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I have bought a 3.5 euro engine for a swap with my stock 3.0csi. As I took it home, I saw that the new intake will probably interfere with the brake booster. I am a daily reader of this forum, and know that many have done the conversion. Do I have to go shopping for an alternative booster? If so, which one to look for?
 
Which intake, the log style or the Motornic (sort of stacked) one?

If using the Motronic intake, only the 2002tii booster will fit. Otherwise, you should be able to use one off a CSi or from a Bavaria.
 
If you can adapt the Csi intake to accommodate Motronic electronics that would be a neat trick. Am I dreaming or can this be done...anyone?
 
Knut said:
I have bought a 3.5 euro engine for a swap with my stock 3.0csi. As I took it home, I saw that the new intake will probably interfere with the brake booster. I am a daily reader of this forum, and know that many have done the conversion. Do I have to go shopping for an alternative booster? If so, which one to look for?
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It is the motronic style intake. Anybody know a source for a 2002tii brake booster?
 
I got mine off ebay. You could also check with the usual suspects. (Carl, Maximillian, 2002AD, etc.)

Alternatively, the Euro cars used a system which was much smaller. It was a dual master cylinder system, if I recall right.

The last alternative is to use the brake bomb system from an E28 or contemporary. They used a large pressure accumulator vessel (the "bomb" in brake bomb) to increase the braking force. It would require swapping the power steering pump, though.
 
Ed G said:
If you can adapt the Csi intake to accommodate Motronic electronics that would be a neat trick. Am I dreaming or can this be done...anyone?
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Yes. I did it. At least most of it -- same injectors, but a custom ECU. The only real trick is mounting the injectors and the fuel lines. Well worth the effort. Not the best pic, but you get the idea. Same theory for the much-more-easily-obtainable-but-similar-in-appearance L-Jet manifold, too.

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