M52 b30 stroker rebuild back on the road

[magpie]

slow progress report,the car is sorned with 12 month mot on it and up on ramps as i've just removed and sold the front and rear zaust sections to a fellow zoner,theres no going back now

these arrived courtesy of lee parks express delivery service

freshly built up legs with new dust covers discs etc inc boge turbo dampers that makes a full set of these as i have them on the arse end already and apex -35mm springs for a 6-pot



looking forward to removing the m42 donk now.

[E30BeemerLad]

Get stuck in mate

[e30topless]

Hey ! thats my old zaust

Nice one Mick look forward to the updates

[magpie]

i need to go see D'mond for some odds & sods but will prepare [rape] the patient 1st and fit e36 rack conversion while the bay is empty and fit the struts that's the 1st couple of jobs on the list to keep me busy again

[mc_hawkings24]

I cant see any engine pics or vids.....do you need a jump pack?? its the weekend already

[eko]

come on Maggers,this thing not done yet?

[magpie]

I cant see any engine pics or vids.....do you need a jump pack?? its the weekend already

no pressure then

loads of m42 parts up for grabs with no other reason than bhp greed.very shortly

[mc_hawkings24]

[magpie]

that's more craigeebs department a lovely chariot he has himself there without a doubt.one easy step for me at a time and i'll be happy with 190+ a bit bhp to start with

[magpie]

quite busy with it today,stll prep work that needs done and out of the way.

not much left here steve


i have an empty bay so the e36 rack is next.

picked up some parts from Dezzy this morning,a Danthe non vanos m50 loom,anther ecu and a viper chip,,just waiting for e36 rack custom pipes, engine mounts and a Danthe elec fan loom.my parts list is nearly complete




got my brand new short shifter


also a rather large box arrived from BMW what's this??

the part between the card tubes in a card sleeve is for me,



my new sump Gasket


great packing from the guys at BMW

lots to keep me busy .

[Alex]

Looking good Mick, Is destroying m42's a hobby of yours

[E30BeemerLad]

Good work Mick, using Dan's looms makes the job easy and they look tidy, most importantly they work.

[leeparkes]

Is destroying m42's a hobby of yours

I think its a fetish

[magpie]

the m42 is an excellent engine,it just missing two pots and a few valves

[magpie]

Is destroying m42's a hobby of yours

I think its a fetish

[leeparkes]

Do you wear one of these whilst in action?

[Rav335uk]

He wears the all of them

[magpie]

i don't need a mask,

i shoot all witnesses after

[magpie]

update! more snow forecast

[ImysE30]

It's growing old already, grown some white hair

Snow's no good when you have a project and no garage

[leeparkes]

Has the snow shifted yet Mick?

[magpie]

aye Lee,we now have flooding of garden

[magpie]

now have a 3.64 lsd and an m30 air box.for the build and i can just keep watching this for mojo juice.

i so want to work on this car but at - 5dc my hands will snap


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frustration isn't the word

[Dezzy]

Tell me about it Mick. I have given up till the new year now. Fooking weather. Plus on my own at work this week.

Fook it, it's going nowhere till after I have finish with the festivities.

[mc_hawkings24]

I thought this would be up and running and drifting by now! theres so much fun to be had in this snow filled climate atm..... when is it likely to be up and running?

[E30BeemerLad]

A high powered E30 in this weather is just daft. Mine hasn't moved for a month now, started it today for the first time in 4 weeks.

[DanThe]

Both of mine are on sorn since end of last month...

[magpie]

guest 210 bhp rwd garage queen in the arctic weather,i shall say no.
just spent over a grand on this update so i'd hope to keep it away from northern rock salt.

i'm full of desire though and mostly looking forward to the yorks strip event.i tink i'm in tyme for dat one.

[e30topless]

Both of mine are on sorn since end of last month...

Glad to hear it Dan


E30's need/have to be indoors during this weather a 20+ year old BMW doesn't need an excuse to rust !, the salt and damp is never kind to these old turds,

I Have noticed some zoners are braving the winter this will of course mean more P40 and bodgery in the summer ! Luckily for me there will be more frag to be had

these 2, 4 pot shitters are nice and dry !

[magpie]

DUDE, where's my project.

found it half way down page 4 .

collected some more parts and i'm only missing an e36 rack now,i need this asap as i wanmt to get this part done when the bay is still empty.

i had an e36 propped up by a couple of old wheels each side today to get at the rack and it's the only e36 in the yard at the mo.just before removing it i thought i'd check it over first by turning it after checking for split gaiters or leaks and all was fine till i turned it when it made a ticking/notchy nois from around the linkage.it only does it on left turns Been advised to remove the linkage and check it again which makes sense as the car is in vgc so the rack hopefully will be the same.

few pics of a couple of additions to the parts needed pile,

couple of engine mounts,


3.64 lsd



e36 rack conversion pipes


i have a DanThe fan loom on the way to go with one of his engine looms i already have,
that loom on my conversion looked well ropey so more money had to be spent here and start afresh.
the fan loom comes with x3 wires so you can have a twin speed fan or a single speed on by using only two wires from it.i'm going twin speed and got a fan resistor for the job, aka the hedgehog



it has x2 wires at one end to connect to the fan and x3 wires the other end to connect to the loom.
and a nice little bracket to bolt it behind the grill



next up and my best part,as i found it and know it will work with my plans is the front mounted flush fitting 13"pusher fan. this will get mounted straight to the rad core using thick rubber washers 10mm bolts and nylock nuts [thanks for the tip Dan,so much better that cable ties]



this is how it should look.

only on a smaller rad

.

things should start happening soon,i hope...

[bigredbmw]

sounds good m8y ....... ave got a garage in north shields now mick behind the spring gardnes pub it massive i will put pics up of it on tuesday

[magpie]

got the e36 rack today,turns out the the engine mount [puck] bolt had snapped and the linkage was catching on the engine mount arm.

put my new track rod ends against it and these wont fit.a quick call to Dezzy and all was revealed.you change the complete arms after removing the boots.





got some of this to clean things up as i go along and clean the engine bay,cross member etc.


some odds i nearly forgot i had.



not sure what the long drop links are for not an e30 i'm sure

[Barx325i]

they look vaguely e36 to me

[Alex]

Slowly plodding along. I hope this is ready for plenty of meets come the spring Mick

[magpie]

oh yes

i'm on the mofo now