1997 m3 sedan with s54 swap

[3staxontheradio]

Those are raw scans no postprocessing.

[discoelk]

How much post processing work is going into those scans? I have an einstar and your scans just blow mine away. Cool build!

[3staxontheradio]

Different Kevin. Kevin Putvin here in NC.

[Bry5on]

Kevin’s old car?

Kevin Perdriere? If so, I did the S54 swap tune on this car almost 15 years ago Small world. Time to get you a carbon airbox!!

[heinzboehmer]

I never realized there was a dedicate member builds sub-forum until today. Can a mod move this over there for me?

Done

[3staxontheradio]

I never realized there was a dedicate member builds sub-forum until today. Can a mod move this over there for me?

[3staxontheradio]

I never posted the final install of my shifter kit.

Attempting to show shift feel on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3-3prazK4_s

And then the final design for the shift lever + view of the parts installed:

[3staxontheradio]

DMLS carrier and second revision of the DSSR came in. I also cut and rewelded my rogue shifter to make it fit:

[3staxontheradio]

I also made up a battery bracket for an optima D35 style battery. It's printed in Nexpa-GF25 and I overbuilt it. The battery floor area has lots of panel joints and small surface changes to make clearance for so there was a surprising amount of complexity that had to get built into it.

I put it on makerworld:

https://makerworld.com/en/models/1608595-optima-d35-battery-bracket-for-bmw-e36

[3staxontheradio]

Been doing lots of things with my car instead of getting it back on the road. Short shift clearance for how this transmission sits in my car has been a problem so I am making up DSSR and shift carriers to solve that. These will be DMLS aluminum parts. I ended up settling on a garagistic adjustable shift lever. A quick chart I put together comparing dimensions of the shift levers I have laying around:


These are close to final iterations for carrier and DSSR:



Plastic prototype parts fit tested in the car:

[3staxontheradio]

More scanning, more reworking but I am close to a final design. I don't have the exact location of the CSL flange yet so that is just approximate. I printed a test part for fit check and its perfect, no extra space.. Intake area cross sections are also well dialed in.This version needs a slight adjustment to the brake ducting so I will be scanning one of those and reworking. It will need a small notch to make some clearance and the sensor will get relocated to the top.


I also got to use a grinder on this car for the fist time removing the horn bracket:





Headlight comparisons:

[3staxontheradio]

I made this output shaft seal installer and put it up for download in case anyone else finds it useful:

https://makerworld.com/en/models/1368925-output-shaft-seal-tool-for-bmw-zf-6-speed-gs6-37bz#profileId-1415126

[3staxontheradio]

If you mean s54 swapped e36 m3s I think it really depends on the car and what "sorted" means. 20k +/- several thousand dollars for a good one. I have seen them sold for as cheap as 16k and into the high 20s.

[Notan_S54]

If you don’t mind me asking, how much do one of these sorted and put together run for? I’m picking up a techno violet vert and a LSB E46 as a package deal but not sure exactly what I’d like to do with them. Thanks in advanced!

[3staxontheradio]

I'll do some research. I think when I briefly looked at TPU for this a while back I saw low heat deflection temps and didnt really stop to think about what that means with something intentionally soft. I have a qidi plus4 which should do well with the 95a tpu