KaiserRolls Posted July 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 My new aftermarket carpet came in today! It needs to sit for a dayish so it can relax from shipping. It kinda sucks ill have to cut it up a bit but oh well.. I'll probably just make one slice down the center (maybe like a foot and a half long) so I can slide it over the hydro, then cut out a circle for the shifter. Probably will have to trim near the heater core and some trimming along the sides of the car as well. Still unsure about what to do for gas pedal...maybe detach linkage and cut a slit in the carpet, slide carpet over pedal, then reattach. one step closer to a complete interior!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted July 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Got the carpet in. As suspected, it was a pain in the ass. Had to do a decent amount of cutting and trimming to get it to fit. Other than that it all went decently smooth. I finally have a full black interior again, non of that tan BS (just need to find the ash trays to fill the consoles) then the interior will be complete. Also want to try and make the pedal area look more neat Car got quite a bit quieter with carpets which is exactly what I was hoping for (can't hear the solid trans mounts too much now) **shittypicsoritdidnthappen-I'll get some better ones in the daylight Also put the e30 m20 coolant temp sensor in the head. I'm a dumbass and forgot to swap out the s50 one with a brown m20 sensor to make the cluster work when the engine was out of the car. Luckily my hand fit under the intake far enough so I could swap them out. Didn't loose too much coolant at all and now the cluster works! This is where the temp gauge climbed to and stayed. I drove very normally in town, gauge didn't move Drove it hard, gauge didn't move Freeway speed, gauge didn't move Idling for 5 mins, gauge stayed I also did all the above running my electric fan on and off (gauge stayed) also did the above with heat on and off at full blast (gauge didn't move) At first it made me nervous that it wasn't dead center but hell, it's a 25 year old sensor on a 25 year old cluster I currently don't have any of the radiator shrouding in that directs air from behind the bumper into the radiator. Wonder if that would help at all, I think I still have them laying around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris3 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Quick search on R3v says that's high. Ground nut on the cluster tight? System bled, might want to rebleed given how you swapped the sensor. Also would be useful to take engine temps with an infrared just as a check that the gauge/sensor/wiring is reading correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted July 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 I searched on r3v last night too, found lots of different opinions on the topic. Also read about the ground nut, havent checked it at all, but the gauge doesn't jump around sporadically either. Granted 24v stuff runs a tad hotter than m20s, I will try to re-bleed as best as I can. I checked again last night and both of the hoses were very firm when warm, couldn't really squeeze the lower hose anymore. Where would you shoot the infrared temp sensor at? Thermostat housing? Here's the thread I found for reference: http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63652 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLeadFoot Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 I was under the impression that the 2 s50 coolant sensors both talked to the ecu for efficiency. A tech at BMW Concours told me that. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted July 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 But to get the cluster to work with a 24v swap you need the brown temp sensor from the m20 (what I've read on every swap thread ever) It has one lead on it and is the proper resistance to work with the cluster. The one I removed from the s50 had two leads on it and my temp gauge on my cluster didn't work when it was still in the head. I stole the sensor from the m50 that was previously in my car (m20 temp sensor was in that head) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Actual numerical values for the coolant temperature would be nice, as would oil temp and cylinder head temps to be able to say for sure, but that isnt easily done here. From my foggy memory, that range on the temp gauge is only around 220F on my car, so if I ever saw the needle get that high on a hot day with lots of boost/stop and go, I didnt panic. If it never gets any higher in extreme conditions then I wouldnt have any problem driving my car like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowleym Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Who cares about coolant temps! where are the burnouts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted July 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Clutch is still pretty new. Haven't put on a whole lot of miles yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 It may be a difference in thermostat temp. I have experimented with stock gauges and they are not linear, the visual middle is actually a pretty wide span of temp. I would reccomend a real temp gauge, I have an Autometer short sweep. Cheap and effective. I wouldn't worry about that reading high. I will eventually upgrade to a gauge that has a programmable indicator for overtemp. I think innovate has a combo gauge that does. I left my oe temp sensor connected and mounted under the intake manifold as an underhood temp gauge.Sent from my potato phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 Good to know john. Do you have pics of it in your car by chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 I had it in a dual A pillar pod. I will be doing it differently though, that was too flashy.Sent from my potato phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted September 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Been driving it for about a month now (usually just in weekends and such for fun) and I was having an issue where it would randomly die while driving. Snap had mentioned it sounded like a main relay symptom. I swapped in a spare main relay I had from my other harness, cleaned the harness ground up and found a new ground for some accessories I was running. Also swapped DMEs to the 413 silver label that came with my s50. (I had a spare so why not) Beat the shit out of it for about an hour a few days ago and no random turning off whilst driving happened. Hooray!! I just thought it was odd it would start acting up after almost 1400 miles on the swap. I still want to get harness covers & re secure my fuse box cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasnt m3 Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Looking good! How much better is the s50 over the m50 in your opinion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted September 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Looking good! How much better is the s50 over the m50 in your opinion? If my car wasn't originally m50 swapped when I bought it, I wouldn't waste time with swapping an m50 over a decent m20. S50 feels much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Your engine bay is really clean and simple Bassboy3313 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Officially addicted to auto x First time ever doing an event like this and it was tons of fun. Will definitely want to do this again. After pushing my car to the best of my limited abilities I can see how a proper suspension helps. Yogurtland springs on bilstein HDs made for an interesting combo of body roll, lols, and getting sideways. There were a total of 21 drivers in the novice class and I was super happy to come in 5th! I was trying to break 38seconds and finally snuck into the 37s on the very last run jc43089, CMart and DrLeadFoot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipMF Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Hell yeah! Even with the M10 in my car, I had a blast. Was planning to do a lot more this year, but didn't get the car together soon enough. FVSCC has an event on the small track at Road America this weekend that I'm hoping to make it to. Should be a lot more fun now. I get TONS of body roll. Should really work on the suspension.... but turbo...Need to get the car together by May next year instead of late July... DrLeadFoot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Harness covers installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMart Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 How do you have the radiator clip holding the radiator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Looking swell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 How do you have the radiator clip holding the radiator? Rubber feet on the bottom of the rad rest on the core support. Top clip has rubber feet pushing against top of rad and the clip is then screwed into the core support Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 Stock right? That's how the radiator on my brothers e30 is secured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted October 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 Stock right? That's how the radiator on my brothers e30 is secured. You bet! YoungCR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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