motocaddy's e36 vert build

[RU5TANG]

keep us updated. im on the look out for a 318 now to do a swap

[Chuckdee]

Getting lucky on a part out from an v8 e36 is real steal! For them rusty headers and Valve covers....PAINT ALL TEH THINGS! Lol

[Clay]

Needs more red paint for power

[BenTen]

Awesome, I love threads that are constantly interesting and changing.

[Buck6687]

keep up the great work, cant wait to see this screaming sideways

[motocaddy]

was it a green 318 sedan? Badass car man. I really want to get my hands on this e36 down the street from me and do the swap.

Yeah, that's the car. I guess his sedan needed a lot of work, so he decided to put the 5.0 in a Ranger.

Nice!!! Turbo the 5.0 for the best of both worlds

Make sure that x20 plug is the same as yours, as they are different between models and years and you're good to go!

Power everywhere! Biggest problem with turbo 5.0s is expensive transmissions. The T5 that came with it is tiny.

Hopefully the x20 is the same. Its going from 97 318 to 98 323, so both OBDII cars. I guess repinning the x20 wouldn't be too hard.

Got the motor pulled and on the engine stand. I was told that the trans and clutch were new, but it was nice to open it up and see a new clutch.

[Jesus Christ]

Nice!!! Turbo the 5.0 for the best of both worlds

Make sure that x20 plug is the same as yours, as they are different between models and years and you're good to go!

[bostongrnM3]

damn a lot of headaches will be avoided with those major things crossed off the list

[RU5TANG]

was it a green 318 sedan? Badass car man. I really want to get my hands on this e36 down the street from me and do the swap.

[Nick475]

nice man! keep it up

[andybob]

Damn. That swap kit is fricken awesome.

[HTOWN///M]

Cant wait to be sliding side by side with you soon!

[motocaddy]

I haven't made much progress on the swap other than parts collecting, which I've been told is the most important part of car building (next to posting pics on the internet).

A guy in Illinois was parting his recently 5.0 swapped e36 sedan, so, in an effort to save huge amounts of time and effort on this build, I bought all his swap parts. This is most everything I need to get the 5.0 into my vert. I still have to figure out a radiator and oil setup on my own, but that's nothing compared to things like wiring and exhaust.

Here's the e36v8.com motor mounts, poly e36 mounts, trans crossmember, trans mount, and the piece in the corner is a u-joint/bracket that adapts the Ford driveshaft to fit e36 rear.


These are BBK shorty headers and the completely custom downpipe. The headers get mounted backwards and this downpipe brings them together in front of the motor and routes the exhaust in the stock e36 location. This is a HUGE time saver!


This is the rest of the custom 3" exhaust. Obviously not much in the way of mufflers, so I'll probably add a long resonator and larger muffler eventually.


These parts convert the cable operated clutch on the T5 Ford trans to hydraulic. Pretty stoked on this setup! Its a CNC slave cylinder (same company as my handbrake), a nice custom bracket, and a braided line that will hook up to my existing e36 clutch line.


And finally, the biggest time saver of all: complete 5.0 wiring harness adapted to e36. This should literally plug-and-play the 5.0 to my car. I'm sure there's a crazy amount of time and research in this harness. This also came with the matching 1994 5.0 ECU, which has some advantages over my '86 unit and will easily allow me to convert to MAF (easier tuning) over speed density setup.


That's all for now...hopefully I'll be killing the Pony this weekend and have some updates then.

[motocaddy]

ya, oil smoke!

Hush your mouth! That smoke is the product of all-season tires dying at the hand of 160 wild horsepowers!

[vgrntbeauxner]

ya, oil smoke!