Peoples engine bays

[penton08]

JMC, The s50 is great and I am glad i done it, but the m52 is as quick in the real world and for a track car it is better engine IMO. Lighter, and if it does go pop it is a couple of hundred pound for another engine.

Cool. I take it youre talking a fully stripped E30 with a worked on M52 against a fully larded up E30 with an S50?

I can understand the M52 making a better track car for the weight and price reasons etc, and I'm seriously thinking about it, but I'm thinking I'm gunna miss the grunt (and noise) that the S50 has, plus the sheer driveability in every gear.

The s50'd turd was as lardy as they come Tech 2 kit, leatherzz, ICE, The lot!! and yes the track car is stripped bare with some engine fiddling.

The S50 wins hands down for looks, kudos and at anything over 100 MPH. A good mildly modded M52 wont feel slow mate, Danthe was actually quicker (only just) up the 1/4 mile with a m52 than my s50 both in full road trim.

[jmc330i]

So was my S50 - still fun though

I guess off the line, the M52 will be quicker with less mass to get moving and no dual mass flywheel to get spinning! I never did get rid of the DMF on my S50...

[verde]

In bmx we have a saying called being chandlered. Where you do a trick and someone comes behind you and does it better....iv been chandlered on this thread. So many beautiful engine bays up! I need to get to work

[blackE30indy]

Before


After
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Nearly done

[leeparkes]

before...




After...






Looks pretty much the same now apart from a RD strut brace and 4 pot loom cover,
oh and the guts of the engine are totally different too.

[Kedge]

@ Indy, you not running heat shields on the exhaust manifold?

[blackE30indy]

Yea will be mate,still fabricating them

[Kedge]

Was gonna say, that might get a tad warm

[blackE30indy]

Definatly would need a heat shield or some sort of
Protection,as it does get hot under there with a turbo

[bhups]

Dont think got a before but here is the after.

After:

[Grrrmachine]

For those who've painted rocker covers and intake manifolds, what sort of paint did you use? Was normal automotive paint alright, or is this some sort of high-temp enamel?

And hi-build primer, or paint straight on metal?

And my before:



and after:

[verde]

Hi temp engine paint, painted straight to metal.

As i said above il make a guide once i get more paint cos im redoing it all

[goosiegander]

Still loads to do in my bay but its a hell of a lot better than it was!

Credit to Penton for hosing off the worst of it...

[Cloggy Saint]

Before


After

[leeparkes]

For those who've painted rocker covers and intake manifolds, what sort of paint did you use? Was normal automotive paint alright, or is this some sort of high-temp enamel?

And hi-build primer, or paint straight on metal?

I used Hammerite (aerosol) over 3 years on and it still looks new.

[Ajsingh]

Before (2.0i):


After a proper clean:


And now, a rebuilt 2.7 engine: (the air filter has gone!)

[Emm3]

Mine just finished

[goldysingh]

Before (2.0i):


After a proper clean:


And now, a rebuilt 2.7 engine: (the air filter has gone!)

Very nice, what colour is the rocker cover and inlet manifold painted?

[Ajsingh]

Alright Goldy, the paint colour is Delphin Grey, to match the car

[goldysingh]

Alright Goldy, the paint colour is Delphin Grey, to match the car

Nice, I think I will end up doing mine like that.
It does look tidy.

[verde]

I wanted to colour match too but cant find colour matched heat proof paint?

[Rav335uk]

Mine.

[verde]

a 3.5! what the fuck is that thing! 5 series lump? e34?

[suchy]

a 3.5! what the **** is that thing! 5 series lump? e34?

Trying...hard...to...resist...the...obvious...

[snakebrain]

a 3.5! what the **** is that thing! 5 series lump? e34?

I believe it came from a Royal Navy destroyer that was being decommissioned. If you look in his cabin you'll see where you shovel the coal in.

(It's an M30B35 from an E24/E28/E34.)

[snakebrain]

a 3.5! what the **** is that thing! 5 series lump? e34?

Trying...hard...to...resist...the...obvious...

Did the hard work for you!

[Rav335uk]

a 3.5! what the **** is that thing! 5 series lump? e34?

Trying...hard...to...resist...the...obvious...

LOL

Young man, it's from an E35 535i

[mabz]

heres one of my old ones

[Ajsingh]

Alright Goldy, the paint colour is Delphin Grey, to match the car

Nice, I think I will end up doing mine like that.
It does look tidy.

Dips at Custom Cars. He did the inlet and rocker cover work and it cannot be faulted. Give him a shout!

[Phill172]

Not the cleanest but it does the job for me, its a pain in the arse even keeping it this clean..

[Cloggy Saint]

I wanted to colour match too but cant find colour matched heat proof paint?

It really doesn't need to be heat proof paint, regular paint will withstand engine bay temperatures.

[Demlotcrew]

Some of my turd. (no before photos sadly).

[kieran325]

I've removed the strut brace since -

[goldysingh]

Alright Goldy, the paint colour is Delphin Grey, to match the car

Nice, I think I will end up doing mine like that.
It does look tidy.

Dips at Custom Cars. He did the inlet and rocker cover work and it cannot be faulted. Give him a shout!

I might do, he is refurbishing my 17" and 18" azev a's at the moment so I might just give him the rocker cover and inlet manifold too.

I've seen his work, top notch.

[verde]

I wanted to colour match too but cant find colour matched heat proof paint?

It really doesn't need to be heat proof paint, regular paint will withstand engine bay temperatures.

Really!? Aww excellent. Its way cheper and more colours available. Thanks.