Wannabe30's s54 swap

[marshallnoise]

I see. That's a mess for sure. Good luck man.

[WannaBe30]

It was number 5 coil swapped out and back in business


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[jink0619]

Good work, nice achievement under ur belt! I just got back from my vacay so soon as the snow melts and a nice day I'll continue working on my swap. Hey where did u order ur oil cooler lines from and could u give me the rundown on ur exact order pls? Thanks

[WannaBe30]

I think it was Amazon or summit I'll get you some info


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[WannaBe30]

Here Ya go jink



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[jink0619]

Thank you sir

[jink0619]

Hey, did u have to buy control arm lollipops to get the ebay headers to fit? cause my stock ones are in the way.

[WannaBe30]

I had some before not installed but yes I did. If you have a torch you can bend the headers the other way to clear or just cut and have an exhaust shop finish it out

Are you planning on doing your exhaust yourself or a shop?

Also the shop that did my header work back. (Cause the eBay headers were junk) said they usually use the stock manifolds but cut the cats off and do pipes back.


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[jink0619]

I might just have to cut the ebay headers then, mines fit pretty well luckly :) cause I don't have the stock headers, kinda gave it away lol. I do plan on taking it to exhuast shop once car is done.

I'm gonna see if I can get away with using my stock lollipops since they were recently replaced. Thanks man!

Any updates on ur car?

[WannaBe30]

She's running strong.

My thermostat is stuck open
The thermostat housing where I drilled it for the temp sensor is leaking a little

So I'm ordering a vac temp sensor thing that goes behind the thermostat housing because it has pre drilled hole that I just need to tap and it will hid the sensor.

Other than that it's great.

Sneak peak (still dirty)


I still need to tidy up the engine bay but I just finished hiding the wires under the dash and scrubbing the crap outta the outside of the car.


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[jink0619]

Wow that's great! I have alil ways to go but seeing this definitely gives me some extra motivation to get mines done. Im probably gonna get the rad hose adapter for that sensor, don't really want to drill into the Tstat housing.

How does ur brakes feel with the brake delete?

[WannaBe30]

They suck!

You'll wanna upgrade for sure

Aren't you doing this to an m3? Might have better brakes than the 89 325i original calipers.

But it takes some effort to make me stop. I'm going to get a wilwood big brake kit in a month


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[Jb325is]

The booster delete is terrible with stock brakes and master. My brakes are pretty good now with the e46 m3 stuff and good pads, but they have to heat up to work well

For the headers, the stock collector sucks, s54's pick up tons of power with aftermarket headers so it makes sense to just go ahead and do them. This is one of those "you get what you pay for" situations though, the Status Gruppe's I bought fit great and I think for the money they are a good buy. There are some other options out there under $800 that are pretty good too. The ebay headers are hit or miss, sometimes they fit OK, and sometimes the don't fit at all. You're going to want treehouse lollipops or similar though, for most headers. If yours are rubber they will probably melt rather quickly

You're doing a swap on an m3, it's worth a ton of money, take your time and do it right the first time!

Also, regarding the hose adapter that i installed, it's working great! My fan is more consistent than it's ever been. Comes on a 203* every time

[FredK]

If you have stock E30 M3 brakes, you'll want to change to a 17/17mm master cylinder. I think some early Porsches came with this size.

I'm running a Massive dual MC pedal with dual 5/8" and it is adequate, but I'd like a bit more feel. I am installing larger bore brake calipers from an e28 535i in the front and a e34 540iT in the rear. This will reduce pedal effort another 10%, which I hope will suit my needs better.

[jink0619]

The booster delete is terrible with stock brakes and master. My brakes are pretty good now with the e46 m3 stuff and good pads, but they have to heat up to work well

For the headers, the stock collector sucks, s54's pick up tons of power with aftermarket headers so it makes sense to just go ahead and do them. This is one of those "you get what you pay for" situations though, the Status Gruppe's I bought fit great and I think for the money they are a good buy. There are some other options out there under $800 that are pretty good too. The ebay headers are hit or miss, sometimes they fit OK, and sometimes the don't fit at all. You're going to want treehouse lollipops or similar though, for most headers. If yours are rubber they will probably melt rather quickly

You're doing a swap on an m3, it's worth a ton of money, take your time and do it right the first time!

Also, regarding the hose adapter that i installed, it's working great! My fan is more consistent than it's ever been. Comes on a 203* every time

Thanks bud! I really appreciate it.