Project 318 g24v college budget :)

[1mz]

haha thanks for the support. im making the drive back down there tonight to mock everything up and make a list of anything else i might be missing..

[shiboujin]

I so don't envy this project anymore lol.

GL steve... GL my friend...

[tg318is]

... its night time

[1mz]

morning bump - anyone for the question?

[1mz]

also - i still need a g260 shift linkage to put on my 240 for the swap... anyone?

[1mz]

heres a few pictures...

oil pick up goin on..


cleaning up the cam trays - notice my parts wash is a kitchen sink... shhh


yep.




ok 24v Guru's - here's a question for ya. In order, these lifters were taken from a top- m50 NV (e34), m50 vanos, m50 NV(e36 - my engine).
I was missing ONE f*ckin lifter and my cams got all nasty so I went and stripped a fresh, rust free set from my local yard BUT what accounts for the differences between the two NV lifters? Are the interchangable since the center-pin (the raised nipple or whatever you want to call it) is in the same place? enlighten me mighty masters!

[1mz]

update: for anyone who might read this besides yoshi -
the situation: missing two small clips that hold on the timing chain guide rail under the timing cover.

resolution: friend got in touch with a friend of his at bimmerworld, the parts are on the way

tomorrow: another junkyard run to grab another set of cams, cam trays and lifters... hopefully the set i took apart on friday is right where i left them...

im praying that once i get that shit in order, i dont find that im missing anything else...

pictures coming soon, i promise.. ive been ridiculously busy with work

[shiboujin]

I think I used a 12 point socket for the caps last time I did them. just be careful you don't strip anything.

[1mz]

:( can someone please post or show me a thread where there is a picture of the oil pan pickup and how it mounts to the 5th main cap? im ashamed to say i finally lost something in my rats nest hole of a garage... a realoem part number would be AWESOME.

update: misplaced the star driver needed for the rod caps/head studs, organized things around the garage a little, tomorrow the oil pan goes on (pending me finding the oil pan pickup and figuring out how to mount it) and the head can go on as well.

[shiboujin]

I still say leave the steering rack for later. Aren't you under a time crunch?

[1mz]

5 of 6 pistons good to go, oil pick up on crank cap 5, separated the tranny tonight finally - it was stuck on the m42 for some reason. at an impasse with the steering rack... get get my tierods loose, and my steering rack doesnt seem to look just like the DIY, is it because its an airbag car?

[1mz]

well.. 1 of 6 pistons is in correctly. but my compressor sucks nuts and i broke the bottom ring on the next one i was trying to put in... the new set will be here thursday.

I have to get the motor assembled by the end of next week so that shiboujin and I can get the car together finally..

[1mz]

PROGRESS!!! FINALLY! They finally got all my parts to me!

Tonight i got the crank oil nozzles, main bearings, and crankshaft in. Dont know exact torque specs yet though so its not torqued down. Is an angle wrench really necessary? Once the c-clips are on to secure the wrist pins, the pistons/rods can go in.

tired as shit from last night still... up early to go get more done

[shiboujin]

probably not. You should visit widewater or crazy rays.

[1mz]

thanks yoshi... thought that might be the case.. research time - i wonder if m42 injectors will work..