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Eddie

E46 318i wagon v8 swap

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Life is boring if its easy, very cool dry sump as a road car.

Put a stone guard over the belt setup, love your work :)

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after what seems like a life time I finally have finished the manifolds and boxed in the engine mounts

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The engine is back in the car and all bolted in. I need to remount the alternator and power steering pump as they wont fit between the engine and chassis rail. 

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you can see that its tight for the exhaust to clear the steering

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I moved the fuel lines and brake lines to be clear of the left exhaust

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WIN! the v8 shifter is a direct replacement for the standard e46 unit

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What model is the ecu as their are 7 listed and they have any where from 3 to 5 separate connectors/module to them.The trans has 5 listed what do you need to know about the cluster wiring?. Might be that you have the latest java  which will not allow you to connect need to tell it to allow it.it appears it sees it as a risk have it open and looking at it.

 

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2 hours ago, allan said:

What model is the ecu as their are 7 listed and they have any where from 3 to 5 separate connectors/module to them.The trans has 5 listed what do you need to know about the cluster wiring?. Might be that you have the latest java  which will not allow you to connect need to tell it to allow it.it appears it sees it as a risk have it open and looking at it.

 

the e46 trans was a GM 1 423 820   part number 96022204

I cant seem to find the engine ecu at the moment

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Had a look and the trans it covers a wide range of items can you narrow down what you want i.e shift indicator,steptronic, oil temp etc

The Ecu, DME could be MS42, 43, 45, 46, BMS 46 or MSS54 believe this is for the m motors

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Surprised how well the exhaust clear the steering shaft - did you beat the pipe a bit?

 

 

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19 hours ago, Michael. said:

Surprised how well the exhaust clear the steering shaft - did you beat the pipe a bit?

 

 

 

the drivers side was a mission its an e38 and x5 manifold hacked up. The rear cylinder is very restricted as it had to turn 90 deg within 40mm of the head 

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20 hours ago, allan said:

Had a look and the trans it covers a wide range of items can you narrow down what you want i.e shift indicator,steptronic, oil temp etc

The Ecu, DME could be MS42, 43, 45, 46, BMS 46 or MSS54 believe this is for the m motors

Yes the shift indicator/ steptronic, ewb (just for the starter and dme), and DME pin out would be good thanks

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I sorted remounting the power steering pump and alternator. I used the E46 pump and alternator so I can reuse the factory power steering hoses and wiring loom for the alternator. Also I made and fitted the drive shaft

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I spent today connecting up the Power steer lines, fuel lines, refitted the radiator and hoses. Also mounted the remote oil filter and started to make some of the oil lines. Car is back on its wheels as I'm taking to a mates workshop tomorrow to start making up the oil tank.

 

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Did you do you manifolds? Keen to come do mine :-) I have the same problem with spacing

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Great project.

 

What brakes are you using?

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On 1/24/2017 at 3:59 PM, zero said:

Great project.

 

What brakes are you using?

 

On 1/24/2017 at 3:59 PM, zero said:

Great project.

 

What brakes are you using?

Still the standard ones at the moment, Brakes, springs and sway bar are on the list 

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I have finished making the exhaust. not the best looking system as I just used up what was laying around.

 

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Hi,

do you still need the pin numbers, wire colour and were two on that DME?

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14 hours ago, allan said:

Hi,

do you still need the pin numbers, wire colour and were two on that DME?

I have sorted the dme. But having problems with the starter park/neutral circuit

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To get dash to work was turning into a bit of a problem, all the sensors like water temp, oil light, alternator light are wired to the factory e46 DME plus theres the tacho. . To get around the problem I decided to still run the 4 cylinder DME, I removed anything that wasn't going to be used , leaving only the crank trigger, water sensor, oil pressure, alternator light and power supply. I made an extra bracket to mount the  crank trigger at the front of the motor and pick up off the M60 crank pulley. 

I then started to wire in the M60 DMe and trans , ecu. It still have to mount the computers and wire in the P/S button, reverse lights, Park/ neutral starter lock out. And then move on to suspension and brakes

But in the mean time it runs and can be driven. 

 

 

  

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So how does it perform?

 

Can you give us a 0-100 time?

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very cool project!  You're nearly there :)

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13 hours ago, zero said:

So how does it perform?

 

Can you give us a 0-100 time?

I have overfilled the oil tank so if you cane it, oil comes out the breather. Need to sort that.

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starting sort out the little things.

I found a standard shifter surround to replace the tiptronic surround

 

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