M52 b30 stroker rebuild back on the road

[petchy]

Looking good mick!!

[bigredbmw]

wheels looking good micheal ............

[Dezzy]

You changed the pump yet mate?

[magpie]

not yet Dez,been busy getting the touring ready for the bridge .

i'll get it fitted sometime next week when i have more time

[Alpina99]

Again, looking good Mick,
1 question, you say you're loving the ride height at the front and being able to get a trolley jack on the lollypop mount without lifting the car up by the wing and kicking the jack under blind etc,
What drop is it ??

[magpie]

they are m-tech 6-pot springs Nigel so it's a -15 mm drop .

seeing as the sump is the lowest part i'd like to keep it out the way of speed bumps

[Alpina99]

Cheers,

[magpie]

FULL engine service yesterday .

some castrol gloop ,oil filter,K&N cleaner/charger and a 318is fuel filter [£15 for a bloody fuel filter ]



some super 4's



the air filter was minging so i'm glad that i got round to cleaning it,i actually cleaned it twice and forgot to clean the kitchen sink after which was soon drawn to my attention

before


after a jolly good clean [twice]



and fully charged [with intent to beat 14.62 down the strip @ pod]



nice

[DanThe]

Looks quicker already that does mate

[Dezzy]

10 bhp increase for sure after all that graft mate

[magpie]

i'm hoping for "at least 20 bhp more"

[Alex]

Looking superb as always

[spook]

All coming together nicely now Mick


Yer fackin northern coont

[magpie]

Yer fackin northern coont

[magpie]

updated next page

[magpie]

been busy with this again today as i noticed a slight oil leak and after changing a manky looking rocker cover gasket i found the real culprit to be the oil filter housing gasket.

a new one was only £5 from BMW and a new aux belt £15 from local car factors + £11.50 for red coolant.along with these parts i fitted another p/s pump and an a/c rad and 16" pusher fan.

the upper rad and fan combo has been good but bigger is better .....



just needs a good clean and wax then it's all ready for pod this weekend .

[magpie]

the car is now sorned and will return in the spring with m52 2.8 power .

as much as i like the m50 i've ran out of things to do to the car so fook it i'm going for it.

i've got my hands on an m52 from a 728i so i'll need a few parts like an e36 m52 loom and a DanThe ews delete mapped ecu for the m50 inlet manifold i think i'll need some new p/s pipes from Dan to work with the p/s pump ,i'll be wanting an e36 box and a long diff ratio unless i can find a 100% guaranteed good 318is box with no crunchy gears or whines then i won't need to buy another Diff .


does it ever end

first step is extract m52 from e38 auto

[leeparkes]

Im suprised its took you this long Mick.

[magpie]

i stumbled across an m52 for very little money Lee

[DanThe]

Hoorah!

[leeparkes]

Good luck with it.

[BATTS91]

My rad looks like the top rad in you pic . Whats the bigger one from then mick ?

I wish i went m52 aswel have done for a while .

[magpie]

the bigger rad is from an e36 with a/c fitted,if your thinking of getting one make sure it has a fan switch fitted or at least has the brass screw recess for one to fit in.
i bought one from an e36 ti that didn't take a fan switch but was the same size rad

i've just offloaded that fooker on ebay and made a fiver profit

[BATTS91]

Yeah my current one has s brass plug me thinks . The bottle looks rough and it could do with a general clean . I did get one similar to the e36 a/c one you have there but i think its from an e34 ,at the time it wouldnt fit cant remember why tho lol

Cheeky ! I relisted the possible e34 one ,three times still no avail

[petchy]

It is going to be a long cold winter for you! But worth it I'm sure!

[magpie]

that m52 is only a twin vanos [tu?] so i won't be using it . Dan doesn't do looms for these donks .

ho hum

[E30BeemerLad]

Bummer mate. You'll appreciate the extra zing of the M52 though

[Alex]

Santa pod 2014 ? M54

If you want a hand with passing tools etc let me know Mick

Too much free time with this college Mallarky never there

[magpie]

i'm not using the tu donk though alex .i don't think i can use it ?

the single vanos m52 is the one everyone uses so i'll be looking for one of them aatached to a cheap shitter

[Alex]

wont take you long to find one

[magpie]

Bummer mate. You'll appreciate the extra zing of the M52 though

i owe you at least one ass kicking at york next year

[craggsyE30]

so its started mick i didnt even notice this post.

[magpie]

yeah it's started again lol. i need to get rid of some jap scrap to make room for an e36 turd

[Jimbob]

You know it makes sense mate

[E30BeemerLad]

Bummer mate. You'll appreciate the extra zing of the M52 though

i owe you at least one ass kicking at york next year

If I'm having to run the wife's Golf then you'll kick my arse.

If the drag car is done, then no chance mate, although I'll probably be killed first time out in it