Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe
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Winter is here and is so motivation to get this going! Have been slowly working on getting the motor out which I planned on today. Decided to drop the trans and motor down under the car to avoid dealing with the starter. Everything is unbolted and ready to drop except we're hung up on the steering knuckle. Kaiser will send pics of what he had to do to get his subframe out. So yeah until next weekend...
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I'll have to remember to take that photo. But in the mean time this should be your new sig
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Pics or it didn't happen. Here's the linkage Chris.
You should be able to figure out how I took them apart
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It probably doesn't help too much because I don't have a rubber steering dampener thing. Just aluminum sleeves
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It probably doesn't help too much because I don't have a rubber steering dampener thing. Just aluminum sleeves
unfortunetly this was true. The rubber flex disc had crimped studs going through it. Ended up undoing the slip joint under the kneel panel and pulled it out.
So we dropped the subframe, pulled that, then dropped the motor on the floor. Raised the car up as high as the 3ton jack went and slid the motor out from underneath with just enough clearance.
Discconnected the trans and removed the clutch and flywheel. I've never mounted a engine on a stand before but the stock bell housing bolts weren't long enough to fit through the mounts unless I have it set up wrong. Suggestions?
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I went and bought some bolts from Ace that matched the thread pitch of the trans bolts and used those. Make sure they are rated accordingly
Edit. I was able to use 2 of my existing bolts (maybe because 24v)
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I went and bought some bolts from Ace that matched the thread pitch of the trans bolts and used those. Make sure they are rated accordingly
Edit. I was able to use 2 of my existing bolts (maybe because 24v)
That's the plan tomorrow. Working split shifts all week so I'll be at the shop most likely tearing things apart.
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I went and bought some bolts from Ace that matched the thread pitch of the trans bolts and used those. Make sure they are rated accordingly [emoji6]
Edit. I was able to use 2 of my existing bolts (maybe because 24v)
This is what I did as well. Nice work Chris!
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Bought some M8/M10/M12 bolts from the hardware store and got this mounted up. I guess too long on the length but just ran the through and it all worked out. Matt and I then started picking parts off.
Removed the head to find the intake valve had broke in cyl 3 as guessed.
Still in there! Basically a hole through the center of the piston.
Plan from here on out is to start parts shopping/planning a budget to see how extensive the build could be. Gonna strip all the accessories/parts off the junk motor to get things cleaned up and powder coated while we wait on the new motor.
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Wow! That's pretty awesome!
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Update time!
So I'm taking a job for the summer where I'll be out of state and so we decided instead of rebuilding the car as planed that we would just put the new motor in and get the car driving instead of sitting in the shop till next winter.
Picked up the motor Monday afternoon and we installed it last night. Bought the motor and trans from Jdesign's vert with ~140k. It's really clean but of course leaks a little oil like any m20.
It was an all night affair getting the motor in as I wasn't organized as we changed directions of the build plan 180*, mostly just had to find/remember what hardware went where. Ended up doing the reverse of how we removed the old motor: slid motor/trans under, lifted, then installed front sub frame.
A big thanks to Jason for getting the motor to us earlier than planned and being a huge help on installing the motor too.
The car cranks but no fuel at the moment, fuel pump isn't priming so next step is to diagnose that. Matt ordered a csb and garagistic 80a rear subframe bushings as the only other maintenance items needed.
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So it will be at the e30 picnic?
That's the goal! I probably won't be there though.
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WHAT ABOUT CARS AND COFFEE!?!?!?!?
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It's looks just like the M20 that I pulled out of my 325 when I got it! I know that update was awhile ago, but guess who didn't see it until now.
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WHAT ABOUT CARS AND COFFEE!?!?!?!?
I've been going every week Patrick! Sadly I'll miss all the lake mills though.
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