Hi gents. Been following the N52 stuff for quite a while, amazed at the progress and solutions you have come up with to get this swap working. Maybe one day I'll have the skills to build a set of headers as pretty as those LukeJ made, that's impressive work.
My car is an 88 325IS.
I was hoping to do this swap later, ideally when we build a shop, but my M20 had other plans. Just got my head back from a machine shop because it's been losing a little coolant since I ordered a rebuilt one almost 5 years ago and I've changed every component of the existing cooling system since then, oil has never looked peanut buttery and compression is fine. Shop said the head was warped and my cam was bad but just needed to be resurfaced and cam replaced. Got it home and installed a new Schrick 272 cam, valve springs and rockers. Got it all back together and 14 minutes into the cam break in it started spitting coolant from what I thought was the water pump gasket. Turns out I was wrong, pressure test revealed this:
I have no idea how it cracked there, temp gauge never even got to half while we were running it. Anyway, I'm tired of spending money on this engine, 2nd head job in 5 years, adjusting valves, and a rattling G260 that's getting up there in age.
I started browsing the web and found a crashed 2011 128i with 107,000 miles and a six speed. Guy drove the car into the garage where my brother and I pulled it, so I at least know it runs. Pretty nasty but the power steering reservoir had a crack that was RTVed so hopefully it's mostly from that. Although that probably doesn't say much for the overall care this poor engine received, at least it runs, more than I can say for my existing one.
I'm excited to get started on this, my progress will be slower than some of you guys but I'll get there.
Hopefully hoveringuy will be willing to provide advice and help to another rotor driver ;)
My car is an 88 325IS.
I was hoping to do this swap later, ideally when we build a shop, but my M20 had other plans. Just got my head back from a machine shop because it's been losing a little coolant since I ordered a rebuilt one almost 5 years ago and I've changed every component of the existing cooling system since then, oil has never looked peanut buttery and compression is fine. Shop said the head was warped and my cam was bad but just needed to be resurfaced and cam replaced. Got it home and installed a new Schrick 272 cam, valve springs and rockers. Got it all back together and 14 minutes into the cam break in it started spitting coolant from what I thought was the water pump gasket. Turns out I was wrong, pressure test revealed this:
I have no idea how it cracked there, temp gauge never even got to half while we were running it. Anyway, I'm tired of spending money on this engine, 2nd head job in 5 years, adjusting valves, and a rattling G260 that's getting up there in age.
I started browsing the web and found a crashed 2011 128i with 107,000 miles and a six speed. Guy drove the car into the garage where my brother and I pulled it, so I at least know it runs. Pretty nasty but the power steering reservoir had a crack that was RTVed so hopefully it's mostly from that. Although that probably doesn't say much for the overall care this poor engine received, at least it runs, more than I can say for my existing one.
I'm excited to get started on this, my progress will be slower than some of you guys but I'll get there.
Hopefully hoveringuy will be willing to provide advice and help to another rotor driver ;)
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