M52 b30 stroker rebuild back on the road

Doing a minor build / restoration or an epic one, post it here

Moderator: martauto

DanThe
E30 Zone Team Member
E30 Zone Team Member
Posts: 28641
Joined: Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Staffs
Contact:

Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:36 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:
magpie wrote:
E30BeemerLad wrote:Bummer mate. You'll appreciate the extra zing of the M52 though
i owe you at least one ass kicking at york next year :D
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 :)
Best get a E46 compact bought and a 330i donk on the side quick then :D
User avatar
craggsyE30
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 261
Joined: Sun May 13, 2012 11:00 pm
Location: sunderland

Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:38 pm

haha is that by anychance the thing behind the chrome (storage) car lol
E30BeemerLad
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 16806
Joined: Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Norfolk

Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:12 pm

DanThe wrote:
Best get a E46 compact bought and a 330i donk on the side quick then :D
Apparently the drag car is a rolling chassis now, but I won't hold my breath :)
DanThe
E30 Zone Team Member
E30 Zone Team Member
Posts: 28641
Joined: Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Staffs
Contact:

Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:17 pm

Rolling chassis eh :D

Image
Alex
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 22666
Joined: Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:44 pm

DanThe wrote:Rolling chassis eh :D

Image
is that leepu and bernie :D
DanThe
E30 Zone Team Member
E30 Zone Team Member
Posts: 28641
Joined: Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Staffs
Contact:

Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:53 pm

In their younger days :)
leeparkes
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 9538
Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Black country

Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:59 pm

I though it was Rav and Dezzy. :)
Cypriotgeeza wrote:I done both my mates in my old 318is
felt so proud,even tried it with a E30 325i and got put in my place.. :o:
e30-EVN
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 3382
Joined: Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:00 pm
Location: S.Wales

Fri Oct 19, 2012 4:29 pm

about time mick hahaha.
A 2 door e30 with 8 cylinders, what could be better winkeye :D
magpie
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 28035
Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Consett,Durham.

Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:40 pm

i reckon i'll get bored with an m52 tbh .
Image
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds :)
leeparkes
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 9538
Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Black country

Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:48 pm

Keep the M50 and put a blower on it. :twisted:
Cypriotgeeza wrote:I done both my mates in my old 318is
felt so proud,even tried it with a E30 325i and got put in my place.. :o:
leeparkes
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 9538
Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Black country

Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:50 pm

Cypriotgeeza wrote:I done both my mates in my old 318is
felt so proud,even tried it with a E30 325i and got put in my place.. :o:
magpie
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 28035
Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Consett,Durham.

Sun Oct 21, 2012 11:39 pm

i've just seen what craig has spent on his :eek:


fook that!

one of these ricer srdet20 turbo things go well
Image
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds :)
magpie
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 28035
Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Consett,Durham.

Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:11 pm

after 2 months of waiting for the right car to come up for sale near me i have just bought mysel a cracking e dirty six :D

Image

it's had the block recall done with proof in the service history below .

Image
Image

Image

98k miles with full service history up to 85k then updated with other garages to 95k miles and fitted to slush box so this will no doubt be a rice pudding skin puller when mated to the 318is box i bought from zaust earlier ready for when i got a donor car which i wanted to be a low mileage auto for obvious reasons ..

i'll be using all the parts i can from the m50 conversion so this shouldn't be to painful on the deep tank lol.

driving around in this auto executive chariot was fun while it lasted but all good things must come to an end sometime :chainsaw: :twisted:
Last edited by magpie on Sat May 25, 2013 8:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Image
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds :)
Rav335uk
E30 Zone Meets/Events Team
E30 Zone Meets/Events Team
Posts: 27985
Joined: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Mad mad mad
Contact:

Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:53 pm

Oh dear.
Image
If you Got "Haters",Then your doing something Right!
CR24v??? Where's it all gone?? LOL
E30BeemerLad
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 16806
Joined: Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Norfolk

Sun Dec 02, 2012 4:01 pm

Nice one Mick :cool:
DanThe
E30 Zone Team Member
E30 Zone Team Member
Posts: 28641
Joined: Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Staffs
Contact:

Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:54 pm

Epic frag purchase Mick :D
User avatar
Rich320I
E30 Zone Camper
E30 Zone Camper
Posts: 1272
Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:00 pm
Location: Worcester

Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:25 pm

the number plate my be of interest to someone in the armed forces :D
magpie
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 28035
Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Consett,Durham.

Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:28 pm

Rich320I wrote:the number plate my be of interest to someone in the armed forces :D
i've just sold the reg plate to a fellow zoner last night :D
Image
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds :)
leeparkes
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 9538
Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Black country

Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:34 pm

:cool:
Cypriotgeeza wrote:I done both my mates in my old 318is
felt so proud,even tried it with a E30 325i and got put in my place.. :o:
magpie
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 28035
Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Consett,Durham.

Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:22 am

updates shortly,plenty of new goodies to cable tie on .. :mrgreen:
Image
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds :)
Dezzy
CR24v it's a lifestyle
Posts: 11974
Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Middlesbrough

Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:42 am

Nice! :cool:
Image
Co Founder of CR24vTM By Invitation Only. Absolutely no riff raff!!!
G-Bear
E30 Zone Squatter
E30 Zone Squatter
Posts: 1632
Joined: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Hertfordshire

Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:15 am

Good work.. Looking forward to seeing some progress on this..
magpie
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 28035
Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Consett,Durham.

Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:35 am

well here we are in march and i'm itching to get this done but it won't happen today :(

Image

more fookin SNOW! :cry:
Image
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds :)
magpie
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 28035
Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Consett,Durham.

Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:43 pm

mot day tomorrow 10.30am so i've been checking it over and finally sorted the h/brake out and swapped out the new standard rear discs for as new Black Diamond drilled and grooved efforts :D got some for the front but not fitted them yet .

Image

well all went well until i tilted the drivers seat forward and it wouldn't lock back into position..FFS, so i've been running around swapping seats with the 323i while my tea went cold :( then i had to swap the friggin seat belt clasp :mad: so glad i checked that mofo !


what happened to spring !! :?
Image
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds :)
leeparkes
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 9538
Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Black country

Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:52 pm

Good luck for tomorrow, not that it'l need it. :cool:

Is it 2.8 now?
Cypriotgeeza wrote:I done both my mates in my old 318is
felt so proud,even tried it with a E30 325i and got put in my place.. :o:
magpie
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 28035
Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Consett,Durham.

Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:57 pm

leeparkes wrote:Good luck for tomorrow, not that it'l need it. :cool:

Is it 2.8 now?
no not yet Lee,i'm taking it to york 0n the 1st of april to see what the alpina none vanos cams will do then it's m52 time straight after,i've got all the bits now for that :)
Image
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds :)
BATTS91
E30 Zone Squatter
E30 Zone Squatter
Posts: 1764
Joined: Sat May 01, 2010 11:00 pm
Location: clacton on sea essex

Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:16 pm

you have alpina cams in that badboy Mick ? Dans old ones? be interesting to see what thats like compare to m52 .
magpie
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 28035
Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Consett,Durham.

Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:54 pm

yeah they are Dan's old ones ,will be for sale soon as sadly no good for the m52 :(
Image
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds :)
BATTS91
E30 Zone Squatter
E30 Zone Squatter
Posts: 1764
Joined: Sat May 01, 2010 11:00 pm
Location: clacton on sea essex

Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:57 am

well an honest opinion between m50 with cams and m52 with inlet would be good :) . im sure Dan will turn up with his opinion soon.

I have been wanting to switch over to m52 for a while tho .somehow it does make sense lol but for the abuse it will get and possibly get quite hot on the track drifting may sway me to keep m50
magpie
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 28035
Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Consett,Durham.

Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:35 am

well after running around trying to get a seat sorted out for the mot yesterday i came downstairs this morning and my leather seat has locked into position :? and i now have a nasty dogtooth blue comfort seat in my car with one of those very fluffy 80's style seat covers on in grey :( .

no excuses not to crack on with the leather feed/conditioner i've had sitting here since end of the summer last year .
Image
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds :)
magpie
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 28035
Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Consett,Durham.

Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:30 pm

passed the mot no problem ,the mot station is half an hour away so it took an hour and a half to get home winkeye

Image

Tax up for April 1st and off to York Image
Image
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds :)
scott180gtb
E30 Zone Camper
E30 Zone Camper
Posts: 1251
Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:00 pm
Location: Yorkshire

Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:06 pm

Nice work Mick

Can you tax the car for a start date in April in March?

I'm hoping to tax the sport at the end of the month pending the mot. How do you tackle the taxing issue?

:D :D :D :D
Cars

2007 VW Caravelle 2.5 TDI 250 bhp 550 NM
1989 325i Sport Gone :(
2003 E46 320d Touring
1998 E36 M3 EVO Track Toy
1996 E36 328i Sport welder-up project
magpie
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 28035
Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Consett,Durham.

Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:23 pm

scott180gtb wrote:Nice work Mick

Can you tax the car for a start date in April in March?

I'm hoping to tax the sport at the end of the month pending the mot. How do you tackle the taxing issue?

:D :D :D :D
i'm going to ask in my post office on Monday instead of turning up on the Saturday just before 1st April and not getting anywhere .

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ght=taxing

I already asked about this one ^^^^^
Image
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds :)
magpie
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 28035
Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Consett,Durham.

Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:05 pm

one step closer :D

Image
Image
Image
Image



the top mounts on my old rear shocks were shot so i fitted some new spacca adjustables with e46 cab top mounts,feels so much better :D

Image
Image
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds :)
magpie
Old Skooler
Old Skooler
Posts: 28035
Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Consett,Durham.

Mon May 06, 2013 11:32 pm

a box of work has arrived ,m52 loom,ews delete ecu,m52 specific custom oem spec p/s pipes + me lambdas with loom suited plugs pinned back in properly .
Big thanks to the man we call Dan for that.

Image

the m50's last run will be up to the e30's 30th anniversary meet in Bonny Scotland on the 19th,that's if i can get over Hadrian's wall first .

it never ends does it


:mad:
Last edited by magpie on Sat May 25, 2013 8:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Image
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds :)
Post Reply