87 535is - getting started
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Perfect birthday gift to yourself! This thread has plenty of potential. I love the look of those tails as well
Tails? What!
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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!
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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.
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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
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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.
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It wouldn't require more fuel, it would be using the standard quantity of fuel more efficiently so no changes there, timing tables could likely be advanced everywhere from the conservative factory values except for around a particular 3000-4500 rpm range where BMW SOHC engines can be prone to knock.
merl, do you ever attend the Concours BMW car show? You should consider entering your car, I think it would be a huge hit
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