Wannabe30's s54 swap

[WannaBe30]

Did somebody say update????

Flywheel:


Clutch:


Pressure plate:


Tranny bolted up:


Motor in!!!!



Arcasylum pan and crossmember from the bottom:



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[WannaBe30]

Did some light cleaning of the engine bay to get it ready to be dropped in

Still ugly but it's a little cleaner



Before:


After:




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[WannaBe30]

No updates...... My cousin needs me to help him swap diffs we are doing that tonight then probably going to be installing flywheel clutch and tranny Thursday I hope. Maybe even drop it in

E36 is still there for parts you know that one isn't mine so it stays till he says it goes

I try to keep my stuff separate from the rest not much space since he brought 2 more Mercedes you should stop by matt


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[Vtec?lol]

Why is the e36 still there?

And Man you've made this place your own.

[jink0619]

Any updates?

[WannaBe30]

Yeah I think I read a post where you mentioned that I will just disconnect the knuckle


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[jink0619]

If you plan on dropping motor in from up top then I'm curious to see if you'll have the same problems I did. I couldn't get the left side of the pan to clear the steering knuckle/linkage because of the custom pan it made it extremely hard for me.

[WannaBe30]

Thanks st1g!


Here's the mandatory engine bay pic



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[ST1G]

I regret every giving you shit about the taillights

Looks great man. Sub'd for more.

This.

[DER E30]

Freaking subbed!

[WannaBe30]

Pretty sure they're tree house racing


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[m3j0n]

who makes the lollipops?

[Tougerunner01]

Looks good so far! Can't wait to hear it come to life!

[WannaBe30]

Also a big thank you to andrew325is for the wire harness and his awesome write up

As well as jb325is for his write up

Most of the motivation and information between an s54 and s52 swap comes from their build threads and advice.

I'm pulling a bit from each of their routes to do this project


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[WannaBe30]

I am more familiar with putting the motor in from the top. I did drop the s52 from the bottom by myself and was easier than I thought but either way I need to bolt all the front end back up because I am helping my cousin change his rear end.

I can't exactly move the car from the lift unless it's all bolted up. Plus a test fit is always important and glad I did because one of the brackets on the modified crossmember for the steering rack was off and I had to bend it a little and re work it.

That said I think I will still put it in from the top I have a forklift so it's pretty easy either way.


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