Project: Spielereien. AKA "The dumpster fire"

[delamaize]

That tax return must have been a very nice surprise, I'm hoping I can spend mine on the same thing lol

I'm looking forward to seeing your first test fit!

Yeah, it was really nice to have it. this will make the entire process a lot easier, and better performance overall.

Tonight, when I got home from work, I decided I was going to pull the exhaust, well once I start working, I can't stop sometimes. Needless to say, I got the M20B27 and tranny yanked out. I got a lot of cleaning to do. I also discovered that my power steering leak might not be in the rack, I think it may have been leaking from the bottom of the reservoir, judging from where the oil and grease is in my engine bay. I still need to decide if I am keeping the power steering or not, I do have a block off plate. Also, does anyone know if I can get away with a E36, M3 or Z3 rack and the M60 swap? I have heard conflicting information if it will work with the standard Garagistic Engine mounts arms and poly mounts?

Anyways, Here's the pictures.

[jpod999]

Tuesday update, We got the last of the AC bullshit out of the engine compartment, removed the cooling system, got the wiring harness all disconnected, and set a side, Started disconnecting the Power steering lines, I gotta borrow a bigger wrench for the banjo connection on the pump. I pulled a bunch of the small things also, like the Air filter housing and barndoor, Removed the coil, throttle cable, heater lines, etc. Basically, we have the engine mounts, transmission mounts, Exhaust, Clutch slave cylinder, and shifter, then the motor and tranny ready to get yarded out.

Maston and I also discussed how we are going to do the removable core support. We are doing something a little different than what others have done, I'll post a little more about it later. we are still looking to see if our idea is even feasible.

On the brakes front, I found that my tax return is Significantly larger than what I was expecting, so I am going to order the garagistic Brake/clutch pedal box, with the wilwood pedal sets. So I will probably sell the E39 remote master set I have, once I get the new stuff.

That tax return must have been a very nice surprise, I'm hoping I can spend mine on the same thing lol

I'm looking forward to seeing your first test fit!

[delamaize]

Tuesday update, We got the last of the AC bullshit out of the engine compartment, removed the cooling system, got the wiring harness all disconnected, and set a side, Started disconnecting the Power steering lines, I gotta borrow a bigger wrench for the banjo connection on the pump. I pulled a bunch of the small things also, like the Air filter housing and barndoor, Removed the coil, throttle cable, heater lines, etc. Basically, we have the engine mounts, transmission mounts, Exhaust, Clutch slave cylinder, and shifter, then the motor and tranny ready to get yarded out.

Maston and I also discussed how we are going to do the removable core support. We are doing something a little different than what others have done, I'll post a little more about it later. we are still looking to see if our idea is even feasible.

On the brakes front, I found that my tax return is Significantly larger than what I was expecting, so I am going to order the garagistic Brake/clutch pedal box, with the wilwood pedal sets. So I will probably sell the E39 remote master set I have, once I get the new stuff.

[delamaize]

Oh shit, It's go time!

Got the garage all reorginized, and cleaned today, despite being sick as fuck. Once I got the E30 in there, I decided now was as good as a time as any to get started. Took about an hour and a half to get to where it's at now. The lower mounting point on the left side fender was all bent up and fucked....

[Reyhan335]

looks like both of us are having problems with junkyard motors.
i just went ahead and decided to do a rebuild on mine.
cant wait to see what's next on yours.

[jpod999]

So the last month or so has been dedicated to putting a new crank, rod bearings, and main bearings in a buddies 5.4 triton out of his 06 F150. That project is done.....well the motor is back in the truck and out of my garage, it randomly died today on his way to work, and we can't get it to restart. Regardless, it's out of my garage, so over the next few evenings, I'm going to get the garage cleaned, and get some things organised, Then party time!

In other words, Hopefully, in the next 2 weeks or so, it's go time.

I'm looking forward to seeing your progress!

[delamaize]

So the last month or so has been dedicated to putting a new crank, rod bearings, and main bearings in a buddies 5.4 triton out of his 06 F150. That project is done.....well the motor is back in the truck and out of my garage, it randomly died today on his way to work, and we can't get it to restart. Regardless, it's out of my garage, so over the next few evenings, I'm going to get the garage cleaned, and get some things organised, Then party time!

In other words, Hopefully, in the next 2 weeks or so, it's go time.

[jpod999]

Awesome thanks!

[delamaize]

Gotcha, instead of cutting the stock mount yeah? I hadn't seen this before, looks like it would make the swap super clean.

Exactly. Less cutting, More stock appearance, a lot cleaner. I got mine special order from Pelican for about the same cost as ECS....

https://www.ecstuning.com/ES23838/

[jpod999]

Gotcha, instead of cutting the stock mount yeah? I hadn't seen this before, looks like it would make the swap super clean.

[delamaize]

Might be a stupid question...but what are you referring to here?

Replaces the Engine mount oil block, with one that doesn't have a mount. Since the stock mounts are not reused.

[jpod999]

Still waiting for my X5 oil block....

Might be a stupid question...but what are you referring to here?

[delamaize]

Finally got my E30 back from a Buddy's dad. He's been driving it, because his car got jacked......for the last 4 months, It was only suppose to be "a week or so."

He fucked up some things also, it was damn near out of oil, really low on coolant, somewhere along the line he caught the front lip on something, and bent the shit out of the front valance, the steering rack leaks 100% worse than it did before I let him use it, and it also has a nasty exhaust leak now.

The Seta ended up being ok, and it runs good still, but that's trivial, because of the swap. Now that I have it back, I've started kicking things into a higher gear. I hope to get the rear Camber/caster adjusters, and subframe reinforcements welded on the new rear subframe sooner than later, then work on getting the car in the garage....

[delamaize]

My understanding is that is a custom built part. I will be building something very similar to that for my swap. It seems like the most simple option for the booster swap, because I think you can get away without having to cut and weld on the brake pedal = Less headache!

Two of my knock sensors are also broken..

Well, Custom build it is....

[ArtFoodBMW]

My understanding is that is a custom built part. I will be building something very similar to that for my swap. It seems like the most simple option for the booster swap, because I think you can get away without having to cut and weld on the brake pedal = Less headache!

Two of my knock sensors are also broken..