Classic Daily E46 M3 cammed LS3 Swap

[amcink]

Nice!!

[CorvallisBMW]

Maybe I missed it, what sump are you running?

[jakeb]

Should keep updating...

The AC compressor that is made to fit this engine didn't have ports that would exit in the right spot. The trailblazer SS compressor has them on top and there is an available adapter to fit on it. But the issue is that the bracket made for the compressor doesn't match the belt spacing for the engine. So after looking around at other options the best option was to just make a bracket.





Welded AC on fittings to the E46 lines to work on the Trailblazer compressor.


AC lines in place


Tieing the headers into the super sprint exhaust system.






Took a while to find a oil cooler adapter that would fit. After trying a couple different ones with thermostats in them the only thing that would fit was the stock adapter from a truck.


Heater valve was a BIT close to the headers and not much room to run any lines so we moved it up some.


Had the wheel color changed a bit.


Outside for the first time.

[M-technik-3]

when do we get to hear it?

[jakeb]

when do we get to hear it?

There is a short video earlier in the thread. It's actually running and driving now (drove it today about 10 miles....longest trip so far). I'll get some more video once the engine has some more miles on it and it's broken in more and can really push/rev it.

[Panici]

Great work! Sub'd.

[badnerd]

subbd!!

[efficient]

Cool!

[e3irsty]

This is awesome, must be a great profession to be in. Nice job!

[kristov]

Nice

[The Dark Side of Will]

lightweight flywheel

What flywheel is that? My dad has one for his 5.3 Datsun, but he forgot where he bought it and who made it.

[jakeb]

Car is shipping out to the customer tomorrow. I have some in car video I need to upload but it is really hard to capture the power of this thing without being in it.

Weighed it today and it came back at around 3400lbs and has 525hp with 469ft tq. It's pretty insane to drive.

Still some lights on in this pic but if you look close you can see the tach is working as well as the temp gauge. I had Thaniel over on bimmerforums make me a can bus adapter. I cannot say how great it was to work with him. He made many adjustments to the program and it works great.



Along with the canbus adapter being used for the gauges it is also helping make the racelogic traction control work. This runs off the canbus and is fed tach from the canbus adapter and wheel speed sensor signals from the e46 can bus.





Made some adjustments to the shifter rod to get it in the center of the console




outside...