BMW Sienna 2.5i build
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Congrats man!
And that's a tight timeline. I have faith though, you seem to be chugging alone smooveeely.
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Soft metal is fun to turn. It looks really nice!
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🥳SOLD BMW E24 633CSI - BMW M30B32 🧪SOLD HCH ES9 - 1.3 LDA
👽BMW E30 325IC - Toyota 1JZ-GTE ⏰ HONDA EF9 CIVIC SI - JDM B18C5
☠️BMW E36 318i - Ford 5.0 FE302 🚴♂️ GT-Labomba - 26x2.75 Freeride
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Congrats man!
And that's a tight timeline. I have faith though, you seem to be chugging alone smooveeely.
Do you mean along? Instead of alone? Or bobsled?
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Ok, Canon Powershot in action!
Conveniently the fuse panel is completely connected by plugs so I could get it out of the way. Not much room in here.
A little trimming to the brake pedal bracket.
New bracket for the clutch pedal, 304 SS because that is what's in the scrap bin at work.
Pedal bracket welded on.
Slight modification to the fuse box.
Also had to remount the brake pedal switch to the other side of the pedal arm.
Installed! It looks a little low in the picture because of the angle it was taken at but feels good sitting in the seat. My wife tested it and approves!
I had a helper for a while, new oil filter housing gasket. It isn't that old but it was so easy to get at right now and I had one so why not. I thought I would put new o-rings on the plugs in back of the filter housing but this one has plugs with crush washers which is much better.
After work today I will stop at the local race shop, R&S Racing in Albert Lea, to get some -3 hoses now that I know the length to get the in car plumbing finished up. I still need to figure out a cable throttle pedal.
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Awesome progress.
I laughed way too hard at the way those pedals look in a van haha
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Remote Reservoir for clutch.
-AN lines installed inside the car to the bulkhead connectors.
Trying to figure out the steering rack.
Even with the notch it's tight.
So I worked on assembling and timing the top end. I modified the vanos spline piece a while ago but needed a bolt. It is not sold separately as a BMW part so I used a modified ARP bolt. M10 x 1.5 x 60mm. I had to remove some of the under head flange and some of the head to get it to fit. I was un-fruitfully optimistic that it would just work because a 3/8" ARP bolt dropped right in and fit flush but the metric ones have bigger heads. Red loctite and torqued to Gutentite ft/lbs.
And I stalled here because I lost the 3 nuts for the intake sprocket assembly. They will be here Wednesday.
Not pictured but I also finished welding the engine mount arms. And getting a plan for the transmission support, the driveshaft placement looks excellent, which is good because we pretty much eyeballed it when installing the engine.
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Your problem solving skills are top notch, loving the updates!
How about adding a large sch 80 pipe section for the tie rod to pass through, then adding a torch cut 1/2” plate rib on top and below for reinforcement
I like that idea. I was thinking of offsetting the tie rod ends up with a block, but I looked at it last night and the end of the rack actually goes in almost 2" when at full lock and if I extended 2" before offsetting it would be too wide and hit the subframe at full lock anyway. I think boxing it like that with pipe is what i will have to do. Where there's a welder, there is a way. I just have to do some careful measuring so the tie rod won't hit the tube at any point in the suspension travel.
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Still working on the steering setup. I did some good figuring last night. It's been slow progress lately, with a 1 month old and butchering some hogs before it gets too warm for them to hang in the barn.
Funny story, my 5 year old is helping scrape the hair off and asks "can we eat the bacon today?"
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City boy checking in: cannot relate
Bacon comes from hogs, salt the belly, smoke the belly, then slice it and it's bacon. Nom nom nom!
After killing the hog you scald it in a barrel of 150ish degree water and the hair scrapes off, then gut it and hang it for a few days.
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I can totally relate. I grew up working at my grandpa's butcher shop.
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Looks right at home
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Looks like a ton of room on the sides!
There is loads more room on the sides and about the same front to back as it was in an e36. WAY easier to install exhaust manifolds than in an e36.
Radiator question. The stock Toyota radiator is thin, only 7/8" core, should I just run it because the Toyota engine was a similar horsepower so it should have enough cooling capability? The only problem I can think of is that the reduced fluid volume will not be as nice. The BMW radiator would kinda fit but I would be making custom straps to hold it and it would not be able to quick release anyway because it is under the top of the core support rather than behind it. Pros for keeping the stock radiator is that it fits perfect, and the shrouding for airflow is already designed for it. I guess the fan might just cycle more with the reduced fluid volume.
Thoughts?
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