LS1 / T56 DD e28 BMW Build by jakeb

4-4-2012

One of the last pieces of the puzzle showed up today. 

4-10-2012

Progress is moving along. I should be starting it next weekend if all goes well. 

Driveshaft is in and fits really nice. 

I might trim a little off the CSB mount as the shaft is about 1/4" away. It would probably be fine as is but a little extra clearance would give me a little piece of mind. 

Rear brakes are all done...new parking brake cables, brakes, lines, etc 

Power steering hoses are all figured out. 

Russel adapter fitting in the GM pump to adapt to an -AN6 

Banjo fitting to an -AN6 at the bottom of the steering box 

I had a high pressure line made up at the local hydraulic shop 

Heater valve and hoses are worked out. 

Started on the wiring.... 

I had to change the routing of the wires to reach the PCM. A handful of wires will have the be lengthened and some were removed. 

First step was to remove all the tape from the harness. This step was not very fun.... 

Harness laid out and ready to pull unneeded circuits and depin the PCM connectors. 

One connector depinned 

Both depinned....that's a lot of wires. 

I then pulled each connector and circuit out of the bundle, cut any commons (pwr/gnd) and coiled each wire up and put it aside. Sorry no picture of this. 

Then I started plugging the connectors back in on the engine and routing the wires. Injector and coils were first as they were pretty much still all in one big bundle. 

You can see here that the harness will come out the front right of the engine. The PCM is down by the AC drier. 

Once all the wires are where they need to go I'll bundle them all together with tape where ever wires enter and exit the harness. The entire thing will then either get covered in split loom or split mesh....still unsure which to go with at this point. 

I had to have some lines brazed for the AC system so those should be here today and I can get that wrapped up. Lines crimped, etc. 

I have a smaller spintech muffler in route that will be here Thursday so I can tuck the exhaust up a bit more. I wasn't happy with 4" or less of ground clearance. I should be able to get about 6" with the new muffler. That should be fine. 

Things are getting close....

thanks for all the nice words guys. For some reason I really like the wiring stage. I like the planning a project as much as the project and the end result itself. So the wiring takes A LOT of that planning part especially if you want it to work and look factory.

I already bought a different center muffler so I can gain some clearance. It will be here Thursday and the exhaust will be re done friday.

I might move the cats up in the center tunnel too if i can gain any clearance with them there. Otherwise I will leave them where they are at.... I would think the lack of clearance would be more of an issue in the center of the car.