M52 b30 stroker rebuild back on the road

[e30topless]

Hadrian's wall is easy Mick, the scots are off their Guard

I did the A roads down there yesterday through consett and darlington, some awesome roads over the border

[magpie]

Steve you were welcome for a brew and bacon butty pit stop .i know whet it's like though once your on the road you just want to wind the miles in and bash on.

your not getting away ya fooker i'll invade the unit testing out the new donk

did you drop a motor off up there?

[e30topless]

I was way up in scotland Mick the sat nav took me down the scenic route on the way back through your neck of the woods, one I will definatly do again



sadly i didn't drop one off i ended up with another turd
after a 600 mile round journey i was heading home fast or i would have called by,

I did expect to see a lot more black lines in Consett now your turd is taxed

[magpie]

you bought a Scottish turd

i'd loved to of been a fly on the wall during the haggle......a Yorkshireman V a Scotsman


now that Rav can haggle lmfao,that deal for new old stock parts went on for ages. No one was giving in,that poor bloke looked liked he'd been raped after the deal was eventually struck .

[Rav335uk]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[magpie]

got the m50 ready to pull out tomorrow ,nice weather today for a change




took advantage of an ecp offer on some fresh gloop ...



opened up the box of tricks from Dan and i'm now ready to get on with it lol...



rain is forecast most of next week though

[magpie]

lovin working on this car,no rusty bolts to snap and no rusty crap falling in your eyes.
good progress made today...







new donk under wraps waiting...

[G-Bear]

Excellent work Mick. I love this thread that IS has seen a fair few engines.. I have to be honest mind I've read the first ten pages or so and got impatient and jumped to the M52 bits... Will sit down with a brew and read it all soon.

Keep on plugging away..

[AndyZippy]

This has made for excellent reading, i'm also about to M52 my iS - Top stuff!

[Alex]

Looks like fun

[B7]

This has made for excellent reading, i'm also about to M52 my iS - Top stuff!

Told you.

Your turn now.

[magpie]

most of my pics have been deleted by photobucket so i'll add them again and hope i can remember what pic went where lol

remember kidz do not change your album title or you'll loose all your posted pic links

this will be the 5th engine that's been in the car

3x m42's
1x m50
1x m52 [pending]

[B7]

Mick. The guy a couple above (Andy) may drop you a PM as he picked that 2.8 up off me yesterday. It's going in an iS and I pointed him to this thread. Looks like he's linked into the thread as well as Dan but he's a nice guy. Said you'd know whats what as well. Cheers.

[magpie]

Mick. The guy a couple above (Andy) may drop you a PM as he picked that 2.8 up off me yesterday. It's going in an iS and I pointed him to this thread. Looks like he's linked into the thread as well as Dan but he's a nice guy. Said you'd know whats what as well. Cheers.

i'll help out with any questions Trev no problem

[magpie]

the sun is out so time to do some work on the car,i have parts stashed all over the place


had the fly wheel trimmed to 5.5kg good working starter motor arrived as mine ist KAPUT ^^^ clio servo £18 delivered from ebay ...

new spigot bearing for the m42 box,got a pic of the part number for future reference also a new prop bearing .



shiny new water pump ....



time to crack on before the hailstones arrive on mount consett !

[Neilios]

Is it not in yet?

[Neilios]

Is it not in yet?

[magpie]

Is it not in yet?

ha ha.....it goes in tomorrow .

got the water pump fitted,m50 sump on,flywheel clutch gearbox and starter motor all fitted .

drained and filled the g/box with new atf fluid and cleaned up everything with gunk engine cleaner and jetwash .

early start tomorrow

[e30-EVN]

bout time you put a decent engine in ya motor mick.! lol

good stuff.

but please dont tell me you bought an luk clutch... , i made that mistake with my m52 first off. it slipped from the first week. couldnt handle lighting up the rears from 1st to second.
a second hand sachs clutch i had kicking about did tho, when i changed it.

[magpie]

if the clutch gives me any problems i'll fix it with a new sachs one and fit a 6-speed box at the same time or give up

[e30-EVN]

nooooo, dont give up mate lol

just do as i did, and fit a sachs unit. they can take the abuse of my right foot and a tweaked m52. so they get my vote

[e30-EVN]

well worth the extra few quid imo

[magpie]

sachs clutch http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E30-325i- ... 27d3074be8

LUK clutch

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LuK-clutch-ki ... 2c6c25fb7a

[e30-EVN]

when i bought my new clutch for the m50-m52 jump...

luk clutch's in gsf were 100 quid,
sachs clutch's were 160 quid,
i chose to save a few bucks, but in the end it cost me as i had to pull the engine out and replace with a sachs anyway lol.

[Neilios]

sachs clutch http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E30-325i- ... 27d3074be8

LUK clutch

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LuK-clutch-ki ... 2c6c25fb7a

That's interesting, are the Sachs ones OE?

[magpie]

i've had clutches with BMW on them but most e30's i've broke have had sachs clutches fitted .

[e30-EVN]

i think sachs are the ones bmw would have backed, but LUK are a shite remake

[leeparkes]

Ive heard bad things about LUK clutches too Mick.
Sachs are OEM.

[magpie]

ok you win.......

here it is



as i left it last night ^^^^




Back out ready ..............






For this .

can i get on now ?

thanks for the sound advice

[DanThe]

You know it makes sense!

[DanThe]

You know it makes sense!

[e30-EVN]

thats the way mate lol

do it once, do it properly

[magpie]

bollox !



CLICK the pic.

[e30-EVN]

picture isnt enlarging

didnt fire her up with no manifolds on ya nice white bay did ya?? i did that after a resto,, 2 weeks hard work undone in 2 mins.!!!

[magpie]

nope the fannymoulds were bolted up but i forgot about my immobilizer

it breaths .....

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canny chuffed like