S54 SMGII into an E30

[e30sd]

kid's parents have the money, but at least he's got the education to back it up. it's not like he went to UCSD, god forbid.

[Ryan Stewart]

He is using an e46 column.

[Digitalwave]

That's pretty fucking awesome, plus look at his cars. 2 E46 M3's, the E30, and a C230. His silver M3 with the peanut butter leather is gorgeous.

It's kind of a bummer they aren't swapping it into a nicer chassis though. That thing looks pretty beat and rusted. Are they doing body work on it? I'm only on the first page so far.

[DEV0 E30]

Ever since I saw the project I've been wanting to see it done. It's going to be incredible.

It's kind of a bummer they aren't swapping it into a nicer chassis though. That thing looks pretty beat and rusted. Are they doing body work on it? I'm only on the first page so far.

I'm sure they will.

[Erick]

I'm by page 13 and they cleaned that thing up really well. I cannot believe they bought something this nice for $500.

[MR 325]

That guy is unbelievable. You should should check out his website- his previous project was swapping a SC'ed S54 into a 4-door E46. Amazing how well it turned out with how little automotive experience and resources he had.

Saw that car at Bimmerfest. The guy is a nut, he knows what he's doin!

[Erick]

I'm by page 16 and I'm just amazed at the amount of resources this kid has.


I spent over an hour reading that thread.... by page 22 I'm just begging for more. He makes everything seem like it's so ridiculously easy.

[blunttech]

The guy sounds like a retard tho. With the same money and free time i could trump this fucks project.

would you weld 2 cherry bombs together for the exhaust??

[Hick]

would you weld 2 cherry bombs together for the exhaust??

if i had even the money you had for your orange old shit box, i could do a better job then this guy. Quality my friend.

[bmwmike]

good god

[James Crivellone]

Interesting project, but not really executed very well.

All he's doing is taking the entire electrical system from one chassis, ripping half of it out, and installing it in an E30.

Seems pointless and stupid. I really respect the one guy here who installed the complete OBDII-EWS system in his E30, and integrated it into factory harness's.

This method just seems halfassed.

[rwh11385]

i haven't read the whole thing, but what's halfassed?

impressive engineering. not exactly read all and try to research every single step (cuz hell... he's doing things that haven't been done or almost no one else has). he has a concept, attempts to do it, and then fixes issues as they arise (steering column not fitting).

I'd never get myself into a project like that, but hell, he probably really is enjoying the adventure.

mad props if he gets it all hooked up and wired and running...

[s0urce]

This method just seems halfassed.

uhhh....no

[Ryan Stewart]

Im not going to read it all but there are a few things that, judging by what I hear here, seem to be odd. Changing the body wiring seems overly complicated. There are a lot of emulators on the market for pulling off the newer OBD stuff while still keeping the control system. We replaced almost all of a friends OBD2 stuff with emulation to setup a turbo on it.

Then again it seems this guy has nearly an unlimited budget and time, its probably less about getting to the end as easily as possible than it is about doing something fairly original.

[robert325is]

This method just seems halfassed.

He has a complete wiring harness from a car that is almost 15 years newer.

It matches the engine, and if he wants to switch out all the wires, good for him.


I dont see how running an all new wiring harness is halfass at all.


Maybe ghetto-rigging and splicing into older, less reliable wiring would be better?


If I had the budget and the time for that project, I would probably almost everything the same way.