OMG's Personal S54 Build :)

[e30RS]

Fantastic thread! Congrats on an awesome job done.

[wworm]

dude that sounds fantastic. Looks great too! This things gonna rip!

[jeenyus]

Ah I see. That's awesome man! Great work

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[dude8383]

Thank you! It was my first complete build. I always had a buddy of mine do our systems. Quite proud of myself.

On the system I've got 5 v-bands total.

Two at the headers, two just after the cats and then one more at the muffler section ;) I didn't want to go overboard with it but still maintain serviceability.

[jeenyus]

Looks awesome. You should add a v-band close to the Y so you can remove the exhaust when working on the rear suspension components. I always wish I didn't have to remove the whole thing to do that kind of work on mine.

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[R3Z3N]

Hell ya! Congrats. Now burnout with a fist pump in the air!

[dude8383]

https://youtu.be/1yT5QLLECO8

Components:

2 x Flow Master 2.25 in/out
4 x 2.25" Vband Assemblies
2 x Magnaflow 10415 Mufflers 2.25" in/out
1 x Y Pipe 2.25" In/3" out
1 x Vibrant 1047

All material 304 Stainless Steel.













I'm basically done! Just need to top off fluids and get test drive it :D

[dude8383]

How about this? ;-)

Why did the E46 M3 CSL do so well at Nürburgring? Not because of the overweight and under powered car, but because of the MK60 and it's tune.

At a minimum you gain far superior 4 channel ABS that "learns". Luckily the wiring is easy as you can buy a standalone wiring harness if you don't want the DSC/ASC, the hardest is making new lines, which really isn't bad.

When you put it that way of course it would be wise to do so! I'm just on a time crunch and really need to get this car up and running on its own power. It would certainly be something I'd pursue in the future.

This an outstanding build OP. Love seeing the first start videos of people's pride and joy

Thank you man! The exhaust should be done by this weekend and maybe even a first DRIVE video will pop up ;D

[ArtFoodBMW]

This an outstanding build OP. Love seeing the first start videos of people's pride and joy

[R3Z3N]

How about this? ;-)

Why did the E46 M3 CSL do so well at Nürburgring? Not because of the overweight and under powered car, but because of the MK60 and it's tune.

At a minimum you gain far superior 4 channel ABS that "learns". Luckily the wiring is easy as you can buy a standalone wiring harness if you don't want the DSC/ASC, the hardest is making new lines, which really isn't bad.

[dude8383]

I hate to say but I'm still not sold haha!

Don't get me wrong I think its bad ass to bring the car into the 21 century.

[R3Z3N]

^What is cool is you have levels of TC available (if using the motorsport coded MK60). I mainly want it for around town and wet, but of course DSC and ASC will be off for the track.

[dude8383]

Nice!

I too hate the rats nest. So much can be shortened. It is not fun putting the glovebox cover back on with all that up there. R3V3MUP hopefully posts pics of his someday with his Deutsch wiring at the firewall.

Good job on the AC wiring too!

Ready to upgrade to a Teves MK60 ABS unit? ;-)

Ha! I think the wiring in the cabin could be better for sure.

I think its awesome that you're integrating traction control but I am a big fan of just having ABS. I like how raw the car is without having any safety nets. I want to feel like the car will kill me LOL. It's what I love about the experience!

[R3Z3N]

Nice!

I too hate the rats nest. So much can be shortened. It is not fun putting the glovebox cover back on with all that up there. R3V3MUP hopefully posts pics of his someday with his Deutsch wiring at the firewall.

Good job on the AC wiring too!

Ready to upgrade to a Teves MK60 ABS unit? ;-)

[dude8383]

Some updates!

I've been busy integrating the following:

E46 A/C Pressure Sensor
E46 PWM Fan Control
E46 Coolant Temp (inline with lower rad hose)
E46 A/C Control

E46 PWM module wired up:



Preliminary bracket to mount it... nice and simple:


Put a little rubber foot on the bolt as a stop as well as a barrier between the core support and the metal.



Andddd mounted!



Had to run a bunch more wires...



A bit less scary and at some point I think I will try to better organize this but in the interest of time it is what it is:



Last but not least I finally started to fab up the exhaust: