E39 Project

[REKIII]

I was up by the car Friday.  Unfortunately I had to do a bunch of work to my beater truck, so I only had limited time on the M.

I did get to look at mounting options for the lifter air tank and pump.  If I cut the divider out between the battery box and M-mobility well, I can drop the tank assembly in and have it live completely below the floor of the trunk.....completely hidden!!  Then I think the battery will go in the left side of the trunk where the CD changer is now.

I removed the entire windshield washer system.  No need anymore.  Wife was pissed about that....not sure why, but she had a fit when I told her that.

We discussed the final mock-up of the headers.  They are extremely tight.  The builder said these are easily the most difficult headers he will ever create, and not by just a little either, as he says.

The charge pipes are changing again, they will be difficult to say the least.

I'll see if I can get a pic or 2 uploaded soon.

[REKIII]

Here is a pic of the manifold Mock-up

[I love my E39]

This thread makes me just want to go trade in my e39 for a e60 m5 making my car feel so slow. 2 more years...sigh

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[REKIII]

When you make the trade what will you do with your user name?

[I love my E39]

Good point!!! Now im stuck with an e39 thanks rekIII

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[alexw]

Awesome.

Earl, you're slacking on THE man comments.

[andyhundley]

alexw said:

Awesome.

Earl, you're slacking on THE man comments.

Earl has been slacking on everything lately!

[REKIII]

Some progress:

[Rowleym]

gnarly gnarly gnarly!

[Earl]

Robert, you are THE man=)

[DrLeadFoot]

This gets me going!

[B C]

glad to see another update. Building a manifold would be a heck of a puzzle, but very rewarding if my small task of designing a downpipe and exhaust system is any indication.

[REKIII]

Sad realization Friday.  The car will not be ready for my June 7th drive to Timmayfest.  Unless I find something else the wife and I will be tending the BMW/Merc meet in an SRT8 Jeep.  The humility.

[REKIII]

Forgot to update. I visited the car last weekend.  Didn't do anything but take some measurements for the air tank mounting and the battery placement, but it still makes me grin every time I see it.

[Andrew]

This car is ridiculous.  Not sure how I missed this thread, but I just read the whole thing.  Can't wait to see it finished!

[REKIII]

Not too much to update lately, but I'm a few steps closer to inadvertantly developing a plug and play ECU for the E39/E46 chassis.  Been working with electronic suppliers ans board builders to come up with something that is pretty cool.  I'll have pics when I have something together.

[B C]

For an S62 swap im assuming? 

Very cool!

[REKIII]

No reason to swap an S62 into my car.  I already have one.  The e46 uses the same basic ECU as the e39, that is why the plug and play could be an option there.

[B C]

I see why you thought i meant s62 swapping your car. Hahah i know what you mean now. That would be a big hit

[Rowleym]

REKIII said:

No reason to swap an S62 into my car.  I already have one.  The e46 uses the same basic ECU as the e39, that is why the plug and play could be an option there.

It would be rather handy if you came up with a solution within the next month I have an entire turbo kit ready to be installed on my brothers e46. We were going to take a shot at stock DME tuning.