BMW E46 awaiting
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I haven't posted up here in awhile. Since the last post I got a lot done on the car, as well as building a detached garage which is now the home auto shop. Relinquished the primary garage to the wife and kids happily and moved my stuff into the new man-cave.
Oh, and this happened yesterday after three and a half years of tearing down and building up the car...
Oh, and this happened yesterday after three and a half years of tearing down and building up the car...
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we are coming along on our LS swap into our e46 M3. Big question. What did you use for drive by cable for the throttle body? Our M3 was drive by wire and don’t want to use that. Have us issues on the track. Any help is appreciated.
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I don't have it installed yet, but I bought a cable pedal setup for E46. The early 323/328 used a cable throttle. I got the pedal and brackets and I'm adapting a Lokar cable to it. Got a stack of parts to get the car on the track, just need to get time to get everything installed. You have your swap posted anywhere? I'm always looking for ideas.
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I don't have it installed yet, but I bought a cable pedal setup for E46. The early 323/328 used a cable throttle. I got the pedal and brackets and I'm adapting a Lokar cable to it. Got a stack of parts to get the car on the track, just need to get time to get everything installed. You have your swap posted anywhere? I'm always looking for ideas.
we haven’t posted anything yet. We did buy a older BMW pedal that’s designed for cable but wasn’t sure how we were going to adapt a floor mounted panel with how the cable pulled for the throttle body.
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I'm following a similar route as you are regarding the e46/Ls swap, picked up a low mile clean chassis which threw a rod on cyl 6.
I was wondering which route you ended up taking with the headers on this ? I saw your last update you went with the vorshlag mounts, i ended up purchasing some from V8Schassis (TDR) and hope to get some direction on which header you ended up going with?
I was wondering which route you ended up taking with the headers on this ? I saw your last update you went with the vorshlag mounts, i ended up purchasing some from V8Schassis (TDR) and hope to get some direction on which header you ended up going with?
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I'm following a similar route as you are regarding the e46/Ls swap, picked up a low mile clean chassis which threw a rod on cyl 6.
I was wondering which route you ended up taking with the headers on this ? I saw your last update you went with the vorshlag mounts, i ended up purchasing some from V8Schassis (TDR) and hope to get some direction on which header you ended up going with?
I was wondering which route you ended up taking with the headers on this ? I saw your last update you went with the vorshlag mounts, i ended up purchasing some from V8Schassis (TDR) and hope to get some direction on which header you ended up going with?
#71
I'm not as concerned with fit and finish, as long as they net the clearance I need in the engine bay, same as you the goal is get driving.
If you have any photos of how they ended up on the drivers side around the mounts, would really help me decide if I can go that route or not with the mounts I picked up.
Those headers will fit the budget nicely if I can make them work. Also curious for the remaining exhaust setup, did you drop it down to single 3" or keep dual 2.5" the rest of the way ?
If you have any photos of how they ended up on the drivers side around the mounts, would really help me decide if I can go that route or not with the mounts I picked up.
Those headers will fit the budget nicely if I can make them work. Also curious for the remaining exhaust setup, did you drop it down to single 3" or keep dual 2.5" the rest of the way ?
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I'm not as concerned with fit and finish, as long as they net the clearance I need in the engine bay, same as you the goal is get driving.
If you have any photos of how they ended up on the drivers side around the mounts, would really help me decide if I can go that route or not with the mounts I picked up.
Those headers will fit the budget nicely if I can make them work. Also curious for the remaining exhaust setup, did you drop it down to single 3" or keep dual 2.5" the rest of the way ?
If you have any photos of how they ended up on the drivers side around the mounts, would really help me decide if I can go that route or not with the mounts I picked up.
Those headers will fit the budget nicely if I can make them work. Also curious for the remaining exhaust setup, did you drop it down to single 3" or keep dual 2.5" the rest of the way ?
I don't have an exhaust installed yet, just header extensions to get it running. The plan is dual 3" with an x-pipe, subject to change depending on the fabricator's input.