M50 Non Vanos Swap into Ti Build

[niks325i]

Hooked up most of the harness.



Thouroughly cleaned and detailed the M50 intake. The envy of M3 owners everywhere!





We also spent a bunch of time sorting out the powersteering so that everything works well. Tim had 134 hp going into this swap and should end up with over 200 hp by the end. That's going to be pretty easy to tell on the butt dyno.

Nik

[niks325i]

Did some more work on Tim. Things are coming together. All vacuum hoses, fuel lines, and electrical are hooked up. The gauge cluster has been swapped. We cranked it over to make sure the ignition was working and everything seems correct so far. Pulled the waterpump to inspect it and found that it has the plastic impeller. Ordered up a new metal one as well as a new thermostat. Hope to have this thing running soon.

Painted the front of the valve cover.

[niks325i]

Put in a new water pump tonight. Pulled the old one to inspect it and realized it had the dreaded plastic impeller. Put in a new thermostat at the same time.



Worked on fabbing up the cold air intake. Got to trim the pipe a bit. I'm really digging these new Amsoil filters though.





The cooling system is complete and hooked up. Filled her with coolant and cranked her over. Having an issue with one of the fuel-injectors and a leaky o-ring. Got to get that sorted out before we go any further. Should be running soon.

Nik

[tiFreak]

Originally Posted by niks325i

there may be more ti fans here

yeah, just a couple can't wait to see it done

[Philly]

the increase in Canadians here lately is fantastic!

I think Tim is crying a little bit because of that "thing" stuck to his butt :P, but all in all, very nice niks!

Also wondering what your going to do with the remnants of the 325 the motor came out of? I could use a few parts!

[niks325i]

Originally Posted by rwd_king

the increase in Canadians here lately is fantastic!

I think Tim is crying a little bit because of that "thing" stuck to his butt :P, but all in all, very nice niks!

Also wondering what your going to do with the remnants of the 325 the motor came out of? I could use a few parts!

Thanks for the good comments. Everything leftover is for sale. Car had an LSD, so that sold quickly. I'm going to use a few things on 325i too. What do you need? PM me.

Nik

[niks325i]

FOr those of you planning a swap like this, I don't think I'd want to do it without a complete donor car. There are quite a few little things that need to be swapped over that you wouldn't even think of and would nickel and dime you to death. Find a complete donor car if you want to do this.

Hope to have this thing running tonight. Will update as soon as it is.

Nik

[thesk8nmidget]

sweet! best of luck getting it started tonight!

[niks325i]

Well. Tim is running! 8) And he sounds mean! Straight headers have a way of sounding like that. New o-rings on the injectors means no gas leaking. Started up easy. O2 sensor isn't hooked up yet so it is running open loop, but it is running and running well. We are pumped. Started to put some more of the peripherals back on.









Now we need to get the exhaust hooked up, clutch bled, coolant system bled, HID's hooked back up, strut bar, and a few other things. Can't wait to take this thing for a test run. Just hope no one sees me.

Nik

[niks325i]

Almost back together!



Nik

[teetime4one]

nice

[thesk8nmidget]

SWEET get some video clips up if you can!

[tiFreak]

IMO, paint the top of the engine pink, it'll match the loom

[Phamster]

nice, great job on what you're doing.

[niks325i]

Worked on Tim for a while last night. Trimmed up the CAI so it would fit better. Built a brace to hold it steady. Fixed the fuel leak. Started to hook up the HIDS, etc. Mark drove it out into the alley and back and forth a bit to warm it up and get the thermostat to open up. My wife said that she could hear it from the house and wondered if the neighbours were going to make a fuss. Going to get a hold of Kevin Foy today to see if he'll fab up some exhaust for us. Could mean driving it across town with open headers. Ouch.

Nik