'88 E30
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Picked it up Friday


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Its interesting the changes they made in the oil and coolant passages between the M20 and M5X/S5X cylinder heads.
The number of oil feed passages is reduced, the size of the coolant passages is reduced (this doesnt mean less cooling, just look at the pinhole they put in a stock head gasket to meter the coolant flow) and all of the passages locate near a head bolt to maintain sealing when the head lifts ever so slightly. The oil returns also have more real estate around them (inherently from the head being much wider) which allows the gasket to be designed for reduced chance of external oil leaks.
What im trying to say is, get it back together soon so we can break s'more axles
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Wow. A head.
I've never seen one before. Thanks for posting this. -
Wow. A head.
I've never seen one before. Thanks for posting this.
A somewhat douchey comment from Ben, this thread is full of firsts!
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A somewhat douchey comment from Ben, this thread is full of firsts!
probably pent up aggression over the temp gun
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KaiserRolls said:
A somewhat douchey comment from Ben, this thread is full of firsts!
probably pent up aggression over the temp gun
Just lost it rofl
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A somewhat douchey comment from Ben, this thread is full of firsts!
You never hang out with Ben, do you?
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You never hang out with Ben, do you?
You never hang out with Mitch, do you?
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KaiserRolls said:
A somewhat douchey comment from Ben, this thread is full of firsts!
You never hang out with Ben, do you?
Lol yea I have, he made this last night because I called him a lurker.
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suspenceful said:
You never hang out with Ben, do you?
You never hang out with Mitch, do you?
I am a sarcastic douche most of the time
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I'm sure the shop did this but make you look over all of the valve retainers super good. From everything I have read s50's built prior to 10/95 have retainer problems. The only reason I know this is because when I blew my motor up there were a couple ready to give out and let the valve drop.
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I'm sure the shop did this but make you look over all of the valve retainers super good. From everything I have read s50's built prior to 10/95 have retainer problems. The only reason I know this is because when I blew my motor up there were a couple ready to give out and let the valve drop.
Assuming you replaced with 96+ retainers?
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I am a sarcastic douche most of the time
You and I would get along just fine.
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You and I would get along just fine.
He says after bashing me for it

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He says after bashing me for it

No bashing here, just correcting him

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did some VIN decoder stuff.
I have pre 10/95 build date.
new retainers have been ordered.
figure do it once and do it right so I dont have to worry about it
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No updates in a month, nice. I haven't done anything to it yet. Retainers showed up. Still haven't ordered anything else, nice
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nice
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