FINALE VIDEO!! E36 N54 Swap Was Sooo Worth It!!!

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  • čas přidán 30. 09. 2019
  • What an amazing experience to have completed my most challenging, yet rewarding engine swap of my career! So many thanks to the sponsors who helped me complete this project.
    www.kasselperformance.com - Thank you, Jim!
    www.garagistic.com - Thank you, Matt!
    I look forward to working with you on my future projects!!!
    Antunes - Thank you
    And without a doubt my customer and friend Ben Watson who gave me this very unique opportunity to get my foot back in the door with a project that stretched my intellect, capability, and patience. It was all worth it in the end. I am a better engineer, integrator, and enthusiast. This allows me to further do what I love and enhance the capability of the enthusiast community. You are the ambassador of quan! Thank you, Ben!
    Thank you to my loyal youtube subscribers - you know who you are. you like, comment, and have told your friends. For that I am thankful and hope to continue to grow and provide you more challenging and crazy BMW-related projects!!!!
    Thank you to www.bensound.com for the music.
    The BMW N54 Integrators Guide, tailored specifically to the E36 Chassis is coming out this October! Thank you to everyone for your support so I can continue to keep providing quality content.
    For more information about what I do and who I am, visit:
    www.garageaholic.build
    E30 M30, M60, M62/S62 Swap Guides are currently available for purchase!
    garageaholic.build/products
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Komentáře • 621

  • @HiResRofl
    @HiResRofl Před 4 lety +90

    Such a great journey it has been. Enjoyed every bit of it. Give Frank the praise he deserves for busting his ass for all of us!!

  • @goldentv1068
    @goldentv1068 Před 4 lety +135

    We need a E46 N54 👍 up next

    • @loucacevic9435
      @loucacevic9435 Před 4 lety +13

      B58 would be better , those engines are far better than n54s

    • @SamAbraham
      @SamAbraham Před 4 lety +5

      Lou Cacevic Yeah, finally seems like a solid successor to the N54. Only issue now is price lol

    • @loucacevic9435
      @loucacevic9435 Před 4 lety +2

      @@SamAbraham price of the engine is high now but cars are not too high on price 2016 and up models got the b58s

    • @SamAbraham
      @SamAbraham Před 4 lety +5

      Lou Cacevic true, but even a salvage F30 340 would probably be considerably more than a salvage E90 335, if someone’s concerned about cost I guess

    • @mike_oe
      @mike_oe Před 4 lety +1

      Yes, please!!! And if you do it on a coupe, I'll happily buy it afterwards.

  • @marshallowens4494
    @marshallowens4494 Před 4 lety +34

    How am I just now hearing about this? That's a build well done.

  • @MrSpaz12
    @MrSpaz12 Před 4 lety +70

    I bet those 5 dislikes are for you blasting music over the exhaust note, which was pretty lame.
    Other than that, pretty damn cool.
    Now do an S65 motor into and E46 M3.

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety +4

      Point Taken! That and gum chewing! LOL

    • @razh260
      @razh260 Před 4 lety +2

      I was going crazy at that point

    • @MrSpaz12
      @MrSpaz12 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Garageaholic
      But seriously, what you did was way cool and you sharing the info equally as cool.
      You just gotta love the BMW community, there's nothing like it as far as sharing info. And of course the obvious; the cars really are the ultimate driving machine.

    • @tylercouture216
      @tylercouture216 Před 4 lety

      No please dont put that in a e46 any other motor though

  • @jakep5451
    @jakep5451 Před 4 lety +63

    Discovered this channel and binge watched the E36 N54 series. This channel deserves way more subs.

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety +4

      Thank you!! I guess I just need to keep creating content and see what happens! Tell your friends I guess, because I aint stopping anytime soon!

    • @eurosquirrel
      @eurosquirrel Před 4 lety +3

      Way more subs. Agreed!

    • @rtradu
      @rtradu Před 4 lety +1

      wayyyyy more

    • @thatreviewguy6109
      @thatreviewguy6109 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Garageaholic I looked at the amount of subs you got and my jaw dropped. Some youtubers with 500k dont post this great of content. You can tell alot of work has gone into this channel. Thank you for all the great content!

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety +1

      @@thatreviewguy6109 Wow. Very well thought out comment. Thank you very much for the booster. Hope to continue helping the community!!

  • @acewingdabson3139
    @acewingdabson3139 Před 4 lety +1

    Whole progress looks lit man! Loving the whole thing! The length of your work put into this is incredible!

  • @bowser2k4
    @bowser2k4 Před 4 lety +34

    the e36 is so beautiful. everything you habe done seems perfect.
    respect to the work ❤️

  • @mehrabhasan6682
    @mehrabhasan6682 Před 3 lety +1

    Wonderful job Frank! Have never been more motivated to do something like this myself! Hoping that kassel DME flash becomes available to the public so we can bypass CAN! Kudos for being a literal pioneer and making it readily available for everyone else! Onto my binge-watching tour of your next series ahaha

  • @R8andGT3Fan
    @R8andGT3Fan Před 4 lety

    Great CZcams recommendation! My favourite 3-Series gen...love the E36! Top work!

  • @CowsmiIk
    @CowsmiIk Před 4 lety +19

    Congrats on building something truly epic! Amazing stuff I love it

  • @rmkbaws
    @rmkbaws Před 4 lety +1

    Holy f... great job. Congratz on the final build!

  • @hugosalvado8625
    @hugosalvado8625 Před 4 lety

    Awesome project!!! Love it.
    Great vídeo as well. Congratulations

  • @speedacademy
    @speedacademy Před 4 lety +30

    Guys, awesome video and explanation. Looks like a great swap although the coding seems a bit daunting. We’ll certainly consider an N54 for future swaps after watching this video.

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety +1

      Thank you! Car is getting fine tune coded by Kassel currently!

  • @ZACKLANDUYT
    @ZACKLANDUYT Před 4 lety +1

    Seriously cool. Can't wait to see that e30 touring done!

  • @joshthebavarian
    @joshthebavarian Před 4 lety

    Nice man, been watching on the forums. Awesome to see it finished!

  • @Mechneck1973
    @Mechneck1973 Před 4 lety

    Awesomeness! Can't wait for the e30! Keep up the great work

  • @ryanolson6794
    @ryanolson6794 Před 4 lety +4

    I think you’re one of the first to actually successfully swap a N54 into a E36 with all the hassle of the wiring. I’ve seen a lot of threads online where people get caught up in the wiring and sell their projects. This is one of the first super documented swaps I’ve seen.

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety +1

      Thank you very much for recognizing that! I hope you learned something from this. Now on to e30 chassis!

    • @natasunknow240
      @natasunknow240 Před rokem

      ​@Garageaholic hay man I have a buddy that wants to do this swap I'm just now finding your page & of course I sent it to him ASAP...lol
      My buddy is stuck on the wiring... how do I find that info & part's

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před rokem

      Check out my website garageaholic.build, and you can first download free snippets of the guide and if you like it you can download the entire guide. The wiring section alone is over 100 pages of detail

  • @sulaimanalzoubi8160
    @sulaimanalzoubi8160 Před 4 lety

    Wonderful job. Iwill wait your next video

  • @BerlinThunder1
    @BerlinThunder1 Před 4 lety +7

    Congrats on finishing the e36 N54 marathon. The new customer clearly loves the outcome. I enjoyed the clean build, the details you were focussing on and the growing crowd that followed you. Thx for sharing it with us.

  • @rileyserena4601
    @rileyserena4601 Před 4 lety +2

    Great job on the build. Thanks for documenting the process

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety

      You're very welcome. Hope this helps motivate/educate you in whatever way possible!

  • @maxwellbrown2584
    @maxwellbrown2584 Před 4 lety +1

    wow, absolutely amazing work guys.

  • @pinch6957
    @pinch6957 Před 4 lety +1

    COOLEST DUDE EVER!!!!!! MUCH LOVE, MAD RESPECT

  • @alfredomendoza6246
    @alfredomendoza6246 Před 4 lety +1

    Well done gbalz, very well done

  • @AgainstEmpyre
    @AgainstEmpyre Před 3 lety +1

    Such an awesome build, i would love to do this to my e36 M3. Thanks for the video :)

  • @daraprak6498
    @daraprak6498 Před 9 měsíci

    Amazing and incredibly beautiful work frank 😮‍💨🙌

  • @kwilliams028
    @kwilliams028 Před 4 lety +1

    Cool build! Nice to see an E36 with something other than an LS swap. E30 wagon!! Long live the long roofs!!

  • @ethanhayes2363
    @ethanhayes2363 Před 3 lety +1

    you definitely deserve more subs your work is awesome man keep it up. its my dream to be able to do stuff like this for a living

  • @bigwill6492
    @bigwill6492 Před 4 lety

    OMG I LOVE THIS YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!!!

  • @nikolaykosev81
    @nikolaykosev81 Před 4 lety +3

    Great content man. Wish you all best!

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety

      Thanks for standing by me as I work through this!

  • @logieabz3166
    @logieabz3166 Před 4 lety

    Amazing video got e36 1995 328 manual convertible also building e30 325 1986 2 door full restoration can't wait to see video of that next build !!

  • @jurzyjohner432
    @jurzyjohner432 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow amazing work. Wish i had your patients to do this.

  • @charltonnel
    @charltonnel Před 4 lety

    Well done guys, great job 👍👍

  • @z3speed4me
    @z3speed4me Před 4 lety +1

    Hope this becomes more supported soon by the general industry to make the swap more simplified!

  • @cobbtuning
    @cobbtuning Před 4 lety +3

    Congrats on completing an awesome project! Looking forward to that e30 touring!

  • @AndresLopez-km9cr
    @AndresLopez-km9cr Před 4 lety

    Nice!!!! Great videos👌

  • @joeingalls9553
    @joeingalls9553 Před 4 lety

    Great swap. Very clean. Keep up the great work.👍🏻

  • @2ndProtects1st
    @2ndProtects1st Před 3 lety

    Awesome work Frank!

  • @guidobottazzo
    @guidobottazzo Před 4 lety +1

    AMAZING JOB. plus interesting to notice how old BMW s look so much better than those of the 2000 era and today

  • @richardtrow2751
    @richardtrow2751 Před 4 lety

    Fair play that is a great build 👍👍👍👍

  • @alexplatitsin86
    @alexplatitsin86 Před 4 lety

    Fricken awesome man !!

  • @julio7861
    @julio7861 Před 4 lety +1

    This is so sick!

  • @georgesmbyd6603
    @georgesmbyd6603 Před 4 lety

    Absolutely amazing

  • @kevinshasteen5682
    @kevinshasteen5682 Před rokem

    14:06 Owner driving, tires peeling rubber as he runs thru the gears and says, "Liking That!"
    Frank: gives his insane but very sane meniacal car guy laugh that only another crazy car guy would understand

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před rokem

      Hahaha see? you understand! #iykuk 🤣😂

  • @rahulravichandra7420
    @rahulravichandra7420 Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome job 👏

  • @1marclyn
    @1marclyn Před 4 lety

    Great job love how you did this swap real clean and precise. I would love to come see this in person

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety

      You let me know, The shop is in upstate NY!

  • @Sccrd4Lfe
    @Sccrd4Lfe Před rokem

    dude literally done everything bro like just water pump, alt pws , you good

  • @ryanellis948
    @ryanellis948 Před 4 lety

    This is awesome!!!!

  • @uisperfectemail9720
    @uisperfectemail9720 Před 4 lety

    Great example of passion and persistence. That evo steering wheel, contours, and those alpinas on the e30...wonderful. Maybe a Motorsport trim piece over the glovebox with a custom engraving. Great job!

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety

      Thanks for that! Yeah we’ll see what Ben does!

  • @davidjeanlouis2
    @davidjeanlouis2 Před 4 lety

    WELL DONE GUYS!

  • @friguy4444
    @friguy4444 Před rokem

    What an incredible build! Really. I like the mission statement on the website which tells it like it is. When I see this crashed E92 I don't understand how the owner could have just sold it off and not repaired it BUT I'm much more happy that our wonderful host on this channel took said engine out of that crashed E92 and used it for all of our benefit! THANK YOU! I have a 2002 330CI swapped out with the entire drive train and interior suspension etc from a 2006 M3 Competition. However even though the drive train has fairly low mileage as of now the Chassis has 68350 Miles on it and the Vanos has been done catless headers have been installed and It runs like a deer. (It's an old person thing sorry) the chassis which now has over about 250,000 Miles on it and a few more years of salt and mud (which I did the rear subframe plates and all of the bushings) is not happy. The previous owner had decided to Plasti Dip the car white a few years before I bought it. Having seen a few tiny bubbles in the paint before he did this he scratched the paint away down to the bare metal right at the rear quarter panel where it meets the lower half and left it. This was of course covered up by the plasti Dip so it wasn't even noticeable when I bought the car. One day I decided to remove the PD (which actually took me over a week to do because he had not put enough of it on to make it peel-able so I was in a PD he11 lol) it was then that I saw the now rusted area of the rear quarter panel. It wasn't too bad I thought and I didn't rush to fix it so it wasn't even looked at for two more years because I just did the cosmetic temp fix of filler, paint and clear. It was after I decided to fix it right that I now find myself facing bigger decisions about what to do next. I opened up that quarter and it had eaten away the entire insides of the car on that side so much that the quarter has a two foot by three inch hole in it and all the way into the trunk! So to make a long story longer I am thinking about putting all the great drive train into an E30 or well I just don''t know. So thank you for the great inspiring videos!!! I am very hopeful now! Sorry for the long boring comment.

  • @juliosanchez6717
    @juliosanchez6717 Před 4 lety

    Great job, I Love it

  • @Hxnry.69
    @Hxnry.69 Před 4 lety

    This video popped up on my recommended and I’m glad it did. Subscribed and can’t wait to see the e30 n54 swap!!

  • @MIX-cy2yo
    @MIX-cy2yo Před 4 lety +1

    Amazing! An e39 n54 engine would be unique :))

  • @Stoichkov_
    @Stoichkov_ Před 4 lety +1

    Great job finishing the e36!
    The n54 touring swap has got me excited. Seems much more powerful, and cheaper than the s54 swaps.
    Can't wait for the videos and writeup. Finally something specific (IN ENGLISH) for exactly my car.

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety +1

      Hey! Happy to help Petar. Next project intro video coming out on Saturday!

  • @t-mobilehs5325
    @t-mobilehs5325 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I want to do this to my 96 318ti so bad great build love it

  • @stashtrey1
    @stashtrey1 Před 4 lety

    WOW!!!! Glad I just stumbled on to your channel. Epic swap!!!

  • @holoragasolina
    @holoragasolina Před 4 lety

    Congrats, good job.
    Enjoy with it

  • @thatreviewguy6109
    @thatreviewguy6109 Před 4 lety

    This video earned a very well deserved sub. Great project man keep this content up👍

  • @DAMDIndustries
    @DAMDIndustries Před 4 lety

    Jim is a great guy!

  • @arthurbabayan5500
    @arthurbabayan5500 Před rokem

    Big RESPECT Man! You built many BMW lovers favorite car 😊😊

  • @Krezo200
    @Krezo200 Před 4 lety

    Mhhh yum yum
    E36 with n54😍

  • @lw_loki
    @lw_loki Před 4 lety

    Awesome work

  • @davidhall5572
    @davidhall5572 Před 3 lety +3

    I shudder to think what the total cost would of been if you charged labour by the hour... Outstanding work. Blows my mind

  • @ashleycullen6335
    @ashleycullen6335 Před 3 lety

    Sweet well done, can't wait for the e46 shasie !!

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 3 lety

      Maybe - see what project falls in my lap!

  • @johnconnor513
    @johnconnor513 Před 4 lety +1

    You sir are a modern day magician. Huge respect to you.

  • @srs_lol
    @srs_lol Před 4 lety

    Top stuff 👌🏼👌🏼

  • @uskravitz249
    @uskravitz249 Před 4 lety +1

    Subscribed! This is awesome

  • @djnightbeatnightbeat3048

    king of bmw swap soo far ive seen all over videos but no one compares to you god bless you for the good job ur doing for us thank you

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 3 lety

      Thank you so much for that! So glad to hear it from a fan!

  • @demirdelen
    @demirdelen Před 4 lety

    Awesome !

  • @dromokratis
    @dromokratis Před 4 lety +2

    I'm so excited about your projects! Please do an N54 or S54 swap in a E39! :)

  • @jeffjones2645
    @jeffjones2645 Před 4 lety

    Great vid, I'm subbed!

  • @tomaszmichaluk8376
    @tomaszmichaluk8376 Před 4 lety

    Nice project !

  • @BIMMERZEITT
    @BIMMERZEITT Před 4 lety

    Amazing build man!!

  • @Auto-raritetchik
    @Auto-raritetchik Před 3 lety +1

    Guys, respect to the work!

  • @eddieellison7679
    @eddieellison7679 Před 3 lety

    Bro you are amazing.

  • @antoniogrimes1102
    @antoniogrimes1102 Před 4 lety +1

    E46 N54 swap next! Great work

  • @MCLARUD
    @MCLARUD Před 4 lety

    You guys are crazy 🤙🏻

  • @etiennechenarddesrochers9408

    Congrats Frank again, this is one of the most ambitious car project I have ever seen. Your videos were great, always accompanying my lunchtime at work. Clear, concise instructions and a very friendly face. I don't understand how you managed to do this while still having a dayjob AND writing the GUIDE??? What the hell where did you find the time?
    I will buy it and I will do this, and will always give you credit in my videos. Keep it up! and THANK YOU!

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety

      Thanks Etienne. Wish we could have met. Maybe another time soon! I look forward to it. You are a loyal fan. I appreciate that. Let's meet up one day at some show in Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester....whatever is in between us!

  • @khalidedros743
    @khalidedros743 Před 3 lety +2

    U a god damn legend. Jst watched ur e30 touring n54 swop

  • @Kooldood.
    @Kooldood. Před 4 lety

    Jeez I wished i followed this from the beginning. But better late than never!

  • @greenmarcus4444
    @greenmarcus4444 Před 4 lety

    Nice job 👍

  • @user-xc1sx6hp8p
    @user-xc1sx6hp8p Před 4 lety

    Nice job bro

  • @justinp5253
    @justinp5253 Před 4 lety

    Nice build luv it

  • @B58dr3w
    @B58dr3w Před 2 lety

    What a beauty. I want a e92 335i with the n54 but gas is to high right now plus i plan on swapping the twin turbos to a single. One of these days.

  • @Faustastico7
    @Faustastico7 Před 4 lety

    wow awesome!

  • @wearemce2010
    @wearemce2010 Před 4 lety

    U are smart u know every things in ur Car WOW

  • @badong1050
    @badong1050 Před 4 lety

    Great!!! Now do an Integrated e30 guide
    ill pre-order it.

  • @TheBimmer901
    @TheBimmer901 Před 4 lety

    Good job bro, love the music

  • @wellingtono.2631
    @wellingtono.2631 Před 4 lety

    Good job 👍👍👍👍

  • @realbadtech9318
    @realbadtech9318 Před 4 lety

    Ahhhhh so stoked for this E30 touring project next, instant subscribe lol. Post these projects up on the N54 facebook group, instagram and the message boards!

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety

      I thought I did which ones am I missing!? Let me know!!

    • @realbadtech9318
      @realbadtech9318 Před 4 lety

      @@Garageaholic I posted it up on the N54/N55 tuning facebook group. Theres also an N55 group, general BMW groups, plus all of the E36 groups like E36 World

  • @RJ4evr
    @RJ4evr Před 4 lety

    Need one on E46!!!

  • @TecKnowTech
    @TecKnowTech Před dnem

    Woo
    We deleted the e90 distributions box and used a ISM module from a f10 5series to provide power to the dme on our n55 swapped e46!

  • @samuelrogers5796
    @samuelrogers5796 Před 4 lety

    This video got my sub and like. Good job guys

  • @edirty6.m370
    @edirty6.m370 Před 4 lety +1

    I’m late... but Amazing dude!! Thx

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety +1

      You
      are
      EARLY!!!
      Thanks for coming aboard!!!

  • @BMWE30RESTORATION
    @BMWE30RESTORATION Před 4 lety +1

    Tell us about yourself, where such knowledge and skills come from for a young man. Respect

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety +1

      Thank you!! You want me to do a Q&A video one day?! If I get more interest and hit 10k, I’ll do a video talking more about myself! Thanks!!

  • @i6billy998
    @i6billy998 Před 4 lety

    wow subbed. cant wait to see the touring. yt finally hit me with some good algorithmzz

    • @Garageaholic
      @Garageaholic  Před 4 lety

      Thanks buddy! More to come after I release this guide!

  • @WarriorsPhoto
    @WarriorsPhoto Před 3 lety +2

    Congratulations and I am excited for that wagon project. Ultimate sleeper driving machine.

  • @Auto-raritetchik
    @Auto-raritetchik Před 2 lety

    respect!!!

  • @tylercouture216
    @tylercouture216 Před 4 lety

    I just realized its a 4 door and your in Tennessee both things that i like , but its a 4 door though i love sedans

  • @driftbandit889
    @driftbandit889 Před 4 lety

    Love the vid and all the hard work you did but my m52 e36 spins the tires about that much lol. Cheers 🍻