E30 M50 conversion

[mark247 38]

^ Me and matt are BOTH pissing ourselves. Just gonna head round to yours and go for a drive before you get home

Good luck changing gear bitch! hahaha.

[RyanG 0]

was it that plug mike talked to you about?

Nah.

Theres a wire from the OBC code immobilizer that goes thru the c101 firewall connector. If theres power on that wire to the ECU it wont start. So I just cut it.

[RyanG 0]

And it runs!

Vid uploading to youtube atm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap2FdPn_I2U - First vid, fail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFgMnaQSz9M - Second.

Edited September 25, 2009 by RyanG

[bmw_guy 0]

lol Mark,

im at yours now, currently sitting in your now m50 e30 haha

goes really good

brb

Just taking it for a quick spin

[kerry 10]

And it runs!

Vid uploading to youtube atm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap2FdPn_I2U - First vid, fail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFgMnaQSz9M - Second.

had me worried for a while there guys

[Guest FrantiC]

Congrats. Now finish it off

[bmw_guy 0]

Take me for a drive when its done Mark

Pretty please

[RyanG 0]

Congrats. Now finish it off

Gonna try and get it driveable by tonight

[Boost Junky 1]

Do a skid

Oh and good work guys!

Edited September 25, 2009 by Boost Junky

[QuickSilver 0]

Do a Luke

Oh and good work guys!

Just had to correct that there.

P.S Good job.

Edited September 25, 2009 by QuickSilver

[mark247 38]

Wil get going monday.

Old RyanG has had too many beers

[Boost Junky 1]

Just had to correct that there.

P.S Good job.

ROFL! Someones gotta get the ball rolling... We will have to have a meet someday Mark

[mark247 38]

Do a skid

Oh and good work guys!

Having trouble with the brakes, the joins i bought for the resivour are dodgy and will pop out. Need to sort this on monday, once it is sorted though I am going to jam into 1st gear with a screw driver on the gear box ( f**k sorting the shifter ) and dump the clutch and smoke out the shed, or my drive way... whatever one is more suitable. It will be filmed.

No exhaust FTW.

This car has all the fancy parts, it's even got a throttle cable now. But I have a bad earth somewhere and now when i push a horn the headlights come on haha.

ROFL! Someones gotta get the ball rolling... We will have to have a meet someday Mark

Yep sure, once it's running I'm keen. Before November because im going overseas for 3 months then. You should come up here, e30m50 meet, that will make 4 of us. You, RyanG, Kerry, me.

Edited September 25, 2009 by Mark247

[mark247 38]

6000rpm with no exhaust is loud.

[Guest FrantiC]

lol.

how are the tyres looking?

[bmw_guy 0]

6000rpm with no exhaust is loud.

Video!

[zenetti 0]

Bugger that barefoot angle-grinding

HAHA was just thinking that. A real man always goes bare feet but a hard man uses Nylon safety pants

[mark247 38]

lol.

how are the tyres looking?

Bald, but they were like that before hand. Haven't done a burnout yet, still need to sort out shifter. Just got the wiring all done basically. And finally sorted out something for the brakes, they just need bleeding.

[mark247 38]

Managed to sort out shifter with the use of a lot of washers.

Burnout video by the end of the day hopefully =D

The Asian family next door wont know what hit 'em.

RARRRRRR RARRRRR ARRRRRRRRRR.

[Guest FrantiC]

Don't get caught lol.

What was wrong with the shifter that needed sorting ?

And how is the gearbox sitting with that custom mount you did, Did you just make that yourself or with the guide of someone else who did it that way? Is it still centered in the driveshaft tunnel and the driveshaft lining up straight etc?

[mark247 38]

Don't get caught lol.

What was wrong with the shifter that needed sorting ?

And how is the gearbox sitting with that custom mount you did, Did you just make that yourself or with the guide of someone else who did it that way? Is it still centered in the driveshaft tunnel and the driveshaft lining up straight etc?

I copied the mount off my mates e30m50.

M50 made the gearbox sit on a queer angle. If you have the facelift shifter setup it doesn't matter but because I had the prefacelift rubbish sheet metal crapper one It's all on the piss, I couldnt get 5th gear, the shifter would just hit the side of the hole. Managed to straighten it out enough with washers to get it to fit, but we are going to cut the shifter linkage in half and turn it slightly and join it up again to make it perfect.

Oh and I wont get caught, it's on my driveway.. not on the road.

Noise control anyone?! Nah we will see what happens, may wait until i have exhaust done.

Definately gonna drive it up and down the driveway though lol.

Edited September 28, 2009 by Mark247

[Guest Ari Gold]

Heh, when I did my loom it took about 45mins (incl soldering it up). .

Never ever a good idea in automotive applications. Vibrations and such could destroy the connection an you'd never know which wire went down.

[Guest FrantiC]

I always crimp and heatshrink, or solder and heatshrink my wiring.

When I just solder, I twist the wires together, solder it and heatshrink it. Very unlikely it would come loose or break that way.

[mark247 38]

Never ever a good idea in automotive applications. Vibrations and such could destroy the connection an you'd never know which wire went down.

meh!

On another note, old ladies angry and azns are staring. Did a skud with no brakes but anywho!

It can certainly move but it just cant stop.

[RyanG 0]

Never ever a good idea in automotive applications. Vibrations and such could destroy the connection an you'd never know which wire went down.

Yeah crimping is the ideal way to do it, but I dont have any crimps, so I just soldered it and tbh I have never had any problems with solder + heatshrink. It does make a weaker connection tho, but nothing that would break unless it was been abused.