318Ti to 325Ti convertion

[campaiar]

Originally Posted by mooseheadm5

Check out his post in the engine swap section:
http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=13392
-Paul

That was all the information I could dig up. I thought I was going to be fine with an ODB1 > ODB1 swap too. Its hard to say what kinds of issues you could run into. There could be differences between US and Non-US parts too.

Do your homework..

[mooseheadm5]

I think the issue you had was EWS (1/95 production on) to non-EWS swap. Burgundy labels denote no EWS (or maybe EWS1 that doesn't cause problems.) Silver labels denote EWS on OBD1 cars. I was told to cut the wire to pin 7 on the X20 connector to prevent the EWS computer from trying to talk to the DME. Campaiar maybe because your EWS computer was still talking to your non-EWS DME, it was causing a problem. I had no problems, as I had gotten an EWS delete chip for my EWS DME and completely removed the EWS from the car. Andrei, you may just have to put it all together to see what happens. You may not have any problems whatsoever.
-Paul

[campaiar]

Originally Posted by mooseheadm5

Andrei, you may just have to put it all together to see what happens. You may not have any problems whatsoever.
-Paul

That was certainly my approach. I was under the impression that I wasn't going to have any issues so I just hooked everything up and went for it. Andrei may get different results with NON-US parts. Its really hard to say, each swap story is a little different.

Definitely worth it though...

[andrei]

Originally Posted by mooseheadm5

I think the issue you had was EWS (1/95 production on) to non-EWS swap. Burgundy labels denote no EWS (or maybe EWS1 that doesn't cause problems.) Silver labels denote EWS on OBD1 cars. I was told to cut the wire to pin 7 on the X20 connector to prevent the EWS computer from trying to talk to the DME. Campaiar maybe because your EWS computer was still talking to your non-EWS DME, it was causing a problem. I had no problems, as I had gotten an EWS delete chip for my EWS DME and completely removed the EWS from the car. Andrei, you may just have to put it all together to see what happens. You may not have any problems whatsoever.
-Paul

I know... I'm going to pull the old engine out on wednesday and hopefully I will start to put the new one in the same day and finish everything the next day.I will see what happens when I will try to start it. I will keep you guys informed. Thanks for all the replys.

[andrei]

Here is a pic with My new 6cyl cluster plus chrom rings. Hope you guys like them.

[andrei]

Tommorow Morning the old engine drops out and the new one commes in. One question: I measured the 325 muffler and it's about 750mm and is far longer then the 400mm stock 318ti muffler. So I think that the 325 muffler won't fit and I need an aftermarket one. Did any of you guys managed to succesfully install the oem 325 muffler?

[mooseheadm5]

Did you read the post above showing a diagram of what I did? Yes, it is too long, but all you have to do is cut the extra length from the straight part of the pipes and reweld them. I used an M3 muffler, but the process is the same for a 325 muffler.
-Paul

[Rich]

Originally Posted by andrei

????!!!!!

Me too?? very odd it was supposed to go here > http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthrea...t=angel+lights

[andrei]

Today we made a good deal of progres. We droped the old engine out,put in the new one, mounted the exhaust. By tommorow I hope to have her finished.

[andrei]

[andrei]

[andrei]

[campaiar]

Did you do anything to the engine before dropping it in?

I took the opportunity to change out everything I could while it was excessible.

Starter
Water pump
All vacuum lines
Fuel lines
Themostat
METAL Themostat housing
All heater hoses
Valve cover gasket
Pilot Bearing
Motor mounts

I spent an entire week cleaning and inspecting things as well. Just curious, surprises can be really expensive.

[Rich]

Looking good! Must be good have a lifter to work with. Was probably a lot easier getting the engine in and out.

Definitely a good idea to look at the water pump, some of them had plastic impellers which are prone to failure. As campaiar said its a good opportunity to check things over. I did a full Inspection I, and just checked everything over to make sure it works.

[andrei]

I checked almost all the things above. It was good to do a bit of maintainance to the engine while it was out of the car.

I finished my swap but the engine crancks but won't start. I tried to cut the pin 7 whire from the x20 connector but still it won't start. Can anyone point out what I am doing wrong?