Hello M62B44

[Jean]

Wish me luck, last reported mileage 80k. Just getting the long block, if all goes as planned should have it in a couple of hours :)

I want to use the 4.4L bottom end with my rebuild heads...then I can make a coffee table out of the B40 bottom end lol.

[dude8383]

Hell yeh! :up:

[LJ851]

Go Jean!

[Jean]

Hello there b44

[JGood]

Nice Jean!

Man, between you are Garey posting stuff about the m60b44, I'm about to pick up a long block and do the same... Seems too easy not to...

[Jean]

Getting my rebuilt b40 heads tomorrow, then saturday going to open this one up.

[CoreyZ]

This is exactly what I wanted to do after asking Garey about it, can't wait to see it together

[Pinepig]

$127 out the door, gotta love pick and pull 1/2 price days.

[Jean]

Fuck Yeah!

[robiniscool]

nice im doing the same thing just got my b44 and b30 engine lined up in my garage i guess 2 people from CA are doing the v8 swap rofl

[bmwmech1]

$127? Nice... mine was free, so I win but you're a very close second. That's stupid money for an 80K M62B44...

Garey

[CoreyZ]

Crossing my fingers for a nice one to pop up here in pull-a-part again, when I'll actually have the funds

[bmwmech1]

Yeah, even at $500 for an 80K B44, it's still stupid cheap. These are pretty bulletproof motors, so anything under 150K is a good starting point. Hell, the M60B40 in my E34 has 285K on it and it still has a couple hundred thousand left in it, lol!

Garey

[Jean]

So, the M62B44 has pistol oil squirters just like M62TU...unlike M60 variant.

Took the B44 heads off today, not sure what I am going to do with these yet.

Bores look good, just like on my brothers 03 m62tu.

[Jean]

Bottom end is just that now, block with crank/rods/pistons. We broke one craftsman breaker bar undoing the front crank bolt lol.

B40 valve covers are getting tanked/blasted, now I have two oil pans and two sets of valve covers to play with.

Next is to test fit the obd1 timing components from the b40 onto b44 before making a long list of parts to order.