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    Yeah you need to use the 318ti engine loom and you will need to find a pre 1995 ecu or buy a ews delete chip. I'm located in Auckland. The swap has gone well, the car is daily driven by my girlfriend and has never let her down. 

  2. Posted · Edited by alisterh · Report reply

    The car is now certified which ended up dragging out a lot longer than I expected mostly due to small issues unrelated to the swap. Also did a coil on plug conversion which really cleans up the engine bay.

    Overall the car feels great, way more e30s should of come to NZ with this engine car feels so light and loves to rev.

    Next up is a bit of a Hartge tribute (body kit and wheels)

    Edit: Also forgot to mention that driveshaft loops weren't required due to unmodified driveshaft and less than 50% power increase. 

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    36 minutes ago, NZ300E said:

    Sounds like a great repower without breaking the bank. When you say cheap, what do you mean.....all up......2....5.....10k.....not including labour of course because it was a diy job.  Curious to see if it might be an option for my car. 

    Under 2K, donor car was $550, exhaust manifold was $250, custom exhaust work was $280, 1994 ECU was $80, c101 adapter was made from loom cuts from zebra car parts $20. I also spend $500 on preventative maintenance water pump, vacuum lines, oil, filter, coolant etc. 

    It looks like your car is 320i though so some of the m40 parts you would need to find  as well. 

  6. Posted · Edited by alisterh · Report reply

    Hi,

    A few people have asked my how I did my swap so I thought I should clear some myths and put it in a permanent place.

    The reason I chose this swap its cheap, easy and the drive train is already capable. The e30 is my Girlfriends daily so I wanted it off the road as little as possible.

    The e30 had a very ticky m40 and was on its last legs, the donor car was a 1995 318ti but any m42 car will be fine but a non ews model would be ideal.

    Below is the list of parts from each car used.

    e36 318ti m42 e30 m40 e30 m42
    Engine Engine arms Exhaust Manifold
    DME Engine mounts  
    Engine loom (x20) Upper and lower Oil pans  
    1994 DME (no ews) Gearbox/clutch/driveshaft etc.  
    Power steering pump Fan and fan clutch  
    Alternator Throttle cable with part No. 13541288013  
    dip stick (needs bending) Brown Temp sensor (swap with black temp sensor on m42)  
    Starter motor    

    As you can see all the parts except the exhaust manifold are from the E30 or the donor 318ti. I sourced the exhaust manifold from e30zone in the UK and was $250 delivered.

    The only custom parts were the coil bracket (soon to be COP), the exhaust manifold to existing exhaust and the c101-x20 adapter.

    I treated the c101 to x20 adapter just like an m50 swap, below is my adapter table

    Pin No. C101 Colour   Pin No. X20 Colour
    1 Charge light Blue   25   Blue
    2 Static oil level Green/Yellow   1   Blue/White
    3            
    4 Temp Guage Brown/Purple   12   Brown/Yellow
    5 Oil Pressure Light Brown/Green   23   Brown/Grey
    6 Oxygen Sensor relay Green/White   22   Green/White
    7 Switched power Green   21   Green/White
    8 Fuel rate input White/Black   24   White/Black
    9 Engine Speed imput Black   20   Black
    10 Dynamic Oil Level Blue   2   Blue/Yellow
    11 Reset Service Lights White/Green   19   White/Green
    12 Check engine light Grey(brown)   8   Grey
    13 Fuel pump relay Green/Purple   13   Green/Purple
    14 Speed signal for ecu Black/White   14   Black/White
    15 Unloader relay Black/Green   15   Black/Green
    16 Diagnostic White/Black   17   White/Purple
    17            
    18 Start Black/Yellow   18   Black Yellow
    19            
    20            

    Overall it was a very easy swap, this was my first time pulling an engine and was completed by me and a friend in a long weekend.

    Hope this helps others in the future.

    Cheers

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  16. Posted · Edited by alisterh · Report reply

    Fixed a coolant leak in the girlfriends e30, part 11 in this diagram was the culprit

    http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=AJ62-JAP-08-1990-E30-BMW-318i&diagId=11_4336

    Bloody over complected expensive hose for no reason, turns out the e36 M40 use's a different hose here

    http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=CA42-EUR-01-1993-E36-BMW-318i&diagId=11_1122

    Saved money and didn't even have to remove the intake.

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    I have an auto e30 318i with the m40 engine and the radiator has started leaking.

    I was wanting to know if anyone has swapped an e36 318i radiator into an e30 318i from what I can tell the radiator is identical but I'm not sure if the transmission cooler uses the same size fittings.

    Any knowledge is appreciated. Cheers

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