Recent content by 1ofakind71

Can we use the stock boost solenoid or do we use an aftermarket one?

Thanks for the offer but I have one of those setups I bought last week for 200 on cl. I was hoping it was a good buy. It didnt come with some of the things that you mentioned but it should work out for me Thanks for for your input, and good luck with the sale.

Well after driving the car around for a bit and working out some of the bugs, the factory MAF died on me. I decided to go speed density and get rid of the MAF completely, it will save a little bit of room in an already tight engine bay. Has anyone else used the maft pro setup and how did you...

Hello all, I have been having this odd cold start issue since getting my hybrid running and that is when cold starting, the car runs at 1775 rpm and stays there. After the car runs to about 160 degrees if you shut it off and then start it again it will idle down to about 1000 rpm. I have...

I decided to give a quick update on the project and it is nearly complete, here is a current engine shot. Keep in mind i still have some brackets to make and install the a/c lines but I think its starting to look factory.

Here is a quick video of the beast starting up...

Thanks for the ideas guys, I will check into both of them!

After getting everything mounted up, boy things are getting very tight in this engine bay...now where did I put the air filter???

Spring has arrived to the WI area and now I can get back into my build. Today I sent out my a/c lines to get a slight modification done to them so I can mount the radiator, trans cooler, fan, and intercooler all in one shot. This will get interesting....

I would think the ecm would handle the fuel enrichment loads via preset or custom maps set on the chips as well as the fpr, but hopefully someone with more knowledge on this subject will chime in and clear it up for you. I also placed the post for my swap on bimmerforums and 318ti.org and...

When I first started talking about doing a swap like this the bmw faithful said it would cost too much and not be worth doing, so here I am You might want to do a bit more research on the e46 you have as there is a bit more complicated electronics on the 1999+ cars, especially if you want to use...

The car weighed around 2700 with the stock motor and trans combo, I don't know how much now but it should'nt be too far from that now I was waiting for some radiator hose transitions I ordered to come in from jags that run and it took longer than expected, but they are finally here now so I can...

Thanks for the kind words from all, and the downpipe is a 3'

Had some time to get the exhaust set up and its looking good, I have most of everything else set up as far as power steering goes, as for a/c I just need the end of the lines modded and will be good to go.

Here are some shots of the engine sitting in its place and for the headers, they were modded to fit, the drivers side was a bit of a pain due to the steering shaft being in the way. The rest of the exhaust will be interesting. And yes it will have a/c, power steering and abs