My turn! My 2.7i Stroker Thread

[rs4pro3]

ah ok I was asking as you have the standard oil filter adapter screwed into the block.

[Brian D]

Sean, thanks for all the great pics of your progress! I'm just coming up to speed on my 325,and your pictures are a great guide for the engine.

[Sean]

ah ok I was asking as you have the standard oil filter adapter screwed into the block.

Ahh..I do, don't I? Yea - I'm gonna need to remove that. lol

Sean, thanks for all the great pics of your progress! I'm just coming up to speed on my 325,and your pictures are a great guide for the engine.

These are only select ones! All of them are up here: http://photos.e30driven.com/v/supere...enginerebuild/

Glad I could help! :)

[nando]

nice shots! what did you end up with for bearing clearance? and I know this is sad considering what's going into mine, but I doubt I will spend a lot of time making mine look that pretty - mostly I just want my car back :D

[Sean]

nice shots! what did you end up with for bearing clearance? and I know this is sad considering what's going into mine, but I doubt I will spend a lot of time making mine look that pretty - mostly I just want my car back :D

I shoulda plastiguaged it - but I didn't. I figured it'd be fine. LOL

[nando]

dude, plastigauge is like $1 a pop.. :p

it's probably okay, but I'd rather be certain.

[Bimmerfanatik]

Great work Sean. You did what I wanted to do, but didn't have time as I needed the car back on the road or I'd lose my girlfriend ;)

I'll be tearing the engine apart and doing it right, like yours - less the head rebuild, of course. I'll be doing a more aggressive cam and springs in the top end, and a rebuilt bottom end with custom pistons to raise the compression a bit. But expect to see painted/powdercoated parts like yours while I have the whole winter to play with it.

Just to give you a bit to look forward to:

Make sure you check and/or rebuild that oil cooler filter housing - mine's leaking, and that's never a good thing.

Also, I took the car to the drags to see if the butt dyno was right...

15.5 @ 90 mph was my best time :) Not too shabby, though I was hoping for a bit faster. I've got the jim C chip and the stromung exhaust, but it's a cabby and the lower compression of the SETA pistons don't help.

In any case, it's a blast and it's definitely enough for me - well, a little more with the increased compression too!

[madjurgen]

very nice

thanks for taking the time to throughly document

[Sean]

dude, plastigauge is like $1 a pop.. :p

it's probably okay, but I'd rather be certain.

Yea, tell em about it. I got the crank in, and my friend was like - you plastiguaged right? I was like...uhh...no. Screw that. lol




Yea, Scott, I really wish I coulda gone with better pistons. I am so tight right now, even doing it this way. I managed to spend another grand just in the past month. I have no idea where the money goes! So - spending an ADDITIONAL grand on pistons...then wanting to get S50 rods and crank...I just wanna save a major M20 build for when I won't be cutting corners due to cost. Who knows, maybe by then, I'll have enough money to make a killer S52. That is to be seen, though. ;)


Oil filter housing was rebuilt today. Should be solid for a long time.

I'm glad you guys are enjoying the pictures. Can't wait to get it on the road. Dude the fuel rail tonight. Made sure to seal the plastic wiring portion - since when I ran it thru water I noticed some getting in. Hopefully the gasket maker will seal it up nice. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get a lot more done. The heat here just tires me out fast in the garage - it's incredible! lol

[MR 325]

Looking great Sean, love all the pics.

[Bimmerfanatik]

Oil filter housing was rebuilt today. Should be solid for a long time.

Can you list the parts you bought and how to rebuild? The part that's leaking is the block off plate coming off at a 45 degree angle from the oil cooler lines if you're looking at it on the block. No idea what needs to be replaced.

Dude the fuel rail tonight. Made sure to seal the plastic wiring portion - since when I ran it thru water I noticed some getting in. Hopefully the gasket maker will seal it up nice.

More on that? I don't seem to remember plastic wiring on my fuel rail, just a solid aluminum(?) rail and the FPR on the end...I'm wondering if maybe there's water in mine causing the surge?

[Sean]

Can you list the parts you bought and how to rebuild? The part that's leaking is the block off plate coming off at a 45 degree angle from the oil cooler lines if you're looking at it on the block. No idea what needs to be replaced.

I think the thing you're talking about is the little plug looking thing. It has a clip holding it in, and a spring underneath - right?

Other than that, there's just a couple O-rings. One between the Block and the oil filter adapter, and two on the in and out for the oil cooler.

I just cleaned it out like made, and put in all new O-Rings. Even have a brand new Mahle Oil Filter on it! :)

Part numbers for ya:
The plug thing: 11 42 9 059 338
Orings for the screw holding in adapter: 11 42 1 714 764 & 07 11 9 963 384 or 07 11 9 963 441
Oring between block and adapter: 11 42 1 265 670


I seemed to have forgotten the orings for the screw - good thing I looked at the diagram! lol

More on that? I don't seem to remember plastic wiring on my fuel rail, just a solid aluminum(?) rail and the FPR on the end...I'm wondering if maybe there's water in mine causing the surge?

What year is your car? There's two different types for the electrical portion for the fuel rail. The later styles have a big plastic rail with the six conenctors on it and all teh wiring inside. The older cars just had plugs going to every injector. I just took mine apart and made sure it was sealed.

[Bimmerfanatik]

I think the thing you're talking about is the little plug looking thing. It has a clip holding it in, and a spring underneath - right?

Other than that, there's just a couple O-rings. One between the Block and the oil filter adapter, and two on the in and out for the oil cooler.

I just cleaned it out like made, and put in all new O-Rings. Even have a brand new Mahle Oil Filter on it! :)

Part numbers for ya:
The plug thing: 11 42 9 059 338
Orings for the screw holding in adapter: 11 42 1 714 764 & 07 11 9 963 384 or 07 11 9 963 441
Oring between block and adapter: 11 42 1 265 670


I seemed to have forgotten the orings for the screw - good thing I looked at the diagram! lol




What year is your car? There's two different types for the electrical portion for the fuel rail. The later styles have a big plastic rail with the six conenctors on it and all teh wiring inside. The older cars just had plugs going to every injector. I just took mine apart and made sure it was sealed.

Thanks for the pn's - gonna call bav and a few other places to see if they have it.

As for the wiring, I have the older one piece style where the plugs go to each injector.

[Sean]

Thanks for the pn's - gonna call bav and a few other places to see if they have it.

As for the wiring, I have the older one piece style where the plugs go to each injector.

Let me know how it works out! :)




Quick teaser....





More pictures soon...just don't wanna spend the time right now. Today was anotehr 12 hour day of working on the car. lol

[h0lmes]

Ive been wondering about the oil cooler. What is the advantage of keeping it? Ive gone through 2 oil coolers in the past 6 months and I would rather just see it go when I build my motor.