From there just take a small piece of Metal – I used a staple – and remove the pin and locate it in the correct position and voila re-install and the euro cluster will work!

• Pin 21 – Black and white – Fuel Consumption Signal – DME
• Pin 16 – Blank – Engine Oil Temp

If you are doing an LSx swap like me and do not care about the OBC functionality, (Though I don’t think this wire actually goes to the OBC), you can take the consumption wire from the x20 – verified with an ohm meter – and use that wire to connect to your temp sensor.

Got a LOT of work done on the car this weekend. The interior is back in and I wired up the euro cluster so that I could get a functioning oil temp gauge. I also started looking around for some drift spares… I rounded up everything in a 5×120 or 5×4.75 bolt pattern to see if it would fit…

No pics of the interior everyone knows what a stock M3 interior looks like…

I’ll post a DIY on the Euro Cluster in a few minutes…

Then came the wheel fitment…
Thanks to Repiv I have 10mm spacers up from which allow for the Style 5 BBS wheels on 4 corners now. 235s up front and 245s in the rear.

I then tried some C5 vette wheels with 245 front rubber and 275 rear rubber, they would be awesome if their center bore was a bit larger… Then they would fit!

Not to sweat though… I found some beat up 18″ 5 Series wheels…

Rear Fitment – 275/40/18

Front fitment – 245/40/18

275 vs 245 tires…

I then got to work on the heater plumbing, easy enough… Just have to get the blower motor working now… UGH!

The car is going to be my daily driver this week… We’ll see how it goes.

Spectre 85mm MAF Adapter to 4″ Tube – SPE-9774
Spectre 4″ low profile elbow SPE-9781
Spectre 4″ Coupler SPE-9771
Spectre 4″ Intake Tube SPE-9724
K&N 4″ inlet 5″ long Filter KNN-RU-2520

Those are Summit part numbers, so drop the prefix to get the manufacturer’s part numbers.

My Cellphone was on the tailgate of my truck and didn’t focus properly…

The car as you can tell was not running properly, the console was in the way of the shifter and so I missed 2nd gear.

Alas, here she is!

Spintech Muffler 3"D/25"d 3" Summit x pipe kit

Looking forward to the install, I can see now that I will have to work on the x pipe a little bit but that shouldn’t be a problem with the Miller by my side.

Speaking of ghetto fabrication, my clutch line gave me fits…

I first tried a braap modified line which ended up being incorrect for a ’99 M3. I also figured out that there are now 4 different master cyl configurations…

• Early e36 threaded line
• Early e36 with clip
• 96-98 e36 with clip
• 99/late production recessed master inside firewall with clip

Because of those issues I then took a -3 an to 10mmx1.5 adapter and welded it to the original master cyl fitting.

Ghetto Fabbed Clutch Line

This thing works like a charm!

Another issue I ran into along the way was the fan shroud that I ordered does not fit well with the LS motor…

Fan clearance is not optimum...

So with that I am still hunting ideas and am using the stock shroud at the moment. I have my eye on a few oem cooling fans that look like they might fit the bill quite nicely.

Between being out of town, building Kristin’s new Tahoe, and a bunch of other things I am finally going to be able to work on the car this coming weekend and hopefully get somewhere on the exhaust system!

I have a Summit Racing 3″ universal x pipe, Spintech Sportsman XL Muffler with dual 3″ inlets and dual 2.5″ outlets. Other then that we’ll see what happens with the exhaust this weekend.

I am also hoping to throw in a factory core support and get the front end all put back together along with wiring up the cooling fan. That should help with the engine temps, though it does not seem to get warm as it is…

I sure hope that the exhaust will get rid of the stumble I’ve been dealing with!

Next on the list is intake plumbing, I need to get that sorted out and figure out if I am going to go with a speed density or maf tune.

*5psi MAX with first prime
*When Cranking I register 5 PSI
*When the return line is crimped prime is to 60psi
*With return line crimped Running fuel pressure and starting fuel pressure are right between 58-55 psi.
*Take off clamp on return line pressure quickly returns to 5 psi.
*FPR is not plumbed backwards – I originally thought that and checked it.

This FPR is brand new, should not be having problems with it like this. Has anyone else had issues or did I just get a dud?

Fighting a bad fuel pressure regulator (AND A NEW ONE AT THAT) I finally got it fired up tonight!!!

Ok so 3 days into the new month but not bad!

As required:

Boom November 5th is Coming!

Found this on my friend’s flikr photostream:

These are obviously kind of old….

Robert's Photos

Some more parts showed up this week…

4″ intake tubing for the 85mm MAF and VDO oil temp sender for the euro cluster oil temp gauge.

Then USPS brought this in:

Saikou Michi Co Dual Catch Cans with AN6 fittings. I have an extra pair of valve covers that I am getting a bung welded into and the rear port filled.

FIRST START SHOULD BE TONIGHT!!!!!!!!