James c Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Hi. I'm looking into turboing my e34 BMW m50 engine and was wondering weather anyone knows if the link plug n play e36 ecu for the m50 would plug straight in and run the e34. I know the engines are the same but im unsure if the loom/ pin outs are the same. ?? This would obviously make everything a lot easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 I'm not aware of anyone having fitted the #E36+ ECU to the E34. However that doesn't mean it couldn't be done. An ECU pinout comparison would need to be done, do you have this information for the E34? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James c Posted June 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 No I don't but I could probably get it. Do you have it for the e36 ecu side of things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 Hi James,We have the most of the pins detailed in PCLink Help, I've attached the specific pages. A good start would be seeing if the ECU connector is the same shape, so we know if it will actually plug into the wiring loom.Scott. BMWLink Pin function.pdf BMWLink Pin Out.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korch Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 e36 and e34 both use 413 bosch, why would the pin outs be different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamw Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 55 minutes ago, Korch said: e36 and e34 both use 413 bosch, why would the pin outs be different? There are at least 6 common DME's for the E36 - M1.7, M3.1, M3.3.1, M5.2, MS41.1 or MS50.1, all have different pinouts. I dont have a lot of documentation for the E34. So you need to be a bit more specific than just "E36 & E34 both use 413 (413 is a M3.3.1)". If you are talking about both with the M50TU engine then yes I would expect them both to use the same M3.3.1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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