finished the m42 swap finally finished! getting ready for bimmerfest!!

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  • grantlacey11
    Mod Crazy
    • Jan 2009
    • 680

    #1

    finished the m42 swap finally finished! getting ready for bimmerfest!!

    my cams were all torn up due to clogged oil journals, and all of my oil seals were blown...i think this was due to a shitty rebuild...so i just decided to replace everything!

    swap took a while because i was working full time, then got her finished, still had a couple loose ends to tie up wen school started and i couldnt afford insurance, so im just getting around to the loose ends.

    Figured out that my starting/idling/cold issue was the afm (typical) and now we are back in business!

    ive been riding the motorcycle for a while and look forward to getting back behind the wheel of some german engineering, especially just in time for bimmerfest!

    pics, enjoy:


    get this hunk of junk out of here!!



    getting there!



    engine out!!




    so i bought this for $900 to tide me over until the car was done :) ('91 fzr1000)



    my riding buddies: (2004 honda cbr600rr, '96 kawa zx7-r)



    hood back on and mobile! :




    finishing up some loose ends in santa cruz with kappa098:

  • freeride53
    R3V OG
    • Jul 2007
    • 11972

    #2
    what are you swapping in?

    1991 BMW 318i (Old Shell RIP, Now Being Re-shelled & Reborn)
    1983 Peugeot 505 STI
    1992 Volvo 240 Wagon
    2009 Toyota 4Runner SR5 Sport 4WD

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    • grantlacey11
      Mod Crazy
      • Jan 2009
      • 680

      #3
      just swapped another *clean* m42 in...keeping it simple until i have some money to kick around

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      • freeride53
        R3V OG
        • Jul 2007
        • 11972

        #4
        Originally posted by grantlacey11
        just swapped another *clean* m42 in...keeping it simple until i have some money to kick around
        ahh yeah brow M42 ftw!

        1991 BMW 318i (Old Shell RIP, Now Being Re-shelled & Reborn)
        1983 Peugeot 505 STI
        1992 Volvo 240 Wagon
        2009 Toyota 4Runner SR5 Sport 4WD

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        • theox69
          E30 Mastermind
          • May 2008
          • 1732

          #5
          money to kick around = turbo?

          Originally posted by Janderson
          you can have the keys to my hunk of 20+ year old West German steel when you pry them from my cold dead fingers.

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          • grantlacey11
            Mod Crazy
            • Jan 2009
            • 680

            #6
            eh id rather get an m50 or possibly an s50 in there?? but thats a little farther down the road

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            • Jesse30
              No R3VLimiter
              • Jan 2007
              • 3936

              #7
              just turbo your m42

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              • Wh33lhop
                R3V OG
                • Feb 2009
                • 11705

                #8
                I'd never have gotten a motorcycle in the middle of an engine swap (especially a liter bike), when you go back it won't impress you at all.

                Then again, I guess it's an M42 anyway...
                paint sucks

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                • 2002maniac
                  R3V Elite
                  • Feb 2005
                  • 4260

                  #9
                  I <3 m42

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                  • grantlacey11
                    Mod Crazy
                    • Jan 2009
                    • 680

                    #10
                    yeah i thought that, but the bike is so much faster, i couldnt even compare the two in my head. different kinds of "fast"

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                    • blitz355
                      Advanced Member
                      • Jul 2009
                      • 113

                      #11
                      i want a bike. man, wish i was allowed.... parents. lol
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                      • Jand3rson
                        Banned
                        • Oct 2003
                        • 37587

                        #12
                        Originally posted by 2002maniac
                        I <3 m42
                        Same, I want an M42 E30. Better yet, I want to put one in an E21 and do the DASC kit on it. ;)

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                        • jackbenny
                          E30 Addict
                          • Dec 2007
                          • 414

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Janderson
                          Same, I want an M42 E30. Better yet, I want to put one in an E21 and do the DASC kit on it. ;)

                          A big ole plus one on this one. I've got my old M42 sitting on a stand ready for rebuild and an e21 dying to have its m10 transplanted.
                          -Josh

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                          http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=131055

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                          • grantlacey11
                            Mod Crazy
                            • Jan 2009
                            • 680

                            #14
                            o man that would be so fun. even put it into a 2002? eh eh?

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                            • freeride53
                              R3V OG
                              • Jul 2007
                              • 11972

                              #15
                              IIRC theres a one (or more) on 2002faq

                              1991 BMW 318i (Old Shell RIP, Now Being Re-shelled & Reborn)
                              1983 Peugeot 505 STI
                              1992 Volvo 240 Wagon
                              2009 Toyota 4Runner SR5 Sport 4WD

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