Well, my head gasket and my transmission took a crap in my 528... With almost 200k on the clock, not a shocker.
So I'll be swapping in an ls3 from here (already purchased): http://www.crateenginedepot.com/stor...P2218C509.aspx
This transmission: http://www.monstertrans.com/store/pr...tml?fullSite=1
And an M5 rear diff and one piece custom driveshaft.
I'll be making the exhaust and mounts myself.
But my biggest problem is getting all the new stuff to work with the cluster and all that. I got a stand alone ECU and TCU but I'll be needing help with wiring and programming of modules.
If anyone could help when I get there or put up some links with good info I'd appreciate it... I'm sure I'll have lots of questions along the way.
I'll be starting the teardown soon...
Damn, that should be a great set up. What stand alone are you running for the engine and trans?
Just a regular GM performance parts ECU: http://www.crateenginedepot.com/stor...7-P2221C0.aspx
And TCU: http://www.monstertrans.com/store/pr...ol-System.html
Talk about awesome potential. There are several E36 LS swaps in Oregon, I'm sure they'll chime in. Looking forward to seeing this develop, take lots of pics!
Nice!! takes lots of pictures!! one thing though, that engine is pretty pricey. you could've built up a motor for less but your setup is gonna be killer
dude car-part listed a couple LS3(under $8)..one of which is $4200 with 7,500 miles
I am sure that engine is in excellent condition
OP - the whole swap shouldn't cost more than $1k if you know what you are doing.
Rob
Prior projects:
1998 540i with 6.6 LS2/T56 Chevy Power
- pictures and details
1992 325i with 6.6 LS2/T56 Chevy power - pictures and details
1995 M3 with 6.6 LS2/T56 Chevy power - pictures and details
2000 528iA Sport. I want to do the same swap (auto trans).
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Engine, transmission and donor car.
Is your budget higher?
Rob
Prior projects:
1998 540i with 6.6 LS2/T56 Chevy Power
- pictures and details
1992 325i with 6.6 LS2/T56 Chevy power - pictures and details
1995 M3 with 6.6 LS2/T56 Chevy power - pictures and details
i wanna see this
-tony
E39 + LSx = match made in heaven. However I have heard Turbo M50 is better.
Good luck with the swap
2003 M5 LSx l 6 Spd Manual l 4.10 LSD
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The chassis must always be regarded as a means to an end and never as an end itself
If you check my thread, I pretty much detail how to recode the cluster and what you need to do it.
I also go into how I went about tying the GM harness into what little is needed to/from the bmw to make it run.
We need an e39 swap club!!!
'99 BMW 540i6 L33 5.3, PRC Heads, E-force supercharged
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1674320
So... The ls3 can communicate over a CAN bus, can this be adapted to the existing BMW can bus? Instead of converting both the PCM and cluster to use analog signals, could I make them communicate over the CAN bus?
Unfortunately not.
Even though both GM and BMW use Can-Bus for communication between modules, the CAN-IDs used for the various messages are different meaning a BMW module cannot understand a message sent over CAN-BUS from a GM module.
The key to figuring out CAN-BUS systems will be to crack or acquire .DBC files used by the various auto makers. Such a file would contain all the information describing the respective CAN-BUS network, message IDs, their priorities etc.
2003 M5 LSx l 6 Spd Manual l 4.10 LSD
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The chassis must always be regarded as a means to an end and never as an end itself
Isn't their a way to just scan the bmw CAN-BUS system and datalog the information?
Stick with your cluster. The only thing that needs to be converted to analog is your tach and coolant temp. It will not cause issues elsewhere.
2003 M5 LSx l 6 Spd Manual l 4.10 LSD
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The chassis must always be regarded as a means to an end and never as an end itself
If you're anal like me, switch over your MPG gauge to analog also
I maxed it out in the cluster function at 1250 and it's still about 8% or so off. I will fix that someday too.
'99 BMW 540i6 L33 5.3, PRC Heads, E-force supercharged
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1674320
^^^Did you wire it to an injector signal wire? I didnt feel comfortable doing that.
2003 M5 LSx l 6 Spd Manual l 4.10 LSD
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The chassis must always be regarded as a means to an end and never as an end itself
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