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BMW OEM E46 M3 Engine Transplant
What's this all about? My
parents leased me a 2000 BMW 323i for college, which I acquired the lease at the
end of the term. I found a used E46 M3 engine, SMGII transmission, rear subframe,
etc and decided to transplant the engine into the car. I had very little
automotive knowledge prior to this project and thought I'd learn a few things in
the process. The transplant took me a little more than a year from 2004-05-20 to 2005-08-26.
I've made sure to document everything with over 6,000 pictures and a discussion
over on E46Fanatics.com through the link below:
http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=176943&pp=80
Since it might take half a day to read the whole post, I've extracted all of the updates below:
2004-08-21 Head Cover Throttle Actuator Pullies
2004-09-04 Throttle Bodies Fuel Air Rail
2004-09-10 Engine Harness Engine Mount
2004-11-06 Plasma Coils Iridium Spark Plugs
2004-11-07 AA E46 M3 Supercharger
2004-11-20 Oil Filter SMG Oil Air Pipes
2005-02-03 323i Disassembly Lights Bumper Radiator
2005-02-04 Disassembly Front Suspension
2005-02-05 Disassembly Steering Rack Control Arms
2005-02-06 Disassembly Exhaust System Interior Seats
2005-02-07 Disassembly Center Console Steering Wheel
2005-02-12 Disassembly NAV Removal
2005-02-15 Disassembly Front Dash
2005-02-20 Disassembly Rear Bumper ECU Steptronic Coils
2005-02-26 Disassembly Engine Tranny Mounts Rear Suspension
2005-03-12 Disassembly Fuel Rail Exhaust
2005-03-19 Diassembly Rear Subframe Driveshaft
2005-03-20 Diassembly Engine Pull
2005-03-26 Assembly Wiring + Driveshaft
2005-03-27 Assembly Rear Subframe
2005-03-31 Assembly Fuel Pump + SC + Transmission Mount + Misc
2005-04-03 Assembly Coolant Tank + Air Pump + Engine Mount
2005-04-04 Assembly Fuel System
2005-04-14 Assembly Fuel Lines + Fuel Filter
2005-04-15 Assembly Drive By Wire Pedal
2005-04-16 Assembly Steering Rack
2005-04-17 Assembly Transmission + Reconfigure + Body Harness
2005-04-20 Assembly Engine + Tranny + Driveshaft + Rear End
2005-04-21 Assembly SC Oil Tank + Pipes
2005-04-22 Assembly SC Intercooler + Pedal + Shifter
2005-04-24 Assembly SC Oil Cooler + Breather Hoses
2005-04-27 Assembly Control Arms + Radiator + Front Shock Mounts
2005-04-28 Assembly Drive By Wire + Control Arms
2005-05-01 Assembly MAF Module + ECU Wiring
2005-05-03 Assembly Master Brake Cylinder + Oil Cooler
2005-05-06 Assembly Misc Attachments
2005-05-08 Assembly Engine Fluids + Steering Connect
2005-05-09 Assembly Coolant + Wiring
2005-05-10 Assembly Fuel Relay Wiring
2005-05-15 Assembly Power Brake Unit
2005-05-17 Assembly Fuel Relay Wiring Install
2005-05-21 Assembly Steering Toes
2005-05-21 Assembly Praxis Air Suspension
2005-05-23 Assembly Brake Components + Key Set
2005-05-23 Wiring Harness + Compressor + Rear Height Sensors
2005-05-24 Front Height Sensors + Front Shock + King Pin + Sensor Linkages
2005-06-01 Assembly Xenon Height Lever
2005-06-01 Electrical + Air Pipes + Air Tank
2005-06-03 Assembly 323i Brakes + Wheel Bearings
2005-06-10 Assembly Wheel Bearing Press + Rotors + Calipers
2005-06-14 Spring Mounts + Rear Shocks
2005-06-22 Wiring + Rear Springs
2005-06-25 Assembly DME Wiring + Steering Connection
2005-06-26 Assembly Wiring + Engine Fitment
2005-07-01 Assembly Ignition Key Cylinder + Stock Wheels
2005-07-03 Assembly General Control Module + Fluids + Battery
2005-07-08 Assembly Wiring + OBDII + Fuel Pump Voltage
2005-07-09 Assembly EKP Revisit
2005-07-13 Water Pressure Washer
2005-07-16 CWBMW EWS + Brakes + Differential + Throttle + Starter
2005-07-18 CWBMW Start Up + Resonators + AC Refrigerant
2005-07-19 CWBMW Alignment + Tow Home
2005-07-22 AA R10 ECU Software Upgrade