E46 M3 engine into a E30.??

[Nine468]

Has this conversion been done.
Putting a S54 E46 M3 engine into a E30 ?
If so could somebody be so kind as to point me in the direction of the details.
Ive done a search, but throws up SO many unrelated options it takes ages to sort through....
Ide like to maybee do this.
Thanks.

[topbananabm]

yes it has been done into E30 m3 clive sanchez of munich motors (PBMW october issue 2009)

[Cook318IS]

"glenn" on here has also done the swap. Have a search on here under his username and im sure there will be a few details on it

[jaistanley]

There are a few ways to do it...

1. Run the std E46 engine loom.. This is the most difficult as it requires huge amounts of un-picking looms, hiding away E46 electronics in the E30 and fooling the ECU into working.

2. Run S50B32 engine loom, ecu and management. This has been done a couple of times with a few tweaks here and there. Good results apparently.

3. Run an aftermarket ECU on a modified engine loom. You can buy and off the shelf kit, pre-mapped. You supply an exchange loom which has a surcharge..

Otherwise, you get the engine in the same way you do an S50. New oil pump, M50 (E34) sump and oil pick up, E36 M50/S50 engine mount arms, E28 M5 engine mount rubbers, E36 M3 radiator etc etc..

hope this helps.

Jai

[Steve]

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