My E30M3 S14B23 -> S50B32 -> RB26DETT. We are alive!! p.28

[Mr. Horsepower]

Bough myself a used, claimed to be HKS, bottom mount manifold. I will just check if I can use it as a bottom mount for fun, but the plan is to cut off the flange and turn it over to a top mount manifold. Have not received it yet though.

[socalife]

Dying to see this up and running!

[lambo]

Man that definitely gets rid of the hassle of wiring it yourself

[CorvallisBMW]

Cool, I like the wiring harness!

[Mr. Horsepower]

Oh man i went through this thread again and just wow!!!!! i love this build. Great work man keep it up, still waiting on updates too lol. Wheels tho, i love them

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http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=337800

Thank you sir! I'm really glad that you like it.


Some more good stuff arrived. This time from USA company Wiring Specialties. They are making custum wiring harnesses for different cars and applications. I found ound that they was actually making a RB26 harness for the E36. So I emailed them and told them what car and model I had, and they could make one custom for me.

So I sourced a C101 plug on Ebay in USA and just got that shipped directly to Wiring Specialties. So now I have a plug and play harness for the RB26 in my E30M3, hopefully.

Another benefit is that the Japan wiring harness is not having a good rumor in beeing of high quality. This makes my build more reliable and safe from electrical problems caused by a old harness. Everything in this is new, all the plugs and connectors is new. I have read that people have had problems when mapping PNP stand alone engine management systems, that is caused by a bad stock harness.

Another thing that Wiring Specialties do with this harness is that they clean it out. They route it a bit different and some boxes, relays, ignition amp and injector resistance is moved to inside where the ECU will be fitted. So the engine itself will look more clean. The wires for the injectors for exaple is now routed under the intake.

This this costed me a lot of money, so I'm just hoping it will work as it should. Only thing I need is a BMW oiltemp and water temp to get correct reading in my cluster. Also need to solder 3 or 4 wires. For the reverse, speed signal and rev counter I think. Have not had a good enough look at it yet.

[e30sky]

Oh man i went through this thread again and just wow!!!!! i love this build. Great work man keep it up, still waiting on updates too lol. Wheels tho, i love them.




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http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=337800

[3vilE30]

Received this engine mount kit a couple of days ago. This is for Rb26 in Nissan 200sx. Probably need to modify them, but they seems to be a great way to start.

I had the same idea, of using mount sets from other cars and see how close one could get without custom fab'ing their own mounts. I'm really interested to see how these fair.

[CorvallisBMW]

Sounds like a good plan :up:

[Mr. Horsepower]

Received this engine mount kit a couple of days ago. This is for Rb26 in Nissan 200sx. Probably need to modify them, but they seems to be a great way to start.

[Mr. Horsepower]

Any reason why you're going with Borg Warner and not any other brands?

Because of the technology BW is having in the EFR turbo. They cost a shitload of money, but I want the early spool and the internal features the EFR turbo have.

[Randy2400]

Any reason why you're going with Borg Warner and not any other brands?

[Mr. Horsepower]

Nope, have not done anything with the car. Saving money to buy the Borg Warner turbo now. Will do some work during the holidays probably.

[socalife]

Updates?

[blck325is]

I..just, wow. When I started the thread I expected a certain level of awesome but as it kept going I just got more and more impressed man. Very well done, can't wait to see how this beast turns out.

[lambo]

There's just something about old BMW's with a JDM twist...

I love it!