87 535is - getting started

[YoungCR]

snap oversteer said:

Why get an 'e' when you can get an 'i'   

/e30 humor 

Don't hating on the ETA   Liking the progress!!

[merl]

Motor completely disconnected except for the transmission. Pull the bolts on the bell housing, pull motor !! Soon !!

Still have trim work to do

Wiring

Diff

Vacuum brakes

clean engine bay

Mount gauges

new fuel lines

order radiator 

electric fan 

mount Hartge spoiler

Remove spoiler

Have bumpers and spoiler painted

and .. oh ya .. build motor. 

Uggghhh, it's still a long road. Gonna have to put some hours in.

[B C]

This is substantial work though, you are going to be so stoked driving this thing around!  The weather getting nice was definitely a big motivation for me to get my car put back together.

[merl]

Agreed ... I am enjoying every minute of working on the car. So a long road, but enjoyable.

[Brian.]

The weather rocks. I gotta do a vacuum line revamp. But that can wait. This thing's coming along nicely Merl!

[merl]

I don't care what anyone says ... getting the transmission out sucks .... a lot !!

I am going to put it in as one unit ... I will make it work. I am not going to put that transmission on after the motor is in .... Ugghhhhh

[B C]

oh definitely not. It was such a breeze to take the engine and trans out in 1 piece and re-install it as 1 piece. You can sit down and do a proper job replacing seals and things when its out of the car too. the next time I need a clutch I will be removing the engine and trans together again.

[Brian.]

merl said:

I don't care what anyone says ... getting the transmission out sucks .... a lot !!

I am going to put it in as one unit ... I will make it work. I am not going to put that transmission on after the motor is in .... Ugghhhhh

 Drop the front subframe with motor attached to trans= boom.

[merl]

Not enough clearance below the car to pull it off.

[YoungCR]

Yeah you need a 2 post lift for dropping the subframe. Can you pull an M30 and trans out in 1 piece? It was tight doing that with an M20.

[merl]

I think it would have made it ... No radiator / AC condensor or aux fan so that gives a bunch of room in the front.

[B C]

I had to remove the PS pump and radiator to get my engine out, but that was all. 

Have you ever weighed your car?

[Rowleym]

I literally attached my engine hoist to my core support and lifted it right off the subframe/engine combo. Easiest thing I've ever done.

[KaiserRolls]

Rowleym said:

I literally attached my engine hoist to my core support and lifted it right off the subframe/engine combo. Easiest thing I've ever done.

I can't imagine what your daily routine consists of

[merl]

Never weighed it ... Probably a chunk over 3000lbs ... maybe 3200ish ??

[merl]

It's OUT !! Head looks good, using some of the parts in the new head.

[Brian.]

Looks good, your head looks about as clean as mine! I have 209K miles though, haha. I take it you sourced a B35 head?

[merl]

Yep ... it is getting port matched now. 

This head has less than 100,000 on it.

[Jeff]

looking good. what is port matching i have never heard of that?

[Earl]

Jeff said:

looking good. what is port matching i have never heard of that?

It's the long way of saying porting. You smooth out the casting inside to get more flow. You can gasket match so that the ports are as large as the gasket allows, or you can take out more material and just modify the gasket.