Some hot bodies!

General E30 related discussions -
Please put technical questions in E30 Tech Help forum below

Moderator: martauto

maggspower
Turbo Farmer Tractor Driver
Posts: 2376
Joined: Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Nowhere near South Wales, ok butt

Post Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:39 am

Sorry no bare flesh here :D

Been doing some work for a customer, some of you may have seen the m30 cylinder head rebuild in the m30 section. The customer asked for some blast cleaning to be done on the engine aluminium parts. Sadly no before shots on these.

Image

Image

The media used was soda, to remove all the caked in cr4p/oil/gunk, followed by a go over with glass beads, which is what gives it the nice sheen.

Heres the hot bodies as promised :D

Before

Image

Image

And after

Image

Image

Image

Image

This was just done using soda only, it has a gentle action against aluminium and does not damage it, yet does a great job of removing the ingrained oil, and film. It is soluble so can be washed off and will not damage bearings or machined surfaces.
Top
Duke137
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 7207
Joined: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:00 pm

Post Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:49 am

Great work mate, Kedge on here can get soda blasting done too, those parts look great!

Got a link to thread who they are for so I can have a nosey? I don't normally venture into the nautical section of the forum :)
How do you pronounce 'either'? I say 'either', but some say 'either'. Either is correct.
Top
maggspower
Turbo Farmer Tractor Driver
Posts: 2376
Joined: Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Nowhere near South Wales, ok butt

Post Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:57 am

Here is the link to the head work;

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=227677

I'm sure you understand about client confidentiality, not many people want others to know they are m30 powered, would you? :D

Hoist the main sail!!!
Top
steve_k
E30 Zone Team Member
E30 Zone Team Member
Posts: 8044
Joined: Fri May 23, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: in the vale of mansfield

Post Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:17 am

byron, the ITB's look good :cool:

care to share what size, make etc the throttle bodies are??

there seems ti be a bit of interest in them of late.
if it's got t*ts or wheels it's bound to be trouble...............prove me wrong.
getting oral sex off an ugly person is like rock climbing.....don't look down ;)
Top
maggspower
Turbo Farmer Tractor Driver
Posts: 2376
Joined: Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Nowhere near South Wales, ok butt

Post Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:33 am

steve_k wrote:byron, the ITB's look good :cool:

care to share what size, make etc the throttle bodies are??

there seems ti be a bit of interest in them of late.
Hi Steve, the throttle bodies are OEM BMW :D

They are off the m88 engine, as for size, BIG, about 45mm. But bare in mind they are going on an m30.

I have stayed away from the current m20 throttle bodies discussion, but I may throw my 2 pence worth in :D
Top
steve_k
E30 Zone Team Member
E30 Zone Team Member
Posts: 8044
Joined: Fri May 23, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: in the vale of mansfield

Post Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:00 pm

JWell if you know a fair bit about ITB'S & fitting, setting up on an M20 then your input would be great.

Just a shame the likes of turbo brown & geaffbob ain't on here as i'm sure they would be able to set the record straight regarding ITB'S on an M20??
if it's got t*ts or wheels it's bound to be trouble...............prove me wrong.
getting oral sex off an ugly person is like rock climbing.....don't look down ;)
Top
Rav335uk
E30 Zone Meets/Events Team
E30 Zone Meets/Events Team
Posts: 27978
Joined: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Mad mad mad

Post Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:26 pm

Got any piccies of the inside of the throttle bodies :D
Image
If you Got "Haters",Then your doing something Right!
CR24v??? Where's it all gone?? LOL
Top
maggspower
Turbo Farmer Tractor Driver
Posts: 2376
Joined: Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Nowhere near South Wales, ok butt

Post Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:52 pm

Rav335uk wrote:Got any piccies of the inside of the throttle bodies :D
Well fancy seeing you on a thread about m30s :D

Before

Image

After

Image
Top
Rav335uk
E30 Zone Meets/Events Team
E30 Zone Meets/Events Team
Posts: 27978
Joined: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Mad mad mad

Post Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:31 pm

Lovely HANDS! :mad:
Image
If you Got "Haters",Then your doing something Right!
CR24v??? Where's it all gone?? LOL
Top
Tan91
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 368
Joined: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: West London

Post Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:35 pm

Rav335uk wrote:Lovely HANDS! :mad:
LOL

looking awesome mate!
1990 - 316i LUX Coupe[/size:364a72de04]
Top

Return to “E30 BMW Chat”