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Old 03-04-2014, 06:56 AM   #14
Strawman
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A quick update: finally got the BAR referee to sign-off on my swap last month. My car is finally smog-legal and fully registered in California! My swap now has over 5k miles and it runs great.

Since I used the DME from an auto 328i chassis, the referee failed my car the first time through. I then gave him a full build write-up, and he read up on a couple auto-to-manual Bimmer websites to see that this is a common swap. He finally bought in when I provided a link to check ECU part numbers on RealOEM.com. Yay!

I used EDIABAS on an old laptop with an Ebay cable to reprogram the GM code in the EWS, and that finally removed my CEL (the DME was looking for the EGS for the auto trans).

I also recently installed a lightweight flywheel. That really brought the car to life. I believe my M52-swapped 318ti accelerates as quickly as my S52 M Roadster now...

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