2002 325iT Titan Silver "daily driver" build

[tman]

Fantastic Gizmo!

We want more!

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[Gizmo]

Update: The M54B30 is ready for installation. I cleaned up the motor and I have replaced the front main seal, rear main seal, sump gasket, oil filter housing gasket, injector seals, intake and exhaust manifold gaskets, tappet cover gasket and a new OEM thermostat.
Tomorrow I install the motor.

 

[Andy1GP]

Impressive work as always warren!

How about... you make an E46M3 touring and use this M3 I have? Manual conversion in the process as well...

 

[Razz]

That looks good


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[Tareeq]

Impressive work as always warren!

How about... you make an E46M3 touring and use this M3 I have? Manual conversion in the process as well...

Doo eeeeet :rollsmile:

Awesome work Gizmo as usual :chef:

 

[Gizmo]

Motor is in! E90 spd installed too. Should be running tomorrow sometime.

 

[Blue Shirt]

Well done. I assume your E46 box was a 5-speed, hence the upgrade to the 6-sp box?

 

[Gizmo]

^correct.

 

[bmw325i]

Nicely done Gizmo:clapper::clapper:

 

[that_guy_Ettiene]

Flippen great work.


From my S7_Edge

 

[DINODENASH]

raise:

 

[cOlDFuSiOn]

Excellent work on this car! The 3.0 will certainly pull well! Good stuff :coolShake::clapper:

 

[K_S]

Great work. Your attention to detail and dedication is amazing.

Well done.

 

[Straight six]

raise:raise:raise:

Legend!!!!

 

[revred]

Scrap the 330d Touring... The next iteration should be the M3 Touring.

Gizmo, it amazes me how easy you make this seem

 

[///Avi]

Scrap the 330d Touring... The next iteration should be the M3 Touring.

Gizmo, it amazes me how easy you make this seem

I agree, well done!:clapper:

 

[Gizmo]

New oem oil filter being primed with Liqui Moly 5w40.


Cams also being primed with fresh oil.




New tappet cover gasket installed, engine is running!


Now to finish the 6spd conversion. Im using an E90 320i 6spd box but I need to swap the output flange to the e46 325i one.




E46 325i getrag 5spd.


Gearbox output flanges for comparison. E46 330i left, E46 325i middle, E90 320i right.


Shift lever is E46 330d, shifter support and rod is E90 325i.


Temporary exhaust to not frighten the neighborhood while testing.


Gearbox shifts really smooth, shifter is short and precise and feels great. Im taking the e46 325i propshaft in tomorrow for shortening and balancing and get the car back onto the road by tomorrow afternoon. The engine is running on 325i software and MAF for now, on the hunt for a 330i MAF and then upgrade the software to 330i.

 

[maleven-GP]

raise::clapper:
Legendary

 

[Gizmo]

Scrap the 330d Touring... The next iteration should be the M3 Touring.

Gizmo, it amazes me how easy you make this seem

There might be a M3 touring in the pipeline later this year, awaiting confirmation from a certain moderator.

Its all just nuts and bolt at the end of the day. You can see why I love the E36 and E46 so much, if you know which parts to use you can frankenstein yourself some pretty awesome and unique E36/E46 modifications by raiding other BMW part bins. BMWs after this era have far too many electronics that severely complicate conversions like this and of course push up the prices and labour to do these swaps/conversions.

 

[that_guy_Ettiene]

Dude! Epic freakin' work.
I see you are a "practicing" the 6 speed swap, mine will be done soon😎
Still looking to do a M54 conversion tho..

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