"Here we go" more m42 info needed

[Baz666]

lookin to start my engine swap this week and i`m a bit puzzled on were to start with the m40 rip out.

can any one start me off or is there a step by step thread on here some were, not good with engines but going to have ago.

as its the cheaper way

[GrindCulture]

Depressurise fuel system (by removing the fuel pump fuse and running the car til it stalls) battery out, radiator out, unplug the loom from the C101 plug, battery teminal and ecu, AFM off, earth straps, fuel lines, alternator, p/s pump, exhaust. If you're swapping the gearbox out too, propshaft and remove anything else holding the gearstick in the car, disconnect the gear linkage, gearbox mounts, engine mounts and you're out! I think that's it...

[Baz666]

Depressurise fuel system (by removing the fuel pump fuse and running the car til it stalls) battery out, radiator out, unplug the loom from the C101 plug, battery teminal and ecu, AFM off, earth straps, fuel lines, alternator, p/s pump, exhaust. If you're swapping the gearbox out too, propshaft and remove anything else holding the gearstick in the car, disconnect the gear linkage, gearbox mounts, engine mounts and you're out! I think that's it...

it s now 1.45 am thanks for your info done most of that, the gearbox is staying in going to be useing it with the m42 engine.

question: will i need the car of the front wheels if the gearbox is not coming out.

[Alex]

start with draining coolant, removing hoses and unpluging electrics prehaps ???

im sure thats where i started when i removed my m10 318i engine

[Baz666]

thanks alex, now off to work to rip out that all boring m40 and tomorrow i`ll be picking up an H plate 318iS to then rip that out, to put into my cabby

[Alex]

thanks alex, now off to work to rip out that all boring m40 and tomorrow i`ll be picking up an H plate 318iS to then rip that out, to put into my cabby

i hope your using a knackerd IS

[Rav335uk]

Should have done the m30 mate for the cab , better power and defo for a smile on the face.
But good luck with the swap anyway

[cliffybabe]

r u doing the conv in the container u got it sotre in at the moment??

[Baz666]

thanks alex, now off to work to rip out that all boring m40 and tomorrow i`ll be picking up an H plate 318iS to then rip that out, to put into my cabby

i hope your using a knackerd IS

yeah, no tax no mot been sitting for just less then 8 months, fresh battery and petrol she started on the button. she has done 112,000 on the clock with history she really is all there.

[Baz666]

r u doing the conv in the container u got it store in at the moment??

yeah cliff, whys that then fella, it`s stored at work in box with shed loads of Myst packs and the best of all i get to work on it all night with free electric.

[anisotropy]

Shouldn't you use the IS gearbox? its a sportier one on most models I think

[Baz666]

if someone can confirm this as i`v been told on a number of time theres really no difference.

[DHFiS]

iS gear box ratios. I think this is same as on the 318.

1st 3.72
2nd 2.02
3rd 1.32
4th 1.00
5th 0.81

Diff 4.10

[Alex]

thanks alex, now off to work to rip out that all boring m40 and tomorrow i`ll be picking up an H plate 318iS to then rip that out, to put into my cabby

i hope your using a knackerd IS

yeah, no tax no mot been sitting for just less then 8 months, fresh battery and petrol she started on the button. she has done 112,000 on the clock with history she really is all there.

does it have an is splitter, will you be selling it??

also has it got rear headrests???

presuming you are breaking the car ??

[Baz666]

i hope your using a knackerd IS

yeah, no tax no mot been sitting for just less then 8 months, fresh battery and petrol she started on the button. she has done 112,000 on the clock with history she really is all there.

does it have an is splitter, will you be selling it??

also has it got rear headrests???

presuming you are breaking the car ??

sorry alex the iS spoiler is already sold to my buddy and this dont have rear headrests, but had a phone call to off another 318iS I might be getting to brake also, so i`ll let you know soon as.

[Alex]

thanks anyway

[GrindCulture]

Shouldn't you use the IS gearbox? its a sportier one on most models I think

I dunno about the ratios being different, they're not miles out if they are, but the M42 will fit the M40 gearbox, and difference (if any) will be completely irrelevent.

[blackE30indy]

i might need a few stuff of that IS aswell mate
INDY

[Baz666]

i`ll have it in my hands today being firday so will take a few pictures and post them on here.


can anyone tell me wheres the best place to get engine mounts from.

[Alex]

can anyone tell me wheres the best place to get engine mounts from.

BMW

ECP

GSF

[Baz666]

can anyone tell me wheres the best place to get engine mounts from.

BMW

ECP

GSF

Thanks Alex, bmw £48.75 each, gsf £6.75 each bloody bit of a difference there ECP never heard of them.

[jaistanley]

Any money says the GSF ones will be a solid rubber affair that will hold the engine in the right place. The BMW ones will be hydrolastic affairs that damp vibrations gnerated by the engine much more effectively. The mounts I took off my iS were hydrolastic...

Where are you getting your mount for the iS coilpacks? I bet BMW aren't too expensive at all for a new weld on one. Alternatively you can apparently use the direct fire packs from an M52 engine and do away with them completely. Would be nice and neat.

Good luck dude.

How're you getting on? Any pictures yet? Have you been de-greasing everything. Don't forget my magic formula of 4 parts Kerosene to 1 part fairy liquid mixed till it's a gell. The best de-greaser/cleaner I've ever used.

HTH

[robbo86]

Do you mean the coils that plug straight onto the plugs..... Anyone got anyidea how to do this as I am thinking of it when I start on my m42 conversion

[Baz666]

here is the doner








other parts will be for sale:

[Baz666]

Any money says the GSF ones will be a solid rubber affair that will hold the engine in the right place. The BMW ones will be hydrolastic affairs that damp vibrations gnerated by the engine much more effectively. The mounts I took off my iS were hydrolastic...

Where are you getting your mount for the iS coilpacks? I bet BMW aren't too expensive at all for a new weld on one. Alternatively you can apparently use the direct fire packs from an M52 engine and do away with them completely. Would be nice and neat.

Good luck dude.

How're you getting on? Any pictures yet? Have you been de-greasing everything. Don't forget my magic formula of 4 parts Kerosene to 1 part fairy liquid mixed till it's a gell. The best de-greaser/cleaner I've ever used.

HTH

ordered them today the engine mounts that is fella 6.75 each not bad i thought from GSF. The coil brackets where about £15 allin from BMW rolled the car down to our jet wash last night covered everything up and washed the engine bay out with TFR i use it on everything good stuff.

for pictures fella

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 98#1266198

[GrindCulture]

Are the mounts that are in the iS already fooked? I'd have just used them (and I did...)

[GrindCulture]

And as far as using the M54 coilpacks go they're a straight swap for the M42 ones, just need to make up a bracket to hold them in place and re-route the loom.

[Baz666]

where can i or who as the m52 coil packs and has anyone got any pictures of this on any e30`s. just thought as the engine was out i might as well change the mounts but will have a good look at them.

thanks GrindCulture

[tommy22]

alright barry you got the car then how much did you give the muppet in the end

[GrindCulture]

I'm not sure if anyone on here actualy has a COP conversion on their cars, it's on my to do list. Remember it's M54 coils, as found in E46 6pots.

It's impossibly hard to find pics of COP conversions but here's one I stole from someone on M42club.

[monkey]

that is well done cop conversion . i had a go at this with m50 coils but couldn't make them fit . i know wot ones to look out for now

[Alex]

ecp http://www.eurocarparts.com/

[Baz666]

alright Barry you got the car then how much did you give the Muppet in the end

yeah hi Tommy, had the change of two but this one had the lowest miles and it was a lot closer and a part history, mileage is only at 112,000 he had the service book and 4 mot papers, bran new wing the the boot. He said it had been sitting there since 2006 fresh petrol and a fully charge battery and she started on the button.


yeah the price, what was it you said he wouldn't take no less then £300 mmmmmmm got it for £200, you know what as well i don't think it would take much to but back on the road, don't know if you had a good look at it when you see it but there's no rust on it anywhere other than where that wing has been changed.

[Baz666]

I'm not sure if anyone on here actually has a COP conversion on their cars, it's on my to do list. Remember it's M54 coils, as found in E46 6pots.

It's impossibly hard to find pics of COP conversions but here's one I stole from someone on M42club.

thanks fella i`m going to have to search the net for some, does look a lot neater.

[Baz666]

ecp http://www.eurocarparts.com/

Thanks Alex