Today was a good day

[Jean]

wow, $200 for the 2.8 M52? nice motor - now comes the part where you end up spending $5000 on "while I'm in there..." ;)

Lol, so true ....I hope not 5k. Still need a flywheel (someone mentioned fidanza flywheels, any good?) clutch (will buy an oem e36 clutch kit) and e36 5spd tranny.

[Jean]

jean, i had schatz and krum drill and tap the second port in the head for the second coolant temp sensor. drilling and tapping a hold in an aluminum head is beyond my comfort zone and its easy having it done while the motor is out of the car. it's the easiest and cleanest way to have the temp gauge in the cluster functional.

Thanks! I'll give them a call or check if IPB (closer to me) can do this as well.

[hugh jass]

Lol, so true ....I hope not 5k. Still need a flywheel (someone mentioned fidanza flywheels, any good?) clutch (will buy an oem e36 clutch kit) and e36 5spd tranny.

If you want a good lightweight flywheel, check out JB Racing.

[hugh jass]

Thanks! I'll give them a call or check if IPB (closer to me) can do this as well.

I'm sure they could. I've heard they are a good shop but I'm not familiar with them.
I can walk you through the smog referee process as well. I did it for my e30 and it was pretty easy as long as you take some precautions.

[1990m3]

If you want a good lightweight flywheel, check out JB Racing.

second that. Have had JBRacing in both my e30's for at least 5 years now without any issue. Love them, best mod you can do while the engine is out of your car for any car

[Jean]

I'm sure they could. I've heard they are a good shop but I'm not familiar with them.
I can walk you through the smog referee process as well. I did it for my e30 and it was pretty easy as long as you take some precautions.

Maybe we can meet sometime, I'll take you out to lunch or dinner or something and I can take some notes :)

[FredK]

MAN-DATE!!! wahoooo!!!

[Jon325i]

Maybe we can meet sometime, I'll take you out to lunch or dinner or something and I can take some notes :)

Quoted for future humiliation purposes :-P

Jon

[FredK]

I'll have to ask a friend of mine about that. I was under the impression they were the updated style.

Hm, I think they ARE conical.

For the M52, the ETK shows PN 11347504268 for the spring and 11341432453 for the top plate. The top plate is the same as the S50US and S52, but the spring and bottom plate are different part numbers.

PN 11347504268 looks like this:

http://www.rmeuropean.com/BMW-Valve-Spring-p/11347504268.htm

but it different that the S50/52 valve spring PN 11341403709

http://www.rmeuropean.com/BMW-Valve-Spring-p/11341403709.htm

[Jean]

FredK, Jon - I knew that was coming!!! 0wned.

[Farbin Kaiber]

So, would you need the s52 trays?

[atomic]

FredK, Jon - I knew that was coming!!! 0wned.

Even more so with a thread title "Today was a GOOD day"

[FredK]

So, would you need the s52 trays?

nah, looks like trays and lifters are identical

[e30serg]

I think the first thing you need to decide is OBD1 or OBD2. Can't remember if you had mentioned it before.

[Farbin Kaiber]

m52 + s52 camzzz = nice.