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

[grantlacey11]

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]

what are you swapping in?

[grantlacey11]

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

[freeride53]

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

ahh yeah brow M42 ftw!

[theox69]

money to kick around = turbo?

[grantlacey11]

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

[Jesse30]

just turbo your m42

[Wh33lhop]

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...

[2002maniac]

I <3 m42

[grantlacey11]

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

[blitz355]

i want a bike. man, wish i was allowed.... parents. lol

[Jand3rson]

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. ;)

[jackbenny]

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.

[grantlacey11]

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

[freeride53]

IIRC theres a one (or more) on 2002faq