Operation: Weapons Grade

[crazyarab 6]

Hurry up and get to Chch Josh!! Want a blat

[drifty325i 0]

card board is being cut tomorrow

Mate I know card board is lightweight but id run alloy or carbon.......

Love your work! Wish I had the money to keep tuning mine....will have to wait till im back and with the £

[Eddie 66]

love this car

[Guest Simon*]

Such a weapon!

[DrphTa 5]

+1 on the pipes, easy solution to get extra noise out of it when need be !

[hybrid 1039]

Mate I know card board is lightweight but id run alloy or carbon.......

Love your work! Wish I had the money to keep tuning mine....will have to wait till im back and with the £

hahah yeah .. Im just getting some edging to try and totally seal it. Will need to fabricate a 3 inch mandrel bend tube with flared ends (well fabricate the length and flared ends that is) as an extension from the MAF to the box.

Ollie stated I should just cut a little bit into the OEM plenium boot which ill most likely do.

Going to have a date with the autosol I think ... mmmm stainless mandrel.

and yeah, couldnt be happier the way the pipes turned out.

Got some other ideas on the boil too with the fabricator around customising the sump with winglets / baffles.

I will however get it all road worthy and try and get some experience up driving the thing. You push the throttle too far and your sideways, not cool in the wet I might add.

[Lucan 196]

So much coolness, gutted we couldn't check this out Saturday!

Bolt in pipes

[hybrid 1039]

First off, having a full functional ODBII port in the e30 has maximum novelty factor and its not wearing off!

Was mucking around tonight checking the live data and decided to give the car a scan to see what had popped up over the past month and a bit.

error 42 translated means speed signal was interupted at some point.

error 48 translated means the Air-con relays aren't responding, thats cause there are none

I also reset the service interval

Faults cleared and only the air conditioning relay fault (which the car doesnt have) so im happy with that) I will continue testing to see if the other error comes back. Its not a major however is just the speed sensor.

[_ethrty-Andy_ 2122]

wish my screen looked like that after scanning haha. well done

[hybrid 1039]

So today thanks to Ray @ Hellbm (http://www.hellbm.com) converted my horrible e30 window switches to then nice 'click' feel of the e36 switches.

I first tried some green base switches which as I found out dont work. This is because the later model switches are infact digital encoder switches and only tell the general module (GM) to activate the electric window relays. E30's obviously didnt have such technology so I went for a white base switch.

So I decided to include a small write up to help others, this also includes a wiring diagram from the info I had at hand.

Green base switches (dont use these! )

Green base digital encoder

Green base pulled apart

White base switch (Use this or Blue base). Notice the thicker wiring

Inside the switch

Proper high current switch contacts to deal with the current from the electric window motors.

Before starting any of this DISCONNECT YOUR BATTERY FROM THE TERMINALS

My brother has had a high current burn before and it burnt a hole right through his hand once, crossing these wires will do the same if you short them

So lets get started,

Remove the gear shifter boot. and remove the e30 window switches, unplug the e30 loom end and we cut the plug off.

Twist the wires on following the wiring diagram carefully. Use electrical tape to shield the wires from each other (make sure you have it all covered) and reconnect the battery, turn the key to postion 2, and test you windows. You should also have the LED light up (you switch should glow)

After this, disconnect the battery and tin / solder all wires on the switches and e30 loom end.

Right nows the time to enlarge the switch hole in the console to fit the larger e36 switch. I took my time with this and used a half round/flat file. I thought about using my dremel but there is a risk of over shooting the mark and cutting too much off. constantly test fit the switch and surround

BEFORE you solder the wires together, run them through the enlarged hole. You dont HAVE to do this .. but it makes it easier to locate the switch.

Use heat shrink and a heat gun to shirnk up the tubes.CAREFUL DONT MELT YOU CONSOLE!

Repeat all of this for the other side, obviously following the wiring diagram to suit your switch type. My second switch was from the rear e36 switch panel so it had different colours I have included it in the wiring diagram.

Put it all back together and reconnect the battery and test.

All Done!

[bravo 34]

Nice - have been planning the switch mod for awhile. Lots of info on the net about using the white ones not gree.

Another tip for those wanting to do this, you can't use some e36 switches as they are mounted on a curved surface, and the switch mounting frame is curved to match and will look funny on the flat e30 console. You need the switches that josh has used with the flat backs.

[Matty104 0]

Sweet write up on the switches, You can also use the blue base switches which is what i used,

Also on a side note with a 4 door , the rear switch wires are different colours, and then the sunroof is different again,

[Lucan 196]

I'm also in the middle of doing this.

For a sedan i used blue base (5 wires out of switch as well) in front, haven't finished rear yet.

but the front windows work so much better now!

Will finish my rear windows now you've found me a wiring diagram

[hybrid 1039]

The 4 door thing is for the e36 switch .. not the e30 4 door. I dont own a 4 door e30 and I only had white base e36 right front and right rear 4 door switches. So the diagram is a little incomplete. Also I didnt have blue base switches so I couldnt confirm the wiring of them (although I have a wiring diagram for it)

If people want to add to it .. by all means. Ill upload the .XLS file for edit. All I ask is that the information is triple checked for accuracy as I will be using this as a tech resource on a articles site I'm doing.

Ill start a new thread for it later tonight.

[Lucan 196]

The 4 door thing is for the e36 switch .. not the e30 4 door.

Got that. I've found another rough write up since for a sedan.

Once I've got mine up a running, I'll send through a proper diagram.

[hybrid 1039]

Once I've got mine up a running, I'll send through a proper diagram.

Mean, here is the thread for this ..

http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....showtopic=30907

[Eddie 66]

love that gear lever.

[gouba 0]

the relocation of the coolant bottle and relooming is really tidy. I like it alot

[kerry 10]

i done the switch upgrade about 2 years ago and i would have to say il never own another e30 without them , best upgade for buck. nice write up man.

[hybrid 1039]

So was messing around and got GT1/DIS44 working finally with the Carsoft interface.

Also managed to buy a new set of tyres which fit a lot better and allow me to turn full lock without touching. Which will allow me to have the car certed. Yay.

My spare set of LMs with FK-452 18x8.5 on 225/35r18

Going to send this set in to have curb rash removed and cleaned up a tad. then its time to roll the fenders and lower. I currently have the shocks wound up to the hardest setting to reduce travel .. its solid as s**t and not much fun on the back however will put this back once fenders are rolled. Its gonna be tight but worth it I think. Also note stack of sacrificial rubber

[hybrid 1039]

Some updates:

Fuel system added (before hampton actually) but heres a shot of it anyways.

Specs: normal pre-fl tank feeds the external accumulator (high volume, low pressure) feeds a 2 liter surge tank which inturn feeds the Walbro 500hp (low volume, high pressure 5 bar++) pump (not pictured as its underneath).

The 2 liters is a bit over kill but also acts as a nice reserve if the accumulator would ever to fail.

Accumulator and primer is wired in a relay and then to the DME so when EWS enables engine start .. both pumps fire a primer of gas through the lines. It leaves the pumps on the security system which is nice

And an interior shot so far.

mostly stock, e36 window switches and e34 leather hand brake (e brake) grip.

[hybrid 1039]

Shots from other thread to keep things consistant Also forgot to mention .. got my second set of LMs clean up by Arrow wheels ... these pics show the results!

[hybrid 1039]

Engine bay as promised

[crazyarab 6]

Bring it down to Chch already man!

[Lucan 196]

Will there be a CAB for the air filter or some kind of heat sheild in the future?