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After one of these with Winter, Sport and E modes. Has to work.

If no one here has one ill ask Brent or Euro Italian.

Hi,

My e36 has one of those switches that will go into sport, winter but not go back into E modem when pressing down.

Suggest a new switch?

(not mine in picture but reference, (Doesnt have M but a Winter icon)

Also how to pull it out. Is it just brute force upwards or a secret screw or something?

Secondly the cluster in the car on the l p/100km is peeling and stopping the needle from moving. Is this a new cluster job?

Cheers

Edit: Does my car give the cluster how many Km's its done or is it built into the cluster? If built into it can it be changed to be accurate?

Nice 335 but by the time you modded all of that it might as well have cost you a M3 anyway?

nva thrshd alwyz garagd

Swaps for subiz

No time wasterz

plenty of ruba on magz

sh*t happens

Hmm, Took it for a thrash and didnt reproduce it after it cooled down.

No idea. Maybe diff being stupid?

worn out handbrake shoes ,

buggered wheel bearing

jack it up and have look , feel for pull in the axle , hub , bearing etc

So just shake it about and see if it has any play?

Take wheel off?

Hi,

I am getting a clicking noise each rotation out of my left rear wheel.

There is no rubbing or tires or uneven brake wear. Cant seem to locate it. Maybe a universal join is buggered?

Whats the best way to tell?

(It seems to be like this after driving it really hard and laying some rubber)

Cheers

Hardly a rocket, but a lot more fun than a m20b20

Turbo in time

Then be a rocket.

Planned to finish like this:

I wonder with a M52 if it will be a fukn rocket?

Bigger displacement, better engine management, motor weighs less, more torque and power.

It's the exact same as swapping an m50, the only extra is getting around EWS but if you get all the bits from the same car it isn't an issue. Or you can get the DME flashed and EWS removed which is what I did since I couldn't get the EWS box etc.

Doesnt sound too hard.

Ill get my orders in to Brent at BMWorld when i got cash and a touring.

Not sure its worth buying an e34 for the parts, you're only after the sump, oil pickup and throttle cable. Considered doing an m52 instead?

Could you elaborate on the benefits of a M52?

I really dont want to f*ck around with electrical problems :/

Cheers

here is a real car you failed troll.

>.<

Nice work!

I will have to hit you up when i do my E30 Touring with a M50, M52.

Keep at it!

probably the easiest way is to buy an E34 525i as a donor, you need much more E34 parts than you do E36 parts, and the E34 parts are harder to find in the first place.

Having said that, I have just got some E34 parts in like the sump, dipstick etc, and could part with them, as the engine will be going in an E36 not an E30.

Hmm,

Ill let you know but im planning to start with in about 3 months. Easier to hit up Brent at BMWorld for the parts.

I dont have space to deal with 3 cars and parting them out. Would be good if i do.

Cheers

You can do it for half of that easily, you can find m50 or m52 motors for less than 1000, depending where from and kms. The rest is pretty easy to find too, spend another 500 or so replacing seals and gaskets and cooling system bits so its all fresh when you install.

Gearbox and bits also easy and plenty of bolt in options.

If the e36 is a solid runner, I wouldn't bother butchering it just for the m50 in it. Looks to be pretty nice.

Yeah its a tank. Needs $500 spent on control arms and bushings + tires then it will be warrantable again.

The $7000 includes the car itself so you think i could get away with it?

Cheers

Edit: Do i want VANOS or Non VANOS? I dont plan on a Turbo.

Around $1200-$1400 for a long block. Pumps etc all separate.

Thanks guys, Wiring sounds like the least of my worries now.

Thinking more about my rough plan i wouldn't mind a M5 engine. Getting one with ECU and gearbox wouldn't be hard. I cant afford to fully rebuild it so it maybe a bit hard on that one.

5 stud conversion can wait till later but will be on the to do list.

What you think? Should i keep the 36 as a daily driver and just buy all my parts for the Touring? I would like to stay under $7000+Paint on the whole project.

Cheers

Its a pretty well documented swap and in my opinion really easy, if you are doing all the work yourself you could do the engine and suspension swap for not much more than a couple of grand, i spent a bit more than that on my latest one due to me buying alot of extras. If you had everything ready to go you could do the swap in a weekend as its all rather straight forward. If you intend to use the suspension from the 325i to do you 5 stud swap the front shocks will catch in the e30 tunnels as they arent big enough so youll need to buy e36 M3 shocks and use the e30 springs and top hats or run coilovers. You're right about the rear youll need a setup from a z3 or compact e36

OK, Cool.

Unsprung should be rather easy, Would like to use as much of this e36 as possible or is it more worth it to keep this car as a daily and get parts?

Still a bit lost on the electrics. Found a few online guides and was also wondering about input here.

Cheers

Anything further? Im looking to do something similar with an E30 touring and M50B25

Hi,

I am planning a project for an E30 Touring running a M50B25 and 5 stud conversion. I want to keep the car in the most stock form as possible without hacking apart electrics etc.

Car: E30 touring alpine white. (Yet to purchase) (I think i got a candidate: http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-742108332.htm Need some moneys )

E36 donor car:

325I, Auto, 127,xxx kms, Runs very nicely and engine is in good nick.

I will of course need ECU and part of the loom of this car for the E30. Not sure how yet and also want to keep e30 parts functional and relatively integrated.

Not sure if possible but would like to take all the running gear out of this and put it into the E30. But i might need the rear end out of the compact e36's. What ever the case i will be keeping those rims for the e30 Touring.

What i need to know: How much? What i can and cant do from this basic outlay of my plan? How long and what gear will i need? (Mainly on the electrics)

Cheers for any input.

Only one screw which is to the right of the connector(missing on yr photos). I didnt have problems getting mine out but different car.

Maybe its caught on some wiring or something

Wiring wouldn't be that firm?

It feels well stuck. The dash flexes when you wrench on it.

There is a little more than a few tabs holding that in. I feel there is a screw or something holding it firm as it seems to wiggle off one point but nothing points to any screws? Almost took the whole dash for a flying lesson.

http://imgur.com/a/nWFUe#0

I have the same Sony in my E34, really nice unit for its time.

You'll be to remove the unit and probably the cage bracket(which houses the wiring connector at rear). Should be an external RCA plug somewhere, either floating around or taped to the wiring. Chuck on your RCA>3.5mm adapter, run the lead and then you done.

Right,I can get the head unit out but its little cage it goes into i can seem to remove without damaging the dash. Does anyone know how to remove this cage without taking the whole dash apart?