Eddie 66 Report post Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) I brought this E46 big block 1800 wagon from an impound auction back at the start off the year. The plan was to over the next year to tidy the car up for when my son turns 16 in march. The car as we got it. It had a few dents in it. I got some new rears doors off Brent, did some work in exchange for a set of wheels, and after a few months at mates panel shop it came back looking like this. Edited January 9, 2017 by Eddie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sweetm3 180 Report post Posted December 14, 2016 I won't be showing this thread to my 19yr old. He want to trade me in? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 66 Report post Posted December 14, 2016 At the same auction I brought this a crashed 730i for $200. I cut all the damage front end off so we could move it around and see if it was an ok runner Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 66 Report post Posted December 14, 2016 some time ago i brought one of these scan tools off Aliexpess and its been worth every dollar I sent on it. The passage seat sensor thingy kept throwing up a fault code so a quick google and a mod was found- no more problem Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 66 Report post Posted December 14, 2016 I hung a radiator off the front of the 7 series and armed with the scan tool I used a mates dyno to see how many sensors and modules I could remove and still have the engine and trans function correctly. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 66 Report post Posted December 14, 2016 Engine and trans removed from the 7 We have swapped out the diff, axles and sway bar for ones from a 328 couple 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 66 Report post Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) Going by what I read on the internet, installing a V8 into a e46 is a prick of a job and with only a couple hundred houses from the 3l v8 is it worth it? Hell yeah I think a V8 3 series is a cool first car. To get around the oil Pump problem you have when installing a M60 into a E46 I decided to dry sump the motor new sump machining the drive gear to fit the factory crank pulley mounting the pump Edited December 14, 2016 by Eddie 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted December 14, 2016 thats cool, will be a little rumbler Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zero 1162 Report post Posted December 14, 2016 What a great project. I'm doing something similar but progress is at a waaaay slower speed. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbmiester 931 Report post Posted December 15, 2016 I admire your work on this It is a cool project but I still cant get over that an M60 makes 160kw and 290nm. While an M54 is 170/300. Still I guess you could always drop in a 4l at some stage. All that said I would have liked my dad to make me a v8 e46. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 66 Report post Posted December 15, 2016 3 hours ago, Herbmiester said: I admire your work on this It is a cool project but I still cant get over that an M60 makes 160kw and 290nm. While an M54 is 170/300. Still I guess you could always drop in a 4l at some stage. All that said I would have liked my dad to make me a v8 e46. we already have an e36 with an with a M54 and itb's 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted December 15, 2016 Good idea re the sump! Will get along well with the wee 3.0L V8, fast enough for a 16 year old. For the time spent etc I would run the 4.0L M60 myself, but then that makes them a fair bit quicker. More difficult with insurance etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zero 1162 Report post Posted December 15, 2016 Yes dry sump is a good idea. What did the dry sump setup cost? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjm 3258 Report post Posted December 15, 2016 200 horses is ample power for a fun car, especially a first car! Dry sump cost... How long is a piece of string? A lot depends on how much you do yourself, before you get to pumps and accumulators and oil lines and... Definitely worthwhile though. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 66 Report post Posted December 17, 2016 The dry sump setup is an old one off a friends superstock so it was free to a good home. The fact that these conversions are not straight forward should make the whole thing quite cool once finished. Swapping out a 4 cylinder for a bolt in 6 cylinder just doesn't seem like much of a challenge to me. Steves V10 conversion now that's a challenge I would like, but I don't think I'm going to get one of those for $200. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 66 Report post Posted December 29, 2016 I pulled all the dash wiring out of the 7 series and started sorting though it this is what I ended up with Im still having problems trying to locate a wiring diagram of the E46 , Im looking for ecu, trans and dash wiring. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 66 Report post Posted December 29, 2016 I got the rocker covers back from powder coating I welded up the oil filter feed in the block and installed a 12an fitting for the oil supply 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
francoisv 466 Report post Posted January 3, 2017 On Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 7:52 PM, Eddie said: I pulled all the dash wiring out of the 7 series and started sorting though it this is what I ended up with Im still having problems trying to locate a wiring diagram of the E46 , Im looking for ecu, trans and dash wiring. I know how that feels, did the same conversion in my E28 and the wiring was an arse Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliongater 718 Report post Posted January 3, 2017 21 minutes ago, francoisv said: I know how that feels, did the same conversion in my E28 and the wiring was an arse How's that going anyway? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 66 Report post Posted January 6, 2017 Ready to pull out the 4pot Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 66 Report post Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) We have got the v8 sitting in the car for a mock up Edited January 7, 2017 by Eddie 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 66 Report post Posted January 6, 2017 The rear 4 cylinder cross member works with the v8 trans, the front of the motor still needs to come down about 15mm ensure that the drive line angle is ok. i'm going to have relocate the abs pump 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allan 295 Report post Posted January 6, 2017 This of any help http://www.bmw-planet.net/diagrams/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zero 1162 Report post Posted January 7, 2017 What engine mounts did you use? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 66 Report post Posted January 7, 2017 I still need to make them Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
