BMW m50 swap question

"CallMeTURBO" (callmeturbo)
11/28/2014 at 19:31 • Filed to: bmw, e36, swap

My first question is has anyone done an m50 auto -> manual swap on an e36. New pic of the car as thanks.

So I posted a few weeks ago that I bought a '94 325i that hada blown headgasket and an automatic.

Last weekend I picked up a different m50 attached to another auto with a 5 speed getrag separate as well as a few miscellaneous things I needed. Now that I have all the parts Im beginning the swap soon, but I've got a question about emissions

Specifically, will the swap be able to pass emissions in CT with minimal rewiring, or will my ecu Pop a check engine light/ require additional work because of the missing automatic transmission...

I've been looking through forums and stuff but I haven't found a concrete answer. Cause if it's going to be an issue I might just drop the new engine and auto in there for emissions and do the auto-> manual swap in a few months.

DISCUSSION (4)

GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo > CallMeTURBO
11/28/2014 at 20:33

Unless the autos have a different DME or ECU (they may be the same thing) than the manual DME/ECU then I think it will be fine.

Also what part of CT are you in? I can lend a hand if I don't have work.

CallMeTURBO > GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo
11/28/2014 at 22:43

I'm a little bit north of Hartford, in Ellington if you know where that is. Are you handy with e36s? Judging from what I've seen I don't think I will have many problems because most of the communication is between the dme and the engine.

Kindw want to be sure though before I go through the effort of doing the actual swap only to have it fail emissions because it thinks the autos broken

GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo > CallMeTURBO
11/28/2014 at 23:13

Okay I know where that is I used to play against your high school in lacrosse, I live in Simsbury now but I'm more familiar with Wethersfield, West Hartford, and Newington area.

Not with E36's...I would start searching/posting on forums, every swap imaginable has probably been done and documented.

CallMeTURBO > GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo
11/29/2014 at 08:08

Yeah little cow town up in the middle of no where, I'm at UConn storrs for my senior year and it's pretty much the same.

And Hah wait you live in simsbury? That's where I bought this car like 2 weeks ago, small world. And I'm in west Hartford like, all the time