Project White Trash

[Old city bimmer]

very nice work. a lot of attention to detail on the drive train makes it a good build.

[surgeoh]

Port job looks great!

Thanx.:D

[CorvallisBMW]

Port job looks great!

[surgeoh]

port matched to intake gaskets.




Cleaned up a little carbon buildup in the headers.

[surgeoh]

Got the guides in and cleaned the head a little.

Pressure tested the head for any cracks.
Yaaay. no cracks.






Did some minor porting and polishing.

[surgeoh]

Took the head apart and measured valve play.
Yup. need guides.





Reaming the head for new guides.

[surgeoh]

Got some stuff done.

I rebuilt the oil pump. The regulator spring was a little short so I stretched it out to 70mm to compensate for the squirters. Also shimmed the relief valve spring for more preload.
I ground down some of the sharp edges too.

[E30NJ]

Awesome project you got! Like how you are keeping the S14. Sub'd!

[steve68]

agreed! have both an 5.3 iron block and 5.7 alum sitting in my shop, buddy say put a LS in there, said NO!,

[surgeoh]

Glad to see you are keeping the s14 :)

The thought of putting in another motor DID cross my mind. Like an LS Chevy. But the S14 just "belongs" in that car. It's what gives the M3 it's personality. Anything else would have made it just another hotrod. A different car.

[steve68]

Nice save! When I did my head guides were not a problem, but this was many years ago,

[Nesset]

Looks like a fun project! I would keep it gutted if it were mine. But I am a naive 17 year old... I almost like the patina on the paint. Black out all the plastic and see how it looks with the patina! Sort of tells a story... How you saved the car. Look forward to future updates man!

[jhaurimn]

Glad to see you are keeping the s14 :)

[G FORCE]

Looks great and am anxious to see the progress. Welcome!

[surgeoh]

This week I worked on the block. I cleaned it up and painted it. I like doing this before machining so I don't have to tape off the machined areas later.

After long pondering, I've decided to add piston oil squirters. I'm using the ones from an e36 m50 based engine. I prefer these because they have a built in check valve to maintain oil pressure during idle. There's also a lot less machining involved too.










This photo is of an S52 showing the factory drilled hole.