E30 Zone

hi all
doing a engine swap on my 89 320i convertabile.the engine im replacing it with is the e36 328i out of a p reg and was wondering if anybody knows of anyone in scotland that will do a custom plug and play wiring loom and how much something like this will cost

all comments welcome many thanks

Send a PM to a member called DanThe, he will do you a plug & play wiring loom and post it out to you, tried & tested this one.

thats great thanks

Have you got all the EWS stuff from the E36?

yea i have i bought the whole car from a guy that could not handle its drifting ability after hitting someones van haha

This is what you need to remove from the E36, as well as the engine loom, also don't forget to keep the keys.

thats great thanks for the info ive sent danthe a pm so look forward to hearing from him have you done this conversion yourself ?

yep, the mother of all threads on my exploits is in the engine swap section, if you have a spare couple of days, there is some info amongst all the chit chat and general slagging in here

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ic&t=93838

Also, a shopping list of compatible bits here

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=177634

thats great cheers already got the shopping list printed off and searching lol how did u find it the conversion i mean ?

The conversion is alright to do, I had not done anything like this before, it's just a parts bin special at the end of the day.

Dan has all the available bits which were often the cause of grief, such as wiring loom & exhaust manifold, so you can buy your way out of hassle now.

The end result is quite impressive though, plenty of shove and the engines love being revved to death. if you fit the 2.5 M50 inlet manifold to them they really wake up at the top end, at the loss of a bit of low down torque.

It is well worth doing the E36 steering rack conversion whilst the engine bay is empty as the slow steering of the standard E30 rack really spoils what becomes a fast road car. Again, Dan can sort you with all the custom pipes needed to do this, along with the steering column UJ setup.