tempted. 92 325i m50 and my 95 ti

projekt EPiK · 04-09-2011, 04:09 AM

a few months back i picked up a 92 325i, found a bunch of rust in the rockers and frame so i stripped it and scrapped the chassis. i've been parting it on Craigslist ever since, but had no interest in anyone buying the m50.

so i have been thinking.. this m50 has 154k on it, 30k less than my 95 Active Ti's stock m42. I have the complete motor and trans, engine harness and dme..i'll have to look at the # on the dme. The only accessory i dont have for the engine is the p/s pump, it was leaking so bad i left it go with the car.

what am i looking at to swap this into the ti? i'm very experienced with swaps after owning an import performance shop for 10 yrs, but this is my first jump into swapping a BMW believe it or not. Since i started back to college, time is short and i only have fri sat sun to complete the swap and be running for monday. I can weld for the exhaust work.

I just sold the guage cluster for this engine..should i have kept it?

I have searched and read a lot on the swap section of the forum, i just want to be prepared to drop it and go.

any advice is appreciated.. swapping wire locations in the round harness plug i expect, i have the engine and trans on a rolling cart and will take it out to beside the ti and see if they match up before hand so i can be prepared.

anything else i need to look out for?

reason · 04-09-2011, 02:04 PM

Do it!!!! Just received my 6cyl m cluster yesterday( about to install it now).. The m50 feels good.. I have a 93 I think (if in 5-10 years my engine craps although good at 83,000 I'll get an e46 engine).. Check my thread in the engine swaps part.. 318timkz x Chris did the work..

projekt EPiK · 04-09-2011, 02:29 PM

yea, i was just reading your thread last night. does the 4 cyl cluster work at all with the m50? i can contact the guy i sold my m50 cluster to, since i think he has a 4 cyl car anyway.

forgot to mention i also have the m50 radiator too. anything else?

since the starter is still hooked up to the complete engine and tranny i think i am going to crank it to get a compression reading on each of the cylinders to see if this will be worthwhile first.

budget76 · 04-09-2011, 03:14 PM

cluster will work, your tach will just read way high

projekt EPiK · 04-10-2011, 08:42 PM

went into the stoarge garage today and SCORE.. i didnt sell the cluster from the m50, i sold my m44 cluster. So i do still have i think everything that i need to do this. I will need an m50 p/s pump though since the old one was shot and i let it go to the crusher with the rusted out car.

anybody have an m50 p/s pump around?

pdxmotorhead · 04-11-2011, 07:06 AM

Must be same year as chassis or newer to be legal. I'd build one but never sell it. Any follow-on buyer could come after ya in court if they failed smog.

Dave

projekt EPiK · 04-11-2011, 11:30 PM

no smog/emissions or even vehicle inspection is good ol' redneck south cakalackey.

i understand what you are saying though

projekt EPiK · 04-11-2011, 11:32 PM

just checked on my dme, 402 red label.. still deciding. making the idea sweeter is a potential buyer for my m42, same guy that just bought the m44 out of my 97 z3 last month for his other car.

pdxmotorhead · 04-11-2011, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by projekt EPiK

no smog/emissions or even vehicle inspection is good ol' redneck south cakalackey.

i understand what you are saying though

Its a long boring story but the short version is I sold a car to a guy from OR who sold it to a guy from WA who got the vin inspected and found out the frame was a 78 not a 84 like the rest of the truck (Including the cab) I had to pay to get it to Oregon, have it inspected, fix the problems and get it back to him, only cost me like 1000 dollars for a truck I sold for 2000. Bleh...
And I did not even do the swap, but title trail ended with me... arg.

Dave

projekt EPiK · 04-12-2011, 12:09 AM

yea, uggh.. sounds like a nightmare. well i doubt i'll ever sell this car, just keep putting newer engines in that i score for almost free..lol but thanks for the heads up.

projekt EPiK · 04-21-2011, 02:12 AM

okay, switching gears a bit here.

what am i looking at in order to swap this same 1992 m50 into my early 1997 z3 drift car until i get the 2jzgte swap parts together for it.

basically i need a car to run the season with, and the m44 belongs in another z3.. so the m50 is going to be drafted into duty. the extra 40-50hp should help out a lot for the time being.

EWS wont be an issue.. i can run switches for the fuel pump and ignition..etc if i have to. What wires do i need to make it run?

pdxmotorhead · 04-21-2011, 05:02 AM

You can't run switches, the ignition is directly fired by the PCM/ECU you have to get a non ews ecu or have a program to delete it in the PCM logic. OR enable the EWS with matching keys.

Dave

projekt EPiK · 04-21-2011, 05:06 PM

same with using a 1992 402 dme? thought ews was a non-issue being that early? no wires i can clip that would talk to the ews?

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