And yet another V8 swap...

[The Dark Side of Will]

What's happening to it? D2 S8 4.2 V8 at 360 HP + 0B4 gearbox? :D

[Yorl]

Nah, Sport Quattro conversion, kevlar everything, super hot 2.5l in-line 5, sequential transmission, 4-way Ohlins..... it'll be a rally car.

[Yorl]

Updates! My heads are fucked, the valve guides were SHOT, so I'm having that fixed right now... And I tried the E46 front control arms, but that is just too retarded :D

[jalopi]

Why'd you try out e46 arms? Doing a drift car?

[Yorl]

Just for the fun of it... Had a pair here and temptation was waaay too big. Also, I was tempted by a set of high ET wheels, and the E46 front arms would have been perfect. The deal didn't work out so, back to E36

[Yorl]

How many of you doing M60 has checked the heads before dropping it in? Mine was low-ish mileage, saw the car running first (110k kms) and sent the heads out just in case. Worn, as in VERY worn exhaust valve guides, and super shitty intake and exhaust seats. Anybody else??

[Yorl]

Oh, and btw, MY HEADS ARE READY!!! WOOOO HOOOOOO!!!

[driftingminor913]

In my M60b44 I had the guides replaced and head work done but I must have gotten lucky cause they were off the car already (unknown info on car)

[Yorl]

Updaaates!!!

Well, I finally got some time for me, and I managed to get some work done.
I put the engine back together, all new seals, gaskets etc etc etc etc





M5 throttle bodies bolted in place, and throttle bellcrank bolted too. I just have to fabricate a couple of arms, and good to go



Headers also bolted nicely







And finally, sitting home!!









And I think I'll have to raise the suspension...

[JGood]

Wow, that looks great! What headers are you using?

[Yorl]

I built a new set of headers. I really didn't like the 540 or 740 or any other options so... time and patience!

[jalopi]

Dude your car/build/engine/everything is clean as fuck. Super jelly of the velocity stacks.

I'm surprised at how low the engine sits in the bay. Are you gonna have any room for some kind of air cleaner on top of those stacks? I imagine it's gonna be pretty close to the hood.

[Yorl]

Well, I highly doubt the stacks will fit.... I'm having another ones 3D printed, much shorter (and the finish is just like the valve covers, which is a plus), and we'll see how they fit.
As for the air filters... meh, overrated. I guess I'll keep those stacks for one of the S38s I got sitting here :D

[dirtysix]

Top work.
What are you using to paint the engine etc?

[JGood]

Do you have any pics of the headers before you wrapped them? Does the steering shaft go down in between the primaries?