abloriginalparts.com - M-Technic S54 powered

Welcome to the M-Technic S54 build thread. In this section I'll be documenting the installation of a P&P S54 into an E36 chassis. Goals will be to avoid any unreversable changes to the car itself. Since this is a M-Technic, I won't be making any irreversible changes... but lets see what we get when we take this..... and add....

This S54. Needs a little TLC, but it was a bargain on ebay, and I have the parts to make it right. I'll be putting on some factory headers to delete the cats, and of course modifying the harness to tranform it into something that literally plugs in the X20 perfectly. This will be stage one when we add just the following....

DTA S100. Plug and play harness shown here. Yes, its really that simple, plug this in, and turn the key. (ok, well, we do have to fix one vanos issue, but it is easy)

This CF intake. We're not sure yet, but we're hopeful to see at least 10 hp. Manufacturer claims 15 at the rear wheels on stock cars using the alternative intake portion that retains the HFM. We'll report back with real dyno numbers. Of course, where there is Stage II, we must account for Stage III, and that would be

Not the greatest photo, but you get the idea. Car is pretty much in storage for the winter. Running AA E36 race exhaust and BM conversion pipe. Crazy fast car at this point......

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