Tech1 Sport Restoration.-Engine almost complete

[ricey46]

Just a wee upate....

I got the remaining bits and bobs off from in the engine bay, fuel filter bracket and bonnet runners, then started to get it degreased for painting, but first I removed the stickers and the last piece of sound deadning with a heat gun. Anyone know if any of the stickers are still made??

Anyway...before..
The stickers...






during...







After...













So it's better than it was, managed to get most of the way oil off, but still got the bit bellow the battery tray and the front section to do.

I think that's mostly it for the shell till it comes back, so I'll prob start to strip and clean the engine in the next week or so. Anyone know of anything good for cleaning up all of the metal parts, I think someone mentioned Alubrite before but I'm not sure???

cheers.

[bmw-mad]

Great work mate its good to see another tech 1 getting restored

keep up the good work

[jbh]

your going right to town with this Paul . when do you reckon youll have it finished ?

[blitz877]

what de-greaser have you used mate?

[320Touring]

looking good paul!

nice to see shiny metal under grease...

[oakey]

Top work mate. Brilliant. Shame your so far away, I'd love to see it finished.

[ricey46]

your going right to town with this Paul . when do you reckon youll have it finished ?

Yip I sure am, eh it'll be a while, I don't think I'll make Gaydon by a long shot, but I'll be done when It's done, not gonna rush it.

what de-greaser have you used mate?

Gunk and a couple of washing up brushes if you want, great at disolving the grime grease and waxoyl

Top work mate. Brilliant. Shame your so far away, I'd love to see it finished.

I'll be down at the Pod at some point when it's finished, or if you go to Gaydon.

[ricey46]

A bit of an update, today I went up to the garage and got stuck into the engine, started to strip it down for painting, cleaning and overhauling. first i removed the oil cooler and filter housing and exhaust manifold...





then I removed the front pulleys and belt covers...





not sure if this was a date stamp at first, but i soon noticed it must be a casting number or something as the date is on the side.lol.



Then all of the water and breather pipes came off....



After that it was such a nice day I thought I take some photos





and back to the engine...
The inlet manifold was next to be removed...




then it was off with the rocker cover for a wee peak, the car previously was ran on Castrol GTX Magnatec and the protective stuff in it is still all over the engine, thats the orangy colour, can't be a bad thing I suppose, but it doesn't look as clean as other engines.



Next up was the sump




the colour is the same down ere too....






everthing looks ok, no nasty surprises apart from the bolts for the sump being rather loose, less than hand tight, worrying, maybe that's why the sump leaked Still easy fixed



The Inlet fannymould was next to be stripped, there was a difference in colour in the ports, cylinders 3 and 4 were rather clean looking compared to the others, not sure if thats due to the shape of the manifold or a running issue.




So the injectors came out..in pieces, the rubber seals were very stiff and not doing too must imo, but they're being replaced, and I might do the M50b20 injector conversion too since they're out






And finally the throttle body off....





Ready for cleaning and painting before being rebuilt





not bad for an afternoons pottering about

[skipunda]

well done

[BMWAlpinaC2]

nice

[H35-24]

Nice job. Totally envy your weather, were I live we only have snow that instantly turns into water, back in the old days we had snow. Never get to play with my 325iX in the snow anymore

[320Touring]

top stuff paul! looks fairly sound!

m20b28

[Sanchez]

Nice work paul, you lucky with the space you've got.

Was the snowy pics today? None in Edinburgh or east lothain but its snowing now. Another monday of maybe.

fingers x

[ricey46]

top stuff paul! looks fairly sound!

m20b28

mmm I do agree on the b28, but it all depends on how much I can get the crank for

[320Touring]

top stuff paul! looks fairly sound!

m20b28

mmm I do agree on the b28, but it all depends on how much I can get the crank for

using my west coast madskillz, i'll nick u one from a car thats still running

[ricey46]

If only Steph's mum's 328i would stop running, hopefully soon!!lol

[ricey46]

Right, another little update......

whilst i'm waiting for the shell to get painted, I've decided to be completely insane and spank more cash on doing a 2.8 conversion aswell, so since I've completely lost my mind..I'll strip down the engine a bit more!

So...the lighting in the garage is pretty crap so the pics are very poor but I'll take some better ones when I next go up....here goes....

I forgot to take some pics, but the Head and gasket came off, but since I fixed the head last year I wasn't expecting too much bad here...




A bit coked up though, seems to have been running a bit rich before this...



same here...





So next up was the challenge of getting the front crank bolt off....but this was a bit of a shock as it was very lose and managed Neil and I got it lose with only a little pressure with a 1/2" bar...




So next up was the Pistons to come out, didn't manage to get many pics here, but I took some this afternoon when I got home....




Seems like I caught these in the nick of time...

P1

P2

P3

P4

P5

P6


Just...

Seems like these could do with a bit of a clean up though, and 3 and 6 had the worse scoring on the side too...

P1

P2

P3


P4

P5

P6



But hopefully these should be fine, gonna take them down to the local machine shop in Rosewell, Engine Services for the 12mm to be shaved off of the skirts Also I've picked up a set of b20 130mm con rods(Cheers Murran ) for the conversion too...So just the Crank to find!!

So I'm getting there, but I'm off my head!!!!

[Sanchez]

have you sent the shell away then Paul?

[ricey46]

Gee you replied quick, nope not yet....I'll get there

[Sanchez]

would have been quicker if my computer didnt have to resize all those pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ricey46]

True, but then you couldn't see what a mess my car is in!!

[Eddie25]

Top work. Love to see this sort of attention to detail. Will be a lovely car once complete.

[320Touring]

good stuff Paul..

Those shells do look a bit rough,eh

ah well, just more of an excuse for you to go 2.8

[ricey46]

good stuff Paul..

Those shells do look a bit rough,eh

ah well, just more of an excuse for you to go 2.8

It'll just keep the same feel of acceleration since more weight is added by fixing in the rust!!

[ricey46]

Right a wee bit of an update....

Since last updated I've changed my mind on the 2.8 front, I'm gonna keep it as the 2.5 for the mo but I'm gonna do the motronic 1.3 upgrade and maybe a couple of other things but staying mainly standard for the mo....

So at the weekend I thought I'd make a start to getting things cleaned up and I also wanted to get the crank out too so I could have a look at the shells.

So first up, out with the crank, and I even managed to get the rear oil seal casing off without having to take the block off of the stand but I wanted the sandwitch plate off so I had to take it off anyway. lol.




As for the shells these were the worst in the block...



Crank looks good too...

And these were the worst from the caps...






Getting changed anyway tho, so after about 4hours with some degreaser and a few brushes I got the sump, rear sump cover, timing covers, rocker cover, inlet manifold, engine mounting arms, alternator bracket, and a few other bits all cleaned up, but I forgot to get pics but you'll see them when they go back on.

As for the block, it also got scrubbed and a run over with a wire brush/drill attachment prior to being painted....



then a coat of "Cylinder Black", seemed quite good at the time, but could do with a few more coats.....



So thats where I'm upto at the mo, I've ordered loads of engine parts so I should maybe get building this back up by the weekend Oh and Ive had a play around with my rocker cover so we'll see how that turns out I may do the Inlet manifold the same colour too

[punk_sy]

looking goood the engine looked cleaner than all mine before you started cleaning it lol

[ricey46]

looking goood the engine looked cleaner than all mine before you started cleaning it lol

Nah that was it clean just not painted

[320Touring]

who's is that luvverly 320 beastie in the background

looking good paul, looking forward to helpin you this weekend!

[Sanchez]

who's is that luvverly 320 beastie in the background

I wonder.
Door needs a good polish to meet the whiteness of the front end!!!

Im free from 1ish on saturday if your wanting an extra pair of hands Paul, Neils got my number.

[320Touring]

who's is that luvverly 320 beastie in the background

I wonder.
Door needs a good polish to meet the whiteness of the front end!!!

Im free from 1ish on saturday if your wanting an extra pair of hands Paul, Neils got my number.

sounds good Peter!

[ricey46]

who's is that luvverly 320 beastie in the background

looking good paul, looking forward to helpin you this weekend!

Dunno, just some guy from through west, seemes to have dumped his motor next to my quality machine!!

[ricey46]

I've been playing around a little, not laqured yet though







I might do my inlet the same colour, but not sure yet

[Eddie25]

That looks stunning mate.

What paint is that? It's like a matt metal flake not seen anything like it before. Wouldn't bother with lacquer.

[ricey46]

It's Halfrauds metallic black high temp in a can, quick and easy

[jbh]

just went back through your thread Paul.. you've got the same issues as me and near enough in the same places apart from my front battery tray had had a bite at it .. looking good though cant wait to see this done.. will need to get a wee photo shoot of the 2 of them together once there done