ianyorio

Acquired this car with a blown motor so i figured it would be a nice swap victim. Stock 4.8 gapped rings freshened up with a ls6 cam and yellow springs. So far I made motor mount brackets and a trans mount. Working on the accessories now and building a drive shaft. Gonna have a single front mount should be fun. Ill add more pictures later

rwb

How are you going to deal with the can-bus system on the bmw??

unnatrl

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Look on bimmerforms. There are several people working on a can bus solution for the E46. You may find some help there.

ianyorio

A few updates on this BMW

SSZ

Man that looks really clean. Nice job.
Did you get the can bus situation figured out?

stangtrader

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Thats awesome. Strongly debating on doing a e39 swap . hopefully i can find a good candidate for the swap for a reasonable price

unnatrl

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It looks like he used a GM cluster. Im curious to know more about this as well.

66Chevellelq4

yeah it looks like a silverado cluster. How the heck did you pull that off? And what size turbo and what boost are you at? Any dyno or track numbers?

Project GatTagO

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It is unfortunate when people pop in make a post or two, no details, nothing. This is a cool swap, but it sure would be great to see how it all went together, instead of "hey y'all look at me!"

Andrew

tta656

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Ohhh ****... sell that to me...

RonSSNova

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So true.....

ianyorio

Sorry don't have much time to post. It is a cluster out of a silverado. The can system still remains intact for everything that's still on the can system like the light control module, ac , etc. everything power train wise is class 2 data gm ecm motor trans and cluster. I added a gm fuel level sending unit for fuel level. Also I made a push button shifter using a linear actuators because this car doesn't have a shifter. The only thing not working is ABS and cruise control. I have it set at only 8lbs of boost right now untill I get some more miles on it. It did 450hp to the wheels. Not super fast for a heavy tank but I wil be dialing up the boost soon

Tjabo

Did you use truck accessories with an aftermarket alternator bracket? And an LS1 intake manifold?

kainedogg

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Sub'd in hopes of more details on what I thought was an unlikely swap.

ianyorio

Yes it's a painted ls1 intake. Camaro waterpump with spacers to match up with the truck accessories and still work w the ls1 intake. Also used Dirty Dingos bracket for the alt and power steering pump. I added a wallbro in the tank and utilized the stock lines and filter that has the regulator and return built into it