rebuilt engine

[new2bmw]

hi, i need to know how to rebuild my m10 engine. i am hoping someone here will be able to tell me. i am wanting to turbo in the next year. i will be rebuilding a second m10 i have. i need to know all the parts i need to replace and the ones that i can replace to be extra cautious. please give me a hand and list all parts that i will be needing to buy and the steps i need to take to rebuild. also if you know of any hints to get my N/A m10 to run the best it can and maybe get a little more pep from it please let me know as i will be using that one this summer.
thanks to anyone with the knowledge to help me.
Larry

[Jean]

Start off by sending the block/head to an engine shop to get it blasted/cleaned and checked for leaks/cracks maybe ?

They'll tell you what valves/bearings/seals you'll need ? I am kind of in the same boat but only have an extra head so far and plan on just making some phone calls to get an idea how much a head rebuild will cost and then go from there...

Sorry, no help I know..

[Teaguer]

I would check out Top End Engineering to see what is possible and whats available for the M10 .

Also 2002 sites like bmw2002faq could provide usefull .

[backtrail69]

I would also get a repair manual for the torque values.

[ivo316]

Here you'll find manuals with torque specs, detailed procedures and pictures of how to do things.

http://hosting.data.bg/bmw/BMW/E-Books/E30/

If you need them and they take too long to download, ask an I'll email you the engine manual.

I just did the head, replaced all gaskets and valve seals on my 316, besides using the wrong torque for the head (me dummy) everything went ok.

Take a picture of all the vacuum hoses before you dissasemble, They drove me crazy when i was putting them back on.