Originally posted by glendog74
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Welcome Nige :thumbs:
Member 'The Gorilla' has some knowledge of what you seek. I'm sure he'll add some sound advice soon or try sending him a PM.
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Others will know beter than me for sure but I'm guessing best to take the CSL S54 lump, ignition and engine ECU and then drop the SMG to a manual box if you really want to. I think this would make life the easiest.
I guess as many standard ancillaries as will fit at least then you know the cooling etc will suit the car if the air flow is there, but I'm guessing you'll be up against space problems.
From personal experience if you get hold of motor that has done north f 40k miles I would factor in a new HG before you start.
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S54 CSL Engine Transplant
Looking for some technical help guys if you have it.
Planing a Winter (or several months after that) project and 'in principle' its a E46 CSL engine into an E30 M3. After surfing a bit I think a manual e46 box would be the best idea as the flappy paddles look hard to integrate so that leaves the engine. I want to keep it as 'BMW' as possible.
What parts would be esential to remove from the donor as im not sure what items too make sure and get from a CSL and what items i can pick up from a stock E46m3. The obvious are engine with anciliaries, loom, ecu, intake and exhaust manifolds but does the airbox need a specific ecu and is the CSL loom a must to rob off a donor?
Even if someone found a 'good' link to help me it would be appriciated. There are plenty people talking about s54 trasplants but not so many about the transplant of the CSL variant.
I had an E30 M3 a few years back and i liked everything about the car apart from feeling it was a bit slow all the time so I fancied seeing if we could do something about that.
Nigel
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