Okay guys, as most of you know I am planning on rebuilding my engine with the rotating assembly from an M54B30. I'm hoping to start with in the next week so I figured it was build thread time.
So far I have the bottom of an M54B30 with the oil pan off sitting in my living room (hells yes for not having a woman in the house) and I'm about to order Bavauto gasket sets for the top and bottom end of my engine.
If any one has a lead on a set of S50B30 camshafts I would certainly appreciate it if you'd point me their way.
I was toying with the idea of a baby turbo, but I'm poor so that'l have to wait.
Miles I would take the leather off the seats and work the impressions out and dye them since you want to keep them leather anyway. It wouldn't hurt to try this before going the other route.
I'm broke and am spending what little cash I have available to me on school. If I can work/ sell enough parts in the next week or so to buy the gaskets, piston rings, and cooling system I think I can still have the engine built and back in the car by BFE, other wise I'll be showing up in a truck .
Went on Craigslist looking for an engine noise, couldn't find one for less than $60 and I'd have to drive 140 miles round trip to get them, went on harbor freight and got one for $60 plus s&h. Also got mad torque wrenches (1/4" & 3/8"), and an engine leveler. Borrowing a hoist from my room mate's step dad, just bought an M54B30 intake camshaft from a guy on bf.c and ordered an M50TUB25 worth of gaskets, head bolts, and a couple gallons of OEM coolant from bavauto.
Now I've got to decide if I should replace the piston rings (probably yes, but I'm poor so any good justification for not doing so would be apreciated) and if yes if I should go ahead and assume I need oversize ones or not, I want to have the engine open for as short a time as is physically possible so I want to have every thing ready to go, but obviously I can't mesure the bore until I open it up.
**** is getting incredibly real on this project and my bank account is getting incredibly empty.
Damn, is there a picture attached to the above post?, I can't see it, but there's supposed to be a pic of an upper and lower engine basket set, head bolts, and 2 gallons of fancy BMW coolant :bigpimp:
Owner's manual says the system holds 10.5 liters, mixing it 50/50 means I need 5.25 liters so I'll have 2.31 liters left over, assuming I don't spill any.
As sad as it may be, this was probably one of the parts I was most excited about in this order. You have no idea (well, some of you probably do) how annoying it is to hear "your gas door is open" 26 times a day :rofl:.
Thanks man. Engine stand gets here tomorrow, hoping to pull the engine this weekend and get it opened up so I can measure the bore and order piston rings.
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