Project 325why?
Updated 7/29/07-
This is my motor swap story.
The project:
2003 M3 S54 motor, 19k miles, 6speed transmission
Vehicle:
1993 325is.
Chapter I: The Devil Went Down to Georgia.
It was an early call this morning. 5:00am. Got up, got showered, got dressed, and got in the truck. We were off!
Our tow vehicle was a new Ford expedition.
We were prepped to get there as fast as possible with the V1
It was only a few hours before we hit the border
But once we hit georgia, things got funny and ricey.
We spotted this speed machince-
and this 'beaut. God it was fugly.
its only got better when I saw this:
Black cargo on board!
I also spotted this sweet 190e, Im guessing an EVO clone of sorts.. it sounded awesome!
I had to rep the motorcyclers out today-
and lastly, a clean GTO right before we got there-
and finally, after 4 hours of driving, I got the prize!
no, its not rust, just dirt from a dusty shop.
The Wiring harness:
the cluster:
And after the long trip home, we had to hit the bikes before it got dark:
Look for Chapter Two soon!
Chapter 2- Ripping the Guts from the Beast
Here we are at part 2. This time, it wasnt as clean
Now the M50 is out!
Start time: 6:00pm
End time: 9:00pm
Step One: get prepared. We layed out the tools, and cleaned up our work area.
Step Two:
disconnect the wiring harness!
Step Three:
Remove cooling system:
Then we put it up on stands, and got dirty
Dropped the exhaust, driveshaft, transmission crossmembers, and motor mounts, and your pretty close to this:
Finally, wiggle the motor free!
The easy part is done.
Not bad for 3 hours, give or take a half hour, eh?
Im gonna clean it up and hope to get the S54 mounted soon.
Intermission-
So now I have to wait for stuff to come in and such. Mainly the motor mounts.. its awfully hard to mount a motor without them.
Well, they got here today..
and I also have these things sitting around, waiting to go on....
(the fogs have yellow lamin-x on them, which is coming off. I am not a fan of french fogs.)
Also, while the car is up, I plan on lowering it a little more.
I cant post any more images in this post, so further chapters will be linked to other posts in the thread.
Chapter 5- Preparation
Chapter 6- Test..1..2.. Test..1..2..
Chapter 7- "Thats just not going to fit."
Last edited by SpasticDwarf; 10-30-2007 at 11:59 PM.
did you get the ews module and the dme?
how long do you expect this project to take
hot nice work dude
good luck
Wow... thats f*cking sick
thats a sweet project you make it sound so easy hope all goes smooth i know motor swaps all to well
looking good man, cant wait to see the finshed product!
very nice, good luck
I have an S50, and an S52 for sale if anyone is feeling as daring...
lets keep this thread alive guys. Cant wait to see chapter three. YOu got prettymuch all of bf.c behind you
Have my babies.
so your going to try to use the stock s54 wiring harness and adapt it to the e36?
i know thats how another member did this swap but he wouldnt go about how it was accomplished.
.
That beast is really going to surprise a lot of people.
Good Luck
IG @Bsaintmedia | Cammed LS6 Swapped E36 M3 "The GMW M3"
Very nice man, glad to see you got started on it. Looks great so far.
hmm, this sounds really good. post detailed info about the adaptation of the wiring harness, and any probs you ran into swapping the motor. this could be a potential mod for me.
1995 Performance Motorsports Built SC300 740whp Supra 6 speed
2000 BMW M5
awesome project, you are going to love the torgue !
Nice!Glad to see your on your way!Good Luck!
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