the two extra outlets and the water pump outlet and use the sensors in the already tapped holes. I do like this option more, i am just not a fan of cutting up the hood and also having absolutely no clearance to mess with any of the hoses underneath.
I plan to go much more in depth and keep updating this thread as I move forward, mostly for me, as most of the OG's have all must've got old and disappeared from R3V (come back we miss you) but anyone with helpful insight or any questions, bring it here!
Time for another m6x swap, it seems like these swaps are rarely happening these days, swap specific parts are becoming far harder to find, and OE stuff is getting more expensive every day. Thanks to the homies Frank, Julian, and Jean, I’ve spent far more hours than I’m willing to admit going through all of your builds, and making a gameplan for what I’m doing, and finally the ball is rolling so I figured it was time for the ol' girl to get her own thread. I've already spent e92 m3 donor price so far, so I don't recommend anyone go this route, I'm just stubborn XD
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The victim is my currently m42 swapped 1990 318I Touring, she’s a certified shitbox fr, she's got some MILES, her paint is hurt, she’s got some crust, or what us northerners like to call “character” or “weight reduction”, but I've been known as a staunch believer in the "I can save her" mindset. I hate doing big projects and having to order things over the course of a year while figuring things out along the way, so I’ve been working on ironing out all of the knowns and unknowns of the swap, and In my head I feel like I’m about 95% done with planning, so realistically I’m probably about 75% there haha
For a broad overview, the goal is a fresh M60B44 build, hack apart my 98 m62NV harness (for now), run with a Maxx ECU, custom c101 adapter, 420g 6 speed, and once that’s in the car and moving, there will be more goodies in the future.
PHASE 1: As I said, I’ve tried to prep the car as much as possible whilst still keeping it driving before the engine has to come out. So far what’s done is H&R sports with B8’s, ST sway bar set, 3.15 Torsen, reinforced, fully blasted and POR coated the front and rear subframe, , Revshift 95a front to rear, every ball joint, bushing, and bearing has been replaced, yellow tag rack, solid steering shaft conversion, all brand new factory brake components from the calipers to the masters, new fuel system from the tank to the rail, Wilwood pedal box with the Garagistic booster delete (WITH a stiff pedal, I know crazy), new wheels and tires (KE Motorsport L14 15x7 Spec E30 wheels & 205/50r15 ExtremeContact Sport 02’s) which I’m sure will be interesting with the v8, chassis mounted shifter with an adjustable DSSR that I hope is short enough to work with the 6 speed, and I’m sure there’s plenty of other things I’m forgetting right now, other than all of the countless other dumb things I’ve poured money into like my sound system, slight cosmetic things, interior bits and bobs etc.
PHASE 2: This is where we are at now, and it includes getting everything that I can ready to go in the car before I pull the engine out. Ordering as many of the parts as i possibly can, stripping down the engines and making them one, shed some weight out of the Harness, pin on my C101 (no x20 on m62, its a bunch of other smaller plugs), do all the detents in the trans, etc.
As of now, I've acquired my 98 M62B44, a 94 M60B40, Z3M radiator, full gasket and timing set for the engine, e39 540/6 420g, PSPerformance e30 swap headers, Cybul single mass flywheel and clutch and a bunch of other small things that ill go over as it comes together. Still need to order new connectors, a couple of new sensors, ECU, ignition drivers, widebands, and the thing I still haven't decided upon, is which expansion tank I want to run. So far I've narrowed it down to my two options, either run an early or late e30 tank, move the battery to the back, run the feed from the water pump outlet and try and figure out some heater core hose setup to the m62 rear crossover with the two outlets, drill and tap the crossover to take the CTS and gauge sensor, or I run the E34 tank, factory hoses, plug off the two extra outlets and the water pump outlet and use the sensors in the already tapped holes. I do like this option more, i am just not a fan of cutting up the hood and also having absolutely no clearance to mess with any of the hoses underneath.
I plan to go much more in depth and keep updating this thread as I move forward, mostly for me, as most of the OG's have all must've got old and disappeared from R3V (come back we miss you) but anyone with helpful insight or any questions, bring it here!
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