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Does anyone have a spare rocker arm retaining clip? Eric, I can trade you my old block for it! (I'm sure you have one or two laying around)
Sold my old head, bought a new engine that was missing one, and id like to install it before fitting the new engine back into my car.
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Check out my Alpine's DEAD build thread http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=348571
E36 M3 Build thread http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?t=597637
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Originally posted by 2mAn View PostCarson, there's no way those two ideas are remotely in the same price range. Fix the 135iC6Z
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No... No... No... Carson.
Swap the N55 to the e30 then sell it to me, cheap!
part out the rest of 135i and buy another one.
Everything will work out fine... trust me1988 325 non-letter Seta "Bronzit"
1991 325ic "Laguna Green" (Sold)
1993 325i "Laguna Green/Silver" (Sold)
1998 528i "Artic Silver" m-sport(totalled by drunk driver)
2000 528i Titansilber/gray m-sport
2000 528i Titansilber/black m-sport(sold)
2001 525i Anthracite m-sport(sold)
2013 750i Black/Black m-sport "Beast"
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Originally posted by wilholl View PostNo... No... No... Carson.
Swap the N55 to the e30 then sell it to me, cheap!
part out the rest of 135i and buy another one.
Everything will work out fine... trust meC6Z
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I ask in the least parade-rainy-way: have you done a motor swap before? Do you have experience with the N55 electronics?
I ask because an E30 and an OBD1 E36 are fairly simple, and it was a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch to get an S54 to be electrically happy in E36 systems, and that's with very little mechanical fab. An S54 is electrically in the stone age compared to the N55 and DCT stuff. My swap cost roughly double what I had originally anticipated, with my friends and I doing all the labor and fab and R&D. Time-wise, it took us 6 months of literally every spare moment I wasn't working or sleeping. The only reason it went that fast and within that minimal budget overrun because I researched it exhaustively for a good 3+ years before buying parts (Nate can attest to this).
Do you know how to code out the traction control from both the DCT and DME? How will you get a cluster signal? How will you get wheel speed to both the DCT and the DME without DSC? Or, will you swap in DSC, and go through that particular nightmare? DCT requires wheelspeed and communication with the DSC and DME, and E30 wheel speed sensors aren't compatible with E46-era DSC let alone newer stuff, so.....good luck on that one.
I don't mean to necessarily dissuade you, but....this is a HUGE undertaking, and I would hate to be the one paying a shop to do the R&D on it. I don't believe the N55 DME has been nearly as figured out as the S54's, meaning coding out systems will be a much bigger PITA. I also am pretty sure the N55 doesn't bolt up to the same manual transmissions the M5x/S5x series do-- the S55 uses a totally different bolt pattern on the trans so I'd wager the N55 does as well.
An N55 E30 sounds like a cool idea, but to do it even half-assedly will take a giant pile of money and time. If you're going to do it right and have it pass smog, it will take astronomical money and time. Just look at the huge PITA people are having to get S54s through BAR, which is a way simpler swap mechanically, electrically, and emissions-y.
I was not kidding when I said another S54/E36 BAR swap owner I've met, whose swap a very well known shop performed, took two years of work and labor charge, and it cost 2x the originally agreed upon budget. Basic racecar S54/E36 swaps are $10-12k from reputable shops. There is zero way a pioneering N55/DCT/E30 swap won't be at a minimum double that.
Do you have the tools? The electronics (wiring, software, etc) skills? The fabrication skills? The time? Three times the money you think you need? Think this through, this is not a swap to blindly charge into....
If you want to explore it, by all means do. I'm not saying don't do it, I'm just saying really really think about it and know what you're getting into. Also don't do it.Last edited by Bimmerman325i; 09-02-2016, 06:58 PM.
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Originally posted by 2mAn View PostI have an idea. Buy suspension for the E30, drive it and fix the 135 at your own pacepast:
1989 325is (learner shitbox)
1986 325e (turbo dorito)
1991 318ic (5-lug ITB)
1985 323i baur
current:
1995 M3 (suspension, 17x9/255-40, borla)
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if you need a rich data set of manufacturers, let nopi.com be your guide, my son.
they'd be america's autobacs if they'd ever figured out how to have a web presence.
also, look for my build thread, I don't remember every vendor but the list is longer than 6.past:
1989 325is (learner shitbox)
1986 325e (turbo dorito)
1991 318ic (5-lug ITB)
1985 323i baur
current:
1995 M3 (suspension, 17x9/255-40, borla)
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Originally posted by Steven View PostDoes anyone know of more custom parts companies than the ones listed below? Or people that make custom parts for any type of car..
AKG
Condor
UUC
CATuned
Bav Restoration
Garagistic
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Originally posted by decay View Postif you need a rich data set of manufacturers, let nopi.com be your guide, my son.
they'd be america's autobacs if they'd ever figured out how to have a web presence.
also, look for my build thread, I don't remember every vendor but the list is longer than 6.
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