91' 318is S52 Swap "The Beast"

[craiggroves91]

Looks great man! I feel bad for you West coast guys and Smog/bar or whatever. Must be a total PITA.

thanks!

It sure is a PITA!

So to run the e34 m50 pan I just remove the s52 windage tray and run the one that is integrated into the m50 pan?
Also, do you guys know if silicone is needed anywhere on the oil pan gasket? or is it good to go?

[F34R]

Looks great man! I feel bad for you West coast guys and Smog/bar or whatever. Must be a total PITA.

[craiggroves91]

Can't believe I've had this car for 7 months already!

Waiting for my harness to come back from Dave and I'm still waiting for the correct flywheel friction plate to come. Once thats in, I should have everything to mate the trans back up!!!!

[craiggroves91]

Hot tanked my oil pan. Came out pretty clean!
Waiting on the pickup tube gasket to come, then I can put the pan on!

Oil pump nut drilled for safety wire, so it doesn't back off
Also got the m50 manifold conversion kit from m50manifold.com. Comes with new intake mani and a new specialized throttle body gasket

[craiggroves91]

Definitely wanna come see this sometime

Hopefully youll see it running! haha

[craiggroves91]

how's the piece ?

Still down :(((

[Vivek]

Definitely wanna come see this sometime

[Alberthype]

how's the piece ?

[craiggroves91]

Nice progress Craig!

lookin good craig! i wanna check this out when youre done.

Thanks!

You can definitely check it out!

Just waiting for parts at the moment!

[theBAYsics]

lookin good craig! i wanna check this out when youre done.

[Cabriolet]

Nice progress Craig!

[craiggroves91]

Took the valve cover off to do the Valve cover gasket

Valve cover gasket all done

Slammed the s52 injectors into the m50 fuel rail and manifold

Got my ECU back from tuning


I think I have everything but a driveshaft and m3 selector rod.
Yesterday I sent off my wiring harness to Dave @ markertmotorworks for modification.

Ordered a clutch kit and flywheel plate so I can get the trans bolted back up after I do the rear main seal

[craiggroves91]

Pulled this thing from pick n pull

Gave the s52 a bath


Masked off for painting the block

After a couple coats

Intake side

Couple coats

Finished product

Intake side

Lots of goods came

This thing was a pretty penny

Painted exhaust manifolds with welded flanges for the smog garbage

Exhaust side with mount arm back on and freshly painted manifolds w/ new gaskets

Clean

Oil filter housing on with new gasket

New oil filter kit

New Stewart high performance water pump,Thermostat, housing gasket. Alternator back on

[craiggroves91]

Probably should have read through the thread to see if it was already asked...my bad.

Good luck on the swap! Take lots of pics for us. Are you doing the wiring yourself?

No biggy man!
There will be lots of pictures, dont worry.

I plan on having Dave from markertmotorwerks reworking the harness

[jaywood]

Just a little tired of being asked, its cool though.

For the moment, I'm just going to get it running. Whether its to BAR's expectations or not.

I'll get it smogged and then maybe worry about BAR later

Probably should have read through the thread to see if it was already asked...my bad.

Good luck on the swap! Take lots of pics for us. Are you doing the wiring yourself?