87 535is - getting started

[YoungCR]

merl said:

Happy freakin Birthday to me !! ... It actually is my birthday too .... 

Happy Happy birthday indeed! Is that a reproduction? or does the oem bumpers come in white?

[merl]

Spoiler is a reproduction and in primer.

I bought the bumpers from someone else that had them spayed alpine white for his car but never installed them so they are new but generally come in primer or chrome...

Both the bumpers and spoiler will be sprayed body color

[YoungCR]

Gotcha. All the oem stuff now is painted black primer.

[merl]

bumpers may have been black when originally ordered. Although they did come from BMW - South Africa so who knows... 

Just ordered another chunk of stuck from Blunttech .... I am so glad I am not keeping track on this build

[Brian.]

Excited! Looking good man. Keep it up!

[Brian.]

Also this:

[merl]

Thanks for the b-day wishes ... much appreciated.

[StewCrew]

merl said:

Happy freakin Birthday to me !! ... It actually is my birthday too .... 

Perfect birthday gift to yourself!  This thread has plenty of potential.  I love the look of those tails as well

[Brian.]

StewCrew said:

Perfect birthday gift to yourself!  This thread has plenty of potential.  I love the look of those tails as well

Tails? What!

[StewCrew]

Brian said:

Tails? What!

Referring to the picture he posted of his tails just before the one I quoted, obviously not shown here lol..

[Brian.]

Oh, derp. Yeah, I gotta shadow line my tails sometime soon. Along with my door strips and rain gutter trim. This is lookin good though Merl! I'm excited to see this at a meet.

[StewCrew]

Brian said:

Oh, derp. Yeah, I gotta shadow line my tails sometime soon. Along with my door strips and rain gutter trim. This is lookin good though Merl! I'm excited to see this at a meet.

Definitely bringing my camera for both of your cars this year.  Especially if you guys park next to each other, photos for daaayyyss!

[Brian.]

StewCrew said:

Definitely bringing my camera for both of your cars this year.  Especially if you guys park next to each other, photos for daaayyyss!

My car isn't that photo worthy, but thank you sir.

[merl]

I'm excited to see it too ... there is still a ton to do. 

Thanks all. I will update more soon.

[merl]

Ordered ... Pistons, Cam, Miller MAF+War, Cam sprocket !!! wowzers !!

[B C]

ohhh YES!  This is frickin awesome!  What company makes those pistons?  it appears that they should match the M30 combustion chamber nicely. What kind of compression increase are you getting and any idea what kind of weight savings these pistons might have over stock? Are you getting the cylinder bores honed + new rings and bearings as well? What duration/make of cam?

Lots of questions, I know, but this is super exciting stuff!  I will soon find out how much more glorious the induction sounds are with the AFM gone on my car and will report back

[merl]

These pistons (and cam, cam sprocket) are custom made by Paul Burke with Imagineering 

Compression ratio with these pistons on the M30B35 head is 10.5:1

Don't know about weight but they are forged

No boring and prob no honing as the block is a 95,000 mile block

All new rings and wrist pins. Crank bearings will be determined.

[Brian.]

How much did those pistons set you back? I want to up my compression ratio since I'm not going turbo..

[merl]

about $995 for the pistons.

[Brian.]

That's not bad at all, upped the compression that much eh? So, with upping the compression like that, do you have to do anything to the computer?