Swap Roll Call!!!!!!

[kuleinc]

I did

[668M42]

FINALLY... s50 into my 95 ti, 3.5'' euro hfm, magna flow universal cat and magna flow muffler, stainless ebay headers, active auto power pulleys (alternator, ps pump, and water pump), active auto software.

[Platanos]

Nice, got any pics to post? How she drive? Can't wait to finish mine...

[668M42]

yea man, just made a thread a couple hours ago...

http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33326

and hurry up and get yours finished man! you'll enjoy it.

[danglerdogs]

95 ti with a rebuilt and remachined m50 with intake and headers with jom coilovers . I couldn't be happy that its done finally. Next thing I'm doing to it is full exhaust and getting it tuned . I'll post pictures later when I'm on a computer

[98MSPORTKID]

1998 318ti sport swapped in 1997 M52B28 and ZF trans. Fan delete, Headers soon along with shark injector software and an CAI

[Flynn318ti]

dear 1996 328ti
i saw u have a 96 ti with a 96 motor in it
i have a 97 ti and want to put a 96 328is motor in it
i was wondering what you had to do to the electrics, i am under the impression that the only options to get around the ews2 system are
1-to do the swap using the dme and wiring harness of the 6cyl and have the dealer sync the system(keeping ews functioning)
2-swap using the 6cyl dme/harness but splice the ews wires to bypass it and use a pre95 6cyl dme(not sure but i think it will have to be a maroon one)
3-use the obd2 dme that came with the 96 2.8 motor along with that harness and get an ews delete/motor remap chip(ebay)
is this correct please correct me if im wrong or there are any other ways
i am not messaging this because i want input from all
thanks

[BMW_Hatchback]

Originally Posted by Flynn318ti

dear 1996 328ti
i saw u have a 96 ti with a 96 motor in it
i have a 97 ti and want to put a 96 328is motor in it
i was wondering what you had to do to the electrics, i am under the impression that the only options to get around the ews2 system are
1-to do the swap using the dme and wiring harness of the 6cyl and have the dealer sync the system(keeping ews functioning)
2-swap using the 6cyl dme/harness but splice the ews wires to bypass it and use a pre95 6cyl dme(not sure but i think it will have to be a maroon one)
3-use the obd2 dme that came with the 96 2.8 motor along with that harness and get an ews delete/motor remap chip(ebay)
is this correct please correct me if im wrong or there are any other ways
i am not messaging this because i want input from all
thanks

Hi, welcome
You don't have any of that (1-3). Just use the EWS module, DME, and key chips from the donor car and swap those into the 318ti chassis/parts. I would advise to keep the 2.8l harness intact and just plug it into the 318ti chassis harness. If you do this right (essentially plug and play) everything should fire up just fine. Check the swap section for several walk throughs and DIYs

[Flynn318ti]

also anyone who has seen J!M's guide, is it worth the money, and would it be helpful to me with my above question(does it include info about electrics to be used with an obd2 97ti with an obd2 96 328is motor)-particularly ews2 solutions

[BMW_Hatchback]

Originally Posted by Flynn318ti

also anyone who has seen J!M's guide, is it worth the money, and would it be helpful to me with my above question(does it include info about electrics to be used with an obd2 97ti with an obd2 96 328is motor)-particularly ews2 solutions

I've never had the manual, but a lot of my fellow swap peers speak highly of the book in it's helpfulness. There is plenty information here on the site to get by, but I would not be against anyone purchasing the book to simply educate themselves to get all the answers in one book. I'm not bias because I've never had the book

[Flynn318ti]

Originally Posted by BMW_Hatchback

Hi, welcome
You don't have any of that (1-3). Just use the EWS module, DME, and key chips from the donor car and swap those into the 318ti chassis/parts. I would advise to keep the 2.8l harness intact and just plug it into the 318ti chassis harness. If you do this right (essentially plug and play) everything should fire up just fine. Check the swap section for several walk throughs and DIYs

wow thats awesome to hear because it will make the swap soo much easier
so i can just plug the 2.8l motor harness into the ti's chassis harness and replace the ti dme(behind battery), ews box(under glovebox-usa car) with the 2.8 ones and im not sure what the key chip is(is it the chip in the actual key or is it the ignition piece inside the steering column

and this will work even though both cars are obd2 and (i believe) have ews2

[Flynn318ti]

and thank you for replying so quickly and for the info on jims book

[Flynn318ti]

and would i have to swap out the gauge cluster so the rev limiter will be normal

[Flynn318ti]

I have also herd that the header and mid pipe(2.8) can be used from any 328(sedan or coupe) in the Ti swaps but the cat back section(including muffler) must be from a 2.8l z3
Or just make a custom exhaust

[Flynn318ti]

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