Another M60 build....

[dirty30]

Nice start!

Feel free to PM me with any questions!

[JGood]

Well I'm glad you told me that. I was trying to save a few bucks for now but guess that idea is out the window lol. You went with a uuc lightweight flywheel right?

Yeah, that was my goal too, and it ended up costing me an extra $200. Doh! And yes, I went with the UUC flywheel.

[mark///m3]

Nice! Good luck with the build.

FYI, I tried the factory dual-mass flywheel with the m52 clutch... It doesn't work. I have pictures in one of the earlier threads in this forum explaining why. There may be some sort of aftermarket clutch disc that does work, but the ClutchMasters FX100 does not.

Well I'm glad you told me that. I was trying to save a few bucks for now but guess that idea is out the window lol. You went with a uuc lightweight flywheel right?

[JGood]

Nice! Good luck with the build.

FYI, I tried the factory dual-mass flywheel with the m52 clutch... It doesn't work. I have pictures in one of the earlier threads in this forum explaining why. There may be some sort of aftermarket clutch disc that does work, but the ClutchMasters FX100 does not.

[mark///m3]

This is not going to be nearly as impressive as the other recent builds but I figured I'd make a thread of my build so here goes....

Its going to be in my 86 325es. I recently sold my turbo setup and engine.

I bought a 95 540i donor that will be coming apart this week.

I am going to run a 530i 5 speed transmission with stage one e36 clutch. I will be using a e39 540i flywheel. I think I am going to use the stock dual mass for now. Everything is purchased except for the flywheel so that is still up in the air.

I am using a z3m 3 row aluminum radiator. I will have to build something for the upper hose and I hear a m5x lower hose will fit fine.

I bought x5 4.4 headers that should be delivered tomorrow and I will be ordering some 2.25 curved exhaust pieces to build my downpipes. I also bought a new welder for this part of the project.

As far as brakes go I am leaning towards manual but don't have my mind made up yet. I think the engine bay will look much cleaner without the booster and abs pump under the hood.

On to some very uneventful pictures. Excuse my dirty garage as I had to empty the side "shed" area to dolly my car in so its out of the way. I did not reorganize as of these quick teaser photos.







And completely off topic but we found a baby bunny nest in the woods yesterday. My girlfriend was worried that their mom abandoned them so we checked online and if their bellies are pudgy they are still being fed. These babies seem to be nice and pudgy lol.