so then what to do with it, originally i didnt know, go euro or tech 2 kitted, after some head scratching i went tech 2, so stripped it down to the shell, it was very very clean so only needed very minor rust repairs, and it got a full respray in 05' along with replacing every bushing shocks, springs, brakes ect, all new stuff went in,
it engine had 102000 on it and pulled like a train but had no history, so i just monded it and serviced it every 4-5000 miles, it developed the deadly chain rattle at the start of this summer with 204,000 on the clock, and i replaced the tensioner, but it was only a temp fix and the chain and guides were worn, ond one day coming home from work it smashed the top guide on start up! so that was that, rebuild the M42 or conversion time,
i looked into the prices of rebuilding it, (I had a set of s50ITB's that were modified to fit the 318IS head) and to get full use of those id need to build it upto 2.1 alot of work and money to produce maybe 220BHP, cost outweighd the benefits,
So i Bought an S50b30 engine, box, ecu, all ancillary's needed from the donor car to do the conversion and its currently up in AC cars getting done by Dicko a genius at these conversions, hopefully soon enough ill have it back done and dusted:D
Progress so far:
Old Engine Coming out,
Dicko Hard at work:D
The Car is Filthy, ill have to keep it off building sites after this:o
Old Exhaust system off
DIY Rad pipe fixing,
(This is what happens when engine mounts let go)
My own subfame was badly cracked seems to be a problem with 4 pots, so I Got another front Subframe from a 6cylinder car and dicko set about re-enforcing it, as when a 1.8 can pull engine mounting points thru a subframe imagine what a 3.0l could do:eek:
New Brake Servo, smaller dual diaphram unit from a Renault Clio, smaller in size but will have good pedal feel, the servo also needs to be moved to the left on the bulkhead to clear it inlet plenum on the s50
Making the re-enforcing plates for the subframe
The Power steering mounts only come with 3 spot welds on them from the factory, so Dicko decided to seam weld them all around
Old Engine mounting points on the original subframe:eek:
All Brackets and fixing that were no longer needed were removed sanded and in primer waiting a lick of paint
Subframe finished awaiting some paint:D
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Keiran recons its down to 4 pot Vibrations as he's seen the same with another IS and an M3 whereas the 6 pot subframes were fine, 
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