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E46 316Ti to 330ti swap , shopping trolly to track car :)

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just been working on this car for the last 3 days

brought a sleightly damaged 2002 E46 316ti a few months back

real grotty car , damaged front , easy to repair job.

was originally just going to fix and sell on

but then decided since I don't have a track car anymore

thought I would make one up

have the option of a S54 m3 engine to go in it

but have decided to use the more plentiful cheaper and lighter m54b30 engine

with a 5spd zf box and a brand new stage 2 supercharger kit I had brought a while back off a customer who never fitted it.

have made a few videos of the progress if you are real bored of watching shortland street etc

 

some pics here too .

 

 

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I have a nice 318ti motorsport parts car that I'm using , the msport

goodies from like , seats , steering wheel , carbon trims

black hoodlinning , rear sway bar etc

 

rear msport bumper.

will be fitting , msport suspension from a 330i msport

brakes , diff , axles , hubs etc from 330i msport .

 

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have plans to change the front of the Ti , to get rid of the ugly duckling look

 

something like this

but with a msport bumper

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Interesting project. Keep the videos coming!

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small update today

bleed the clutch , plumbed up all the coolant system and p/s system etc

fitted 75% of the 330i exhaust system

probably going to a E89 3L Z4 rear muffler

will need to change the rear bumper for the Msport type , has a wider cut out for the twin tips

drives now.

video here .

 

 

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Nice project keep the videos coming. What power are you looking to get of it with the supercharger?  

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+1.  excellent project Brent, and the vidjos are a wealth of info.  Keep it up!

I reckon one of these would be enough to keep me entertained on the track for years, never mind the supercharger.  Wouldn't claim to have the talent for that much power #; )

 

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2 hours ago, BatMansWilly said:

Nice project keep the videos coming. What power are you looking to get of it with the supercharger?  

its a stage kit from active autowerks .

rated at about 8-9psi at 405hp on a 330i engine

details here .

level 2

http://store.activeautowerke.com/collections/e46-2000-05-3-series/products/active-autowerke-e46-330-supercharger-kit-level-2-complete

base kit

http://store.activeautowerke.com/collections/e46-2000-05-3-series/products/active-autowerke-e46-330-supercharger-kit-level-1

todays short video .

 

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Interested to know what you did with the alternator and the air con wiring ?
Are you going to carry out the reinforcement of the chassis/ sub frame mount points prevent it tearing it's self apart

Are the M sport wheels for sale in photo 24.

What brake set up did you use on the rear

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1 hour ago, allan said:

Interested to know what you did with the alternator and the air con wiring ?
Are you going to carry out the reinforcement of the chassis/ sub frame mount points prevent it tearing it's self apart

Are the M sport wheels for sale in photo 24.

What brake set up did you use on the rear

alternator works fine just std plug and play stuff there .

still need to sort the ac pump wire .

not aware of subframe issues on these models??

msport wheels from the other parts car have sold long ago .

will be using 330i brakes all around  , or maybe with m3 fronts ? 

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Needed to run an extra wire from the alternator to the cluster when i did the conversion on mine.The n42 wiring only had the 0ne blue wire and the charge light would not go out.So i ran another a pale green with blue trace is what the wiring diagrams showed.This was for 2002 nz new 316 compact with a N42 b18 engine.

The wiring for the a/c compressor I found was not long enough to reach the new position. The n42,46 is on the left side of the motor while on the right for the M54. By stripping the wiring back as far as i could and re-routing it..It still needed to be lengthened.

That is interesting to know about the rear subframe / body issues.

Will you be trying for a coupe look since you don't like the compact style?

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hi ok

done the ac pump wire now .

alternator light has no issue .

will be doing facelift sedan front with mtec 2 bumper.

just bolts on

 

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It's going to be a rocket ship by the time your done with it. If your making a track car why are you keeping A/C? 

As for brakes I would go m3 at the front with 400 odd Hp. ? 

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1 hour ago, BM WORLD said:

will be doing facelift sedan front with mtec 2 bumper.

just bolts on

 

looking foward to seeing that!  should look tres bon.

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2 hours ago, BatMansWilly said:

It's going to be a rocket ship by the time your done with it. If your making a track car why are you keeping A/C? 

As for brakes I would go m3 at the front with 400 odd Hp. ? 

got have ac when driving to and from the track and doing the shopping and school run etc ;)

 

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8 hours ago, qube said:

E38 on M-Pars spotted at the end of the vid!

not mine , mate of mines

 

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couple of small update videos with some pics at the end of them

z4 rear muffler is fitted.

manual coding done (thanks to joe )

swapped out the suspension , brakes , diff ,axles , driveshaft etc to 330i , msport stuff

so has a 3.38 330i automatic diff ratio , 330i manual driveshaft

330ci msport front struts ,msport sway bars

mpsort rear springs(off something ??)  and msport  rear shocks

330i rear trailing arms ,axles etc

fitted some msport 17" by 8.5" alloys with 245/40-17" semi slicks (sort of)

booked in for a wheel alignment next week

gotta recode the asc module as original unit had a intermittent fault so was swapped out for another.

 

 

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lol the guy in the evo 

nice smoke trail

i should get my pile of crap out and come play Brent 

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10 hours ago, crunchy said:

lol the guy in the evo 

nice smoke trail

i should get my pile of crap out and come play Brent 

yea dropped a oil pipe of some sort , sprayed my mates car in oil

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