'84 318i Lemons Race Car with M42

Hey, do you still make those tps harness kits? Do you also offer one for the AFM to GM IAT?

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So with the wiring being the next hurdle it involved taking a look at the ETM's. The 1991 318iS doesn't show the instrument diagrams so I was looking through the 1992 318iC which haas some different splices...

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Thanks for documenting this thread so well. It is helpful for me as I have been working through an 84 318i going to an m42 swap. Updates?

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looks good,does it interfere with the black plastic cover for the wiring harness?

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are all 16 locking style? or just 4?

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Sorry to hear Glen. You say eh is a tuner, does he have a shop we can avoid?

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2) Sorry for the confusion, the unloader relay is not being used on my m10 to m42 race car build. diagram 1240 shows the wiring on the m42 engine. The note explains it in the image below. The unloader...

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Thanks for the advice, always welcome. The local lemons race in colorado have only about 50 cars on a 2.6 mile tracks so they dont appear to be as competitive as other races on the coasts. In the last...

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Jasper, I just happened to be working on the C101 and wiring for my car yesterday. As it turns out, I am recreating the entire wiring fuse box because my chassis already had that removed and it will be...

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So i figured out what that connector by the ecu connector is. It is the C136 that connects to the hvac assembly. I believe it turns on the fan on low when you hit the ac button. look at the right side...

Totally random but I stumbled across your 10 year old post about building a e36 TPS adapter for Megasquirting your e30. I am curious if you had more info on building those or still made them? I am in...

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I've been wanting to do wheel to wheel racing for some time through the 24 hours of Lemons or Chump Car platform for a while now. After a decade of wrenching on e30s, I saw the appeal of the e30 as a...

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thank you, that is helpful to know!

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i would suggest using the round connector for c101. My thought was to get the c101 from ebay for liks $40 and use that in case you ever want to swap to s/m50/2 or m20 without having to convert from square...

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I found a lightweight flywheel for sale on local classifieds. It is a 10 lb flywheel. I am wondering if this will work on an m42 with a g240. Now if I pair this with a stock or m20 pressure plate or clutch,...