e46 m3 to e46 body swap

[GunMetalGrey]

From what I have seen people have found it to be way more work than it is worth.

[Jay]

i got all the parts just wondering labor..

[Earl]

That would be the low end of labor. Any way you dice it, it would only be worth it if you do it yourself to take on the challenge.

[Jay]

Is it really complicated stuff or is it similar to doing a swap on a Honda lol?

[Earl]

Much more painful than a swap in a honda. That stuff is plug and play. Let's just say putting everything into an e46 is probably just as complicated as an LS swap into an e46

[Rowleym]

GUYS! Whats wrong with Standalone ecu? The swap is basically plug and play, and then you have to wire up a standalone to your s54. You keep the stock e46 ECU to control all the canbus dash stuff, and use standalone ecu to drive the s54. 

Megasquirt is fully capable of controlling dual vanos, and its very affordable. Otherwise if you want easy, there is PNP standalones for s54. 

There is threads on BF.C about the whole stock e46 ecu for dash.

[GunMetalGrey]

What about EWS? 
It also leaves tuning.

[jc43089]

No offense to Jay but I wouldn't refer to a standalone as easy for the op.  He just asked if it was like a Honda swap.

[Jay]

Can't I just swap all the wires and the dashboard? And computer and all that stuff easy?

[jc43089]

You have no idea how many wires are in the dashboard.  My obd1 e36 body harness fills 2 5 gal buckets.  Not to mention the newer ones have canbus type communication between different computers which need to be programmed rather than just splicing some wires.

[Rowleym]

I'm just saying for ease, just go standalone.

You don't need to mess with canbus and all that jaz.

Look into e46 lsx swap wiring. They have it figured out for sure.

You can buy a pnp unit and anyone can tune it. I bet jay could accomplish it.

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[Earl]

Jay does not work on his own cars. He uses a trusted shop to do the work he needs done

[Bassboy3313]

Shouldn't jay be asking his trusted shop these questions then?

[Earl]

Now that's a thought

[Jay]

I know ppl who do Honda swaps out the shop just wondering how difficult would be

[Earl]

About 50 times harder

[Rowleym]

Hey the only harder part is wiring in the Ecu and there is plenty of material online to figure it out.

Bmws wiring is normally pretty nice for swaps. And the e46 is pretty well documented.

I can't wait to build one some day.

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