Pels Machine

[Tondeur]

Ok so about 8 months ago i got a call!

Tone i`ve bought a motor...
E30 bit of a fixer upper but somthing i can play with on the week ends.

Now pel won`t mind me saying this, but he`s hardly mechanicly minded and my bestest friend he knows he can come to me for anything he needs afetr all he did drive from portsmouth to the other side of belgium to rescue me.

That kinda guy.

So i met up with him one saturday morning to go see this new project. well it drove is all i can say really. clearly the 318 had been owned by a youngster with a sense of humour.

We dragged it back to my yard and over time started ironing out the creases in the body work whilst we/he decided what the outcome was to be for his new toy.

i must say i`ve been a mechanic for nearly 20 years and built the odd weapon in my time. so when he mentioned the m50 transplant my pc took a hammering and the research began.

He is a member of this forum and pointed me to this site (which is fab by the way)

and so the story begins...

plenty of pics silly jokes and pratting around to follow

Tondeur

[Tondeur]

I can`t find an image of when he first got it but this is after we had sorted the bodywork!



with the baby 1800 in

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Scuttle nearside front wing floor pan boot lid nearside rear quater
all rebuilt and primed up

Tondeur

[Tondeur]

After much research and discussion road legal weekend track car was the conclusion.

M50 non vanos steel block turbo`d.

Do it once do it right.
So pel sourced an engine and box.


I sourced the M5 mounts E34 sump, gasket. we were ready to begin.


Bay stripped

[Tondeur]

Right so the plan get it in mods made and up and running.
strip clean paint and rebuild.

I should proberly mention there are three of us doing this transplant but Bert is mainly there for morel support

Steady



Gutless

Tondeur

[Tondeur]

With the engine out a quick scout at the condition of the rack and cross member ect and it was to work on the m50.

E34 oil pick up and sump with new steel gasket fitted. it was time to jack her up.

A bit grubby this time going in. we`ll give her a splash of brute after paint

Operator aka PEL


Ta daa




She`s in and looks great!

Tondeur

[spook]

Excellent stuff dude, great pics of mucho council activity.

Watch out for Bert though, he is a proper crafty coont i can tell.

[magpie]

great build,looking forward to your progress .

that Bert looks a right lazy coont!

[Tondeur]

Thanks chaps

There is somthing very satisfying in turning an old dog into a weapon, as most of you i see will know.

Next on the list is
fit new clutch slave cylinder (sorted)
position gear linkage (Sorted)
prop with new center bearing (sorted)
g/box mount (sorted)
Wiring(need diagram) (Sorted)
Rad and coolent hoses (Sorted)
turbo manifold build/buy pending opinions in the turbo section...
T4 bearings need replacing
exhaust

lots of testing

[Tondeur]

Oh might want to sort some brakes out before the testing

Tondeur

[Das_BMW_E30]

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/index.php/M5x_Looms

[Tondeur]

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/index.php/M5x_Looms

Legend cheers chap

Tondeur

[pel]

As with everything else Tony your the man to see about the brakes with your contacts, lucky for me LOL.

[Tondeur]

about time you showed your face boss

[pel]

Sorry mate been busy with the kids as always ill get over one evening this week and we'll crack on with the old girl.

[Tondeur]

Sorry mate been busy with the kids as always ill get over one evening this week and we'll crack on with the old girl.

No worries mate me and the girls have been building a solar powered swimming pool heaters everythings black lol

[pel]

Well ill say this mate you do know how to show the girls a good time lol.

[Tondeur]

You know it mate you still up for one evening then mate

[pel]

yeah definitely im dying to get going on it

[Tondeur]

im free every evening but if you let me know which one ill knock off a bit early cheif

Smoke break, you online tonight?

[pel]

no problem mate ill get online tonight and we'll sort it out.

[leeparkes]

Great project lads.

Keep the pics coming...

[Tondeur]

slow progress this week as we both have young families
E36 slave cylinder fitted and E30 1.8 gearbox mount fitted up with E36 rubbers.

I have my doubts about the clutch arm so i want to get the clutch bled up this weekend to test it or it will have to be replaced when we strip it for paint.

also need to modify the gear linkage as the e36 one is to short. might work with the e30 fixing on the end we`ll see.

also need to order a new centre bearing as the original one is shot.

Tondeur

[Tondeur]

Up early this morning with the bug

Managed to complete the gear-linkage buy combining the m40 and m50 linkage.

Also got alot of the m40 wiring loom out and preped.

Anyone got a solution for the top heater matrix pipe/hose only 2mm away from the inlet manifold. i might just loop it and not connect the heater matrix up till i put the turbo inlet manifold on.

I also managed to pick up a new mig welder and an oxy/ acetylene set up this week so i can start fabricating bits again.

Tondeur

[Tondeur]

Big day tomorrow, if things go half well we should have the new heart running(with out exhaust manifold).

Still a benchmark in the project.
Cameras charged and ready to go.

Look in tomorrow!

Tondeur

[Tondeur]

IT`S ALIVE!!!
Last night pel came round and we did the wiring coolent hoses and a bit of tinkering. would turn over lovely and fire on easy start but no go.

multi meter came out and no live to the fuel pump!
bridged the fuel pump relay and got squirted in the face with fuel.

still no go

everything was operational except no earth pulse to the injectors.

Time was ticking on and pels off on holiday today so we called it a night.

6 am this morning i sat bolt upright in bed (IMMOBILISER!!)

Dressed Tea and back down the garage wire cutters in one hand cigerette in the other i chopped the imobiliser out.

Turned the key to test for live and buzz of the pump and she fired straight up. sweet

Not sure my naibours will have appreciated the sound of a striaght six with no exhaust manifold at 7:25 AM!

Who cares its running lol

Tondeur

[leeparkes]

[Tondeur]

just had another hour down the garage
got all the wiring tidy`d up and old loom out.
Throttle cable fitted.
Aload of the bs wiring in the cab cut out(old stereo wires and carp)
Not sure if we are going to fit a temp cone to replace the air box on testing or if i should cut the mount away and use the E36 air box.

Running very nicley albeit a bit loud with no manifold!

Tondeur

[Tondeur]

Yet another morning no sleepy so i trotted off down the garage again with a brew.
Mount cut out and air box in steering all back togethe,
just need a prop brake servo and manifold.

until these are sourced i don`t think there is anything else i can do!

Tondeur

[Tondeur]

Havent Posted in a while due to pel being away.
Still i could`nt leave the car alone.
Very nearly finished now just need the brake servo and a turbo manifold.

Ill write somer update info tomorrow with some recent piccies

Tondeur

[BATTS91]

Turbo manifold ???? did i miss somthing here lol been watchin this space lol

[Tondeur]

Turbo manifold ???? did i miss somthing here lol been watchin this space lol

MMM maybe chap i have a 4x4 cosworth turbo (t3) which has been sat in my garage for years. in the middle of stripping and rebuilding it at the moment the idea is to put the turbo on and fabricate to that and have it runn9ing no boost for testing then when we strip to paint the shell we`ll finish off the mods ect to wind her up.

this will save me fabbing 2 exhuast systems for one car.

Been a massivly busy few weeks for me as i have just bought the house next door which will give me the land to build the workshop i`ve always needed.
with anyluck that will complete today so i can focus my attension back to real important matter like E30`s

Tondeur

[pel]

Yeah i had a week away and came back to this!!!

Tondeur your a legend.

[pel]

Close up.

[BATTS91]

If you need anything info on turboing these monster engines i dont know if you do but Gunni is the man to speak to .looking good with airbox guys

p.s if your leaving ecu wireing it just about reaches to the glovebox ;) not that mines still cable tied in mine when i said to myself months ago id rewire it ha

[pel]

lol don't knock the cable ties they were all over the car when we stripped it.