s50b32 e30 325i tech1 project

[JamesE30]

AWESOME!!! Nice work, I <3 this thread.

[HybridNz]

Haha yeah, just need to tidy up the loom / covers. Re-bracket the new expansion tanks / bottles and sort out the sway bar links and spacers we are going to need and fan and wiring then its already for the road.

[dirtysix]

Woo Hoo.
Kick 'er in the guts Trev.

[HybridNz]

Update:

TITS!!!

P.S it was up to operating temperature before I did this :)



Video link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crE7UVjlVLI

[HybridNz]

Update.
More wiring (12 hours of it) and connecting up of misc stuff like booster air lines etc.
What a day yesterday was.
EWS is a steap learning curve, We started out but checking the loom and electrical diagrams for the e30 and e36. by about lunch time we had found that the pin 15 voltage problem actually wasn't a problem at all. Its just that the e30 doesnt have an EGS/IKE/etc to put 12 volts down the line back to the diagnostic port. So we jumpered it across from another ECU pinout.
The pin is only used to tell the diagnostic equipment that the ECU and modules is present and accounted for.
With that problem out of the way and confirmed, we could suddenly take reading from the ECU. YAY!
however we were having issues addressing the EWS. So back to the diagrams.
I noticed while I was looking that the EWS unit we had only had 'EWS' written on it. I asked ray to check his 2000 M-Coupe and it had EWS III written on it. AHA! we had an EWS I unit, crap.
SO out we went to search for an EWS II + key. again turned out to be a bit of a mission. We had worked out they (EWS II) were only produced between 95 and 97 so finding something was going to be hard. We searched all 5 series and 3 series cars and finally found one in a 318ti.
Awesome, so here we go again. (the sun was going down at this point)
Plugged in the EWS II and got a different bunch of error messages saying the EWS unit couldn't find the key. YAY! at least the GT1 computer had found the EWS module.
Brendon had read somewhere that you need to make sure the key is in the right position, so he adjusted it, we cleared the fault codes and tried again.
Success!
Cool so were not had a working system ready to code.
Brendon and I complete n00bs with progmanSSS ray made a 8:30pm on a saturday phone call to the dealer and he explained the start proceedure.
Reading all instructions and linking up extra batteries for constant current while programming, we set off to code.
message: you need atleast 13 volts to performing coding
Crap! .. time to bring in a running vehicle and jumper cables.
right now we had 13 volts.
We could now code. We tried and tried and tried but go stuck at the need part number for replacement module screen. so at 10:30pm we decided to call in a night.
We are going to look at using my carsoft software as its not so anal about part numbers etc etc and has a simple function to just align DME -> EWS. So will give that a go.
Once the EWS is aligned the car sould just start.

[HybridNz]

Still working on the wiring at the moment. We now have the starter motor working on the actual 'starter' key position and not ignition. It was to do with the starter circuit pin out differences on the loom adapter for face lift vs pre-face lift. I have a pre-face lift obviously :) a quickish re-route in the fuse box sorted the start problem out. However we are still not getting 12 volts down pin 15 or pin 16 down the diagnostic port. pins 14,15 and 16 should have 12volts running through them. We again are checking the dfferences in the pre-face lift loom. Confirmed this on Ray's M-Coupe.
Anyways so not startup glory today so instead I took a trip down to see how the new wheels are getting on.
They have finished the barrels and are just working on the inners., black bolts still to come but ill save that for when they are mounted on the wheels.
With out further ado, Arrow wheels work their magic
This is the bit they used to drill the PDC and the caps they press into the holes.

Welded and in the middle of being milled.

new wholes ready for caps to be pressed in

A new colour they have made up for me, Ill name it hybrid gunmetal :D Tested on one of their spare centers to show me what it will look like and give me approval for the go ahead. Note its tastefully darker than the standard silver (in the back ground)

Barrel win. Polished lips :)




enjoy..

[dirtysix]

Gearbox chatter is furaze. Is that how the kids spell it ha?

[Wh33lhop]

All of this win and then you get DZ101s... :( Put some real tires on there! :p

[HybridNz]

More 'parts' so to speak...

245/40zR18 rears




And the ever important fluids.

They don't seem to stock redline 10w60 in this country *rolls eyes*

So Castrol 10w60 edge sport it is.

Gear box is a secret blend of 11 herbs and spices .. for gearbox chatter (from the lighten flywheel) nahhhh its just Redline 75W140 ns and MT-90 added to taste.

Some coolant

Some Castrol Dot4

and the saraficial lamb in yellow (4 liters of $40 engine flush oil before the good stuff goes in)

[HybridNz]

In the mean time, some photos of incoming parts.

Simota 89mm neck and 130mm air filter .. anything bigger I don’t think will fit. Thing I like about these filters is they withstand engine heat and have a life time guarantee. This one will sit inside a cold air box once its fabricated up. (and anodised black ;) )



and a close up of the new centers for the new wheels

They really do look 3d, the red isn’t a bright red its more a ruby colour which is awesome! :)

[HybridNz]

these turned up today..
peow peow

[CorvallisBMW]

<3 everything about it. color, kit, rims, engine, shifter, suspension, everything is spot on!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely. Excellent work OP, that thing is going to handle, drive and sound like a dream. Awesome!!

[Alpina]

This truly awesome well done project ,, big thumbs up

[Iain]

M coupe rear end eh? Don't wanna send that over the ditch do you? :D

I can supply you lifetime of jandals And chullibins? :D

[Il Duce]

"toight!" hahaha.


Dream car! <3 everything about it. color, kit, rims, engine, shifter, suspension, everything is spot on!!!!!!!!!