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Engine + Driveline / BMW 318is E36 .Engine 1.8 Litre.

« on: December 13, 2008, 11:32:22 PM »

Hi there Thank you for the offer I'm still looking at the correct way for me to go in this operation can you further me with some more details the engine and loom and ecu that I have are all from the same donor car.The car was a 1995 model. Would the m42 loom and ecu that you have run this engine as the m42 e30 was last produced in 1990 ,am I correct? And does the loom have the engine knock sensors that the later model has ?And if I took the cover off the loom that I have and folded the wires into a shortened position and brought them in to the car at the same place as the present position would that help things? and last but not least how much do you want for it and could you have a guess at the postage cost please. thanks Ken

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Engine + Driveline / BMW 318is E36 .Engine 1.8 Litre.

« on: December 10, 2008, 03:50:21 AM »

Thanks a lot for all that this is a great help. I can follow most of that.The m42 engine I have is from a e36 95 ti and the chassis number states that it is m42 not m44 so that suits me so far I have the ecu from the donor car and the loom, but as you will know the ecu on the e36 is in the engine bay on the left side where as the ecu on the m40 e30 is on the right inside the car.This is a small problem for me as there are not many m42 e30 in this country and to find a second hand one and ecu will be hard my best option is to import them from outside the country and I'm not too sure of finding one or someone who might have one. I have the coil pack for this engine so maybe I should try and fit them on the car but I'm loath to do so as I'm trying to keep the car looking standard and keeping things tidy.As I have the m40 still in the car I'm trying to keep parts from that engine to aid the donor change as much as possible. So any help here would be very much appreciated thanks Ken

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Engine + Driveline / BMW 318is E36 .Engine 1.8 Litre.

« on: December 06, 2008, 10:01:18 PM »

I was hoping that was the case now onto the electrics can anyone help with the above question plug the m42 ecu into the e30 car with the new fitted m42 motor and run separate wiring for the knock sensor and maybe the coils.?

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Engine + Driveline / BMW 318is E36 .Engine 1.8 Litre.

« on: December 06, 2008, 05:55:05 PM »

OK I can understand the sump as the bulge is at a different end to the m40 but why the cam cover as its the same height as the m42 that goes in to the e30. The m40 cam cover is about the same height, then why does this not sit at the same height in the engine bay?Also if I put the m42 ecu into the m40 holder and run separate leads for the ignition coils and knock sensor why will this not fire up the engine? as the block is the same as the m40 why will the m40 box not work on the m42?

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Engine + Driveline / BMW 318is E36 .Engine 1.8 Litre.

« on: December 05, 2008, 12:24:16 AM »

Can you please help me to understand this? Do you mean that the e30 loom will stay in the car and the m42 will fire up or do you mean that the m42 loom needs to be fitted. to the e30 Next question will the m40 gearbox bolt straight up to the imported m42, if the blocks are the same. I'm trying to do this conversion and would like to know the traps I'm likely to run into

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How-To's / e36 m42 into e30

« on: October 23, 2007, 04:39:51 AM »

I don't know about the previous guys but I'm trying to fit the 95ti m42 into my e30. why? the car at present has an m40 in it. that may be the reason for there efforts.There are some obvious differences outside the engine, such as oil sump the bump is at the opposite end so that needs to be changed.I'm not sure that the m40 sump will fit.It may as the lower end only has minor changes.there is no fixing for the spark igniter's that fit onto the right guard and the loom is different as the computer sits on the other side of the car to the m40 which is under the steering wheel ( on a right hand drive car).Things remedied are there any other things that will hinder its progress?The running of the engine with its internal differences surely should not be a problem should it? Any one got any further advise?

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M42 Reference / 95 m42 into e30

« on: September 30, 2007, 03:30:52 AM »

I'm fitting a m42 from a 95 ti into an e30. I have the loom and there is two computers with it their numbers are 260002-317 and 260203590.My question is the first number for the computer that talks to the transmission (which was an auto) and can that be left out of the install because it is going into a manual? And how will I get it to work all the instruments inside the car?Any help would be muchley appreciated

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / Megasquirt in m42/ pics of my build

« on: August 20, 2007, 05:28:53 AM »

How did you time the camshafts did you have the BMW tool or did you make one

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / E30 318is Supercharged

« on: August 20, 2007, 05:09:52 AM »

Sorry to invade your thread but could you tell me how you got the e36 steering wheel to fit you e30?As I understand it they have different  mount setups.