87 535is - getting started
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Correct ... Intake will probably take a bit of gasket to enlarge the ports a bit. The exhaust will be gasket matched.
Newer cars have come a long way and a lot of the joints between the intake manifolds and the head are very close to the same size (matched) but .... back in the day they were not.. so there is one side that is smaller than the other making a ridge ... This ridge between the two is bad.
Porting = taking material away to create a better/increased flowing port (some of this will be done on my head)
Port matching = matching the ports or holes in the intake manifold and head as well as exhaust header and head (this is the main thing being done on my head)
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