So thats the plan, Fit the S50 in a manner that appears it was always meant to be there but to also preserve the car so it can be returned to S14 power should i sell it on and the new owner wish to remove 100bhp for the sake of better handling when driven at the limit on a track. Im also hoping to show more detail of what is done to fit this engine to the left hand drive shell in respect of the brake servo/plenum clearance or lack of and the possibility of using the S50 manifold without giving huge wads of cash away to BTB.
Heres the victim
and one with the doner above
The doner is Busters old sport which some people thought i would restore but Andy was quite honest that the shell was tatty and it really is, Andyboy spent a short time at my unit recently stunned at the state of the shell particularly since he had had a high speed passenger ride in it at a track day.
Prep work has been done on the bay to take the engine which included new radiator mounts for the S50 rad, relocating the earth points to the o/s chassis leg and removing the airbox bracket and coil mount as these are no longer needed although can be reinstated easily enough. A little de rustifying and some fresh paint and its now ready for the lump. I have some fresh sound insulation for the bulkhead and the loom needs re-wrapping but all in good time.
took the oportunity to weld up the many holes in the inner wing from multiple alarm systems and put in some proper gromits for the screws on the existing alarm, much better than screwing straight into the inner wing.
Anyhow, onto the engine, i thought that once the bay was sorted i could get the engine straight in and then start refining the little bits and pieces but after removing it i found it had been weeping oil from between the block and head at the rear so its off with the head and on with a new gasket, sounds simple doesnt it! Ive got as far as removing the engine loom and rocker cover and eventually the vanos after deciding to ignore just about every bit of info i could find on the net which said you need special tools to do so. I had a little help from a friend who is a technician for porsche and once we figured it out it was quite simple, the system itself is straightforward once you get your head around it and i may go into a little more detail later when i have more pics as if you havnt seen one apart its hard to picture it as i found when i spoke to Danthe on the phone before tackling it.
Need a couple of pointers now as to whether or not i can fully remove the two following items, the first appears to be a vacuum solenoid of sorts which used to deliver vacuum around the exhaust side of the engine presumably to the air pump which has allready been removed, the second is attatched to the engine mount under the inlet manifold and has three pipes, one is blanked, one just has a little plastic elbow and the other T`s into the idle control valve pipe. I know the pipework wont be a problem as its just a case of blanking but will the disconnected electrics cause me problems?
. Any tips on pipe mods gratefully received.
dropped the shaft from the exhaust side of mine yesterday and broke the end where the seal sits, wasnt happy especially when i found out BMW dont sell them separately but quarry motors came through with a replacement, just trying not to think too hard about why they only sell them as a matched set with the vanos unit and hoping ive got lucky.
