Hey guys,
Here is my progress thread of the Rod-Storation of a '95 540i I picked up relatively cheap, non-running, on craigslist.
It's a clean little car, my intention is to have a cool cruiser that I can mod and keep on the road while I bounce around the west coast for work between Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and all surrounding areas.
The previous owner said it ran until it blew up a water pump and he disconnected the battery while replacing it. With a new battery the car didn't respond to the key. So I bypassed the EWSII by replacing the 484 DME with a 404, cutting the wire at pin 66 and splicing the leads at the EWS module.
At the same time of the DME replacment I installed a +30hp ACS copy chip.
So now I had cranking but no fire, I pulled the fuel pump to see what it looked like and discovered someone's wiring repair:
I installed an 340lph pump and fixed the wiring:
With the new pump I had crank, cough, pop, backfire and enough white smoke out of the tailpipe to block out the sun. A sign that injectors are stuck open. Pulled the injectors:
Then ordered a set of Bosch II four hole misters to replace these rusty squirt guns. The Bosch's arrived, and after looking at the OE style pintle caps I thought the four hole's in the injector tip looked a bit shrouded. So I popped them off and drilled them out:
The intake manifold was nasty so I pulled it with the intention to clean it and replace the CCV:
The mechanical fan exploded, as by evident by the marks in the radiator core. It's not leaking so I'll run it for now. But I did install a set of universal 12" electrics fans, utilizing the OE wiring and relays but with a 180 degree thermo switch.
After some research online I opt'd to find the early M60B40 manifold with the velocity stacks. I found one in the classifieds of a forum, paid for it and got it coming. It arrived only to find out the seller was mistaken about what kind of manifold it was and it turned out to be a really late B40 manifold with the M62B44 style bellmouth in the plenum, identical to what I pulled off my engine. Tired of waiting to get my top end back together I just cleaned my OE manifold, painted it and put it together:
I did snag an M62 cable throttle body without the restrictor plates on the throttle blade.
I do like to block off the Bosch IAC valves and control idle rpm via the throttle stop screw, I've done it on two other OBDI cars and it's just my preference.
A test fit of the manifold on the engine shows that my intake elbow will just barely clear. But it does! I wanted to run an elbow with a gradual bend instead of an tight corner. I will also want to make heat shields once it's all together.
When it comes time, soon, to pull the valve covers to replace gaskets they too will get sand blasted and painted black.
I actually found this spoiler on the side of the road, I think it came off a new gen civic. But I kind of dig it, adds a little batman to the car:
Other fix's/ planned mods:
The pressure power steering hose leaks badly, a new one is on order.
All of the exhaust hardware is either broke, rusted or missing. My plans are to run high flow cats as the mufflers, connect the banks with an H-pipe, turn the pipes out to the side and run straight 2.5" pipe down the sills as "sidepipes" with a kickout before the rear wheels.
I do have a set of 18" M-parallel wheels that came with the car, but the chrome is pitted and pealing/chipping. I will gradually restore those wheels, sand blast and re-chrome then new tires. But that's a long term project as I wear the rubber out on the 15"s already mounted.
I also have a pair of sport side mirrors to install.
Then, knowing me I will install lowering coils.
Stay tuned, more will be posted. Cheers -Mykk
Here is my progress thread of the Rod-Storation of a '95 540i I picked up relatively cheap, non-running, on craigslist.
It's a clean little car, my intention is to have a cool cruiser that I can mod and keep on the road while I bounce around the west coast for work between Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and all surrounding areas.
The previous owner said it ran until it blew up a water pump and he disconnected the battery while replacing it. With a new battery the car didn't respond to the key. So I bypassed the EWSII by replacing the 484 DME with a 404, cutting the wire at pin 66 and splicing the leads at the EWS module.
At the same time of the DME replacment I installed a +30hp ACS copy chip.
So now I had cranking but no fire, I pulled the fuel pump to see what it looked like and discovered someone's wiring repair:
I installed an 340lph pump and fixed the wiring:
With the new pump I had crank, cough, pop, backfire and enough white smoke out of the tailpipe to block out the sun. A sign that injectors are stuck open. Pulled the injectors:
Then ordered a set of Bosch II four hole misters to replace these rusty squirt guns. The Bosch's arrived, and after looking at the OE style pintle caps I thought the four hole's in the injector tip looked a bit shrouded. So I popped them off and drilled them out:
The intake manifold was nasty so I pulled it with the intention to clean it and replace the CCV:
The mechanical fan exploded, as by evident by the marks in the radiator core. It's not leaking so I'll run it for now. But I did install a set of universal 12" electrics fans, utilizing the OE wiring and relays but with a 180 degree thermo switch.
After some research online I opt'd to find the early M60B40 manifold with the velocity stacks. I found one in the classifieds of a forum, paid for it and got it coming. It arrived only to find out the seller was mistaken about what kind of manifold it was and it turned out to be a really late B40 manifold with the M62B44 style bellmouth in the plenum, identical to what I pulled off my engine. Tired of waiting to get my top end back together I just cleaned my OE manifold, painted it and put it together:
I did snag an M62 cable throttle body without the restrictor plates on the throttle blade.
I do like to block off the Bosch IAC valves and control idle rpm via the throttle stop screw, I've done it on two other OBDI cars and it's just my preference.
A test fit of the manifold on the engine shows that my intake elbow will just barely clear. But it does! I wanted to run an elbow with a gradual bend instead of an tight corner. I will also want to make heat shields once it's all together.
When it comes time, soon, to pull the valve covers to replace gaskets they too will get sand blasted and painted black.
I actually found this spoiler on the side of the road, I think it came off a new gen civic. But I kind of dig it, adds a little batman to the car:
Other fix's/ planned mods:
The pressure power steering hose leaks badly, a new one is on order.
All of the exhaust hardware is either broke, rusted or missing. My plans are to run high flow cats as the mufflers, connect the banks with an H-pipe, turn the pipes out to the side and run straight 2.5" pipe down the sills as "sidepipes" with a kickout before the rear wheels.
I do have a set of 18" M-parallel wheels that came with the car, but the chrome is pitted and pealing/chipping. I will gradually restore those wheels, sand blast and re-chrome then new tires. But that's a long term project as I wear the rubber out on the 15"s already mounted.
I also have a pair of sport side mirrors to install.
Then, knowing me I will install lowering coils.
Stay tuned, more will be posted. Cheers -Mykk
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