rampelsauce Posted July 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Day 1 progress. Purchased the definitive ti swap guide for prep. Got a little wrench time in and removed the core support and other crap in front of the engine. Then, I went over by @The Full Banana and stole @gilber33 engine hoist. Then I got sleepy. Tomorrow is day 2 of the solo S52 swap (that is unless someone wants to give me a hand.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REKIII Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Why still in Port? I thought you moved to dirty stallis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampelsauce Posted July 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 3 hours ago, REKIII said: Why still in Port? I thought you moved to dirty stallis. No room in stallis for a swappy job. Hopefully the weather remains fair, because it's all out doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampelsauce Posted July 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Day 2 progress. Completely removed the M44, trans, and driveshaft all the way back to the diff. Some cleaning and various part removal left on the compact chassis. So far I'm about 6hrs into the swap. If anyone needs any parts from either vehicle, please buy them asap so I can get this thing finished! gilber33, Boris3 and B C 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilber33 Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Awesome progress for doing it by yourself. rampelsauce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Removable core supports seem like they make engine removal/swaps SO much easier. Sure sucks running into headroom issues then smacking the tail of the trans/shift lever on the floor while angling things in. For my M52 swap i had everything bolted to the subframe and raised it up from the bottom with a motorcycle jack. Great progress! are you going to rattle can the engine bay while its all out? rampelsauce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampelsauce Posted July 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 7 hours ago, B C said: Removable core supports seem like they make engine removal/swaps SO much easier. Sure sucks running into headroom issues then smacking the tail of the trans/shift lever on the floor while angling things in. For my M52 swap i had everything bolted to the subframe and raised it up from the bottom with a motorcycle jack. Great progress! are you going to rattle can the engine bay while its all out? It's just going to be touch ups with primer. Probably wont go too crazy on the bay til winter. About that same time I plan on painting the entire interior a medium grey. Lots planned, just a matter of money and time, then execution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 Just out of curiosity who makes the swap guide? What driveshaft are you going to run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampelsauce Posted July 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 12 hours ago, YoungCR said: Just out of curiosity who makes the swap guide? What driveshaft are you going to run? J!m on the 318ti forum. And I'll be using the driveshaft out of the M3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 11 hours ago, rampelsauce said: J!m on the 318ti forum. And I'll be using the driveshaft out of the M3. Are you using a medium case diff? We ended up installing a stock 318ti driveshaft in @alexw‘s old car to fix his virbartion issues, he references J!m having some of the same issues. Everything is all in this post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampelsauce Posted July 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 12 hours ago, YoungCR said: Are you using a medium case diff? We ended up installing a stock 318ti driveshaft in @alexw‘s old car to fix his virbartion issues, he references J!m having some of the same issues. Everything is all in this post. I've heard of people just using the whole thing and not having too much of an issue, so I'm going to give it a shot. If nothing else I have the ti drive shaft on standby. Jdesign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 How’s this going? Jdesign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampelsauce Posted July 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 20 hours ago, B C said: How’s this going? Motor going into the compact today. Hopefully will move under it's own power today or tomorrow. Jdesign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdesign Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 Best of luck sir! Great progress to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampelsauce Posted July 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 gilber33, m42b32, Jdesign and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 getting close! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampelsauce Posted July 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 57 minutes ago, B C said: getting close! I can taste it. I need a rear subframe though. I did order a DME with all the things deleted today, and I plan on buying an exhaust system instead of cobbling one together. It's just easier. Eventually I'll need a manual wiring harness so I can get rid of all the extra bits from the auto trans that was originally in the M3. Who knew building cars was so expensive? Anyway, gonna be hooking up all the things today, fill with fluids, see if it fires. If so, I'll probably have it driving by this weekend. If not I'll have to wait for my DME to arrive. If anyone wants to come hang out while I connect stuff, all the hard/dirty work is done. It gets lonely under the car. Jdesign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampelsauce Posted July 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 Not fired, but so close. Fluids later today, hopefully it cranks up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 BFH spotted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampelsauce Posted July 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 3 hours ago, B C said: BFH spotted Nah that's just a lil tappy boi. B C and Jdesign 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdesign Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 wasnt m3, YoungCR, B C and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 Perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexw Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 I may have a spare 318ti driveshaft in my garage, unknown condition if you run into needing one. I'd just give it to ya. rampelsauce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampelsauce Posted July 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 Car runs, driveshaft is in, still have to bleed the clutch. Full update soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdesign Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 Waiting for full limiter burnout. KaiserRolls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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