Beemerlad's M52 Chromie

[E30BeemerLad]

£173 to my door (more than the damn car cost me)

Smug of York

[ric325i]

thats a good price for those little tinkers.

i keep looking at this thread begging for more pics of progress. crack on lad.

can hardly talk like

[dazleeds]

more pics and effort pls ya lazy fecker

[Alpina99]

I'm looking to buy a Cabriolet to restore & during this, to drop in an M50,
Please keep up the thread as I'm findingb this really helpful

[E30BeemerLad]

been under the car today with a can of waxoyl, god it's messy stuff. Don't yet know if it is going to come off my hands lol, but the underside of the car looks brand new again. It wasn't bad anyway and there was still plenty of the factory sealant to be seen after I attacked it with the pressure washer a few weeks back. Went to take some pics but every damn camera in the house has flat batteries.

I ordered the wrong engine mounts (E36 instead of E34) so the donk won't be going in for a few more days yet.

[jaffro]

got mine in a running yesterday started first turn. the ews wiring was a arse but its sorted. will you be done in time for gaydon??

[E30BeemerLad]

not a chance for Gaydon, but am aiming for pod in Sept.

Still no news on the manifold i'm afraid dude

[daimlerman]

Lee,those ARB's.Can you measure and post up the length of the rear one,the part that has the two holes for the droplink,please? Just want to compare to standard....

[jaffro]

cheers lee just let me no when ya ready

[E30BeemerLad]

Lee,those ARB's.Can you measure and post up the length of the rear one,the part that has the two holes for the droplink,please? Just want to compare to standard....

I'll try to do that tonight Malcolm.

[E30BeemerLad]

OK, so I measured from the end of the ARB where the drop links mount, to the far side of the bend (using an imaginary square edge on the outside of the curve) and it's 22cm.

Does that description make sense?

[oguz327]

Good work Lee, its looking good

[daimlerman]

OK, so I measured from the end of the ARB where the drop links mount, to the far side of the bend (using an imaginary square edge on the outside of the curve) and it's 22cm.

Does that description make sense?

Bloody French ruler!! Expect you mean about eight and a half inches...now I have been under my car,I can see the difference,it did not hit me yesterday... standard bar has a second bend to slot into the droplink,do those ajustable one's come with a modified link?

[ric325i]

am aiming for pod in Sept.

i will see you there then my good man (he hopes )

we should race up the strip! i know you have had practice runs....in an auto but your m50 tourer vs my m30 tourer sounds like a battle to me

sounds liek your having fun with the ARB's

[E30BeemerLad]

OK, so I measured from the end of the ARB where the drop links mount, to the far side of the bend (using an imaginary square edge on the outside of the curve) and it's 22cm.

Does that description make sense?

Bloody French ruler!! Expect you mean about eight and a half inches...now I have been under my car,I can see the difference,it did not hit me yesterday... standard bar has a second bend to slot into the droplink,do those ajustable one's come with a modified link?

I will se3e if I can take some pics Malcolm

i am planning on using standard drop links to start with

Ric - you've got yourself a race Mr!

(subject to the turd being done in time)

[jaffro]

(subject to the turd being done in time) Confused
yours or rics lol.
ill just sit a watch as racing is not my cup of tea is your lump vanos or non??

[E30BeemerLad]

non vanos rightness

Will do rather nicely when there's a turbo hanging off the rear end of it in due course too

[E30BeemerLad]

OK Malcolm, here's a pic of the measurement of the rear bar, in old money


close up of the drop link mounting points


Front bar, standard v council dynamics


front drop link mount points


Mmmmmm, oxblood

[jaffro]

mines not far off finished now just a few bits a bobs to do. even got viscous fan in there . any news on mani

[E30BeemerLad]

I'll ring him tomorrow Carl and let you know, if he's about I may be able to pick it up tomorrow after work.

[jaffro]

ok mate dont mean to hassle ya

[ric325i]

Ric - you've got yourself a race Mr!

(subject to the turd being done in time)

thats the worry i best get cracking too

even got viscous fan in there

you only got it in there cause you aint got a rad got a rad yet! haha it should fit.

[daimlerman]

Thanks,Lee, how are you going to mount the standard rear droplink to that rear ARB? The standard item has a futher 90 degree bend,where yours has the holes...to enter the bush on the link end...looks to me like a rose-jointed link similar to the front one will be needed.

[E30BeemerLad]

i will probably hunt down a rose jointed link from someone like
http://www.fastroadandtrack.co.uk/frat/ ... ?adid=2528

[daimlerman]

Just trying to avoid an 'oh sodding hell' moment.....

[E30BeemerLad]

OK Carl, I've just spoken to the dude about the manifold.

He said he wants to keep hold of the old one just until he has finished welding mine up just so he can check mine hasn't distorted after welding etc etc.

He said he hopes to get mine welded up on Saturday and back to me, so it's gonna be early next week at the earliest I'm afraid, will let know know at the weekend if I get them back.

Sorry it's dragging on, i'd be doing my nut if my engine was in and running

Ordered my E28 M5 engine mounts today from Zimmer, should be here tomorrow, so with a bit of luck and dry weather i may have the mill fitted by the weekend.

[jaffro]

thats not a problem mate got prop a gear linkage all on a bolted up so its just a few bits to tidy up

[jaffro]

did you manage to drop your lump in at weekend mate.

[E30BeemerLad]

naah, it was way too hot to do anything

Sorry, no news on the manifold yet, I had hoped to have it back from him by now but he's avoiding me at the minute, grrr

[jaffro]

naah, it was way too hot to do anything Mad
lol to hot to cold to wet this country is crap for the weather
dont worry bout mani ive still got bits to do yet just wired my ews so i can use the immobilisor on it

[jaffro]

yipee the viscous fan does fit with my rad

[OBs]

naah, it was way too hot to do anything

Would that be the weekend just gone Lee?
As in the one where we ripped out a M40 and 'slotted' in a M50 etc?

sorry to hear of this Tony, hey maybe I will have mine working before OB's

Cheeky bugger

[jaffro]

have you got that lump in yet mate lol.

[E30BeemerLad]

Got stuck in and made a bit of progress with the swap today.

The old engine mounts were a bit of a mo-fo to get undone, one of them eventually snapped the thread, which made life easier. The gearbox mount was also a pain in the arse.

this is the lump dangling precariously before the fun started

If only i knew the grief ahead of me




and the problem I ended up with, passenger side on the mount

driver side a good inch away


will try spinning the mounts around and see if that cures the problem

[jaffro]

the look like the same arms as mine i bolted the rubber to the arm first