Old Blue 2002 (1974 BMW 2002 Content)

[deutschman]

T & B will do resurfacing for around 50 bucks.

they are in San Rafael

there is also Best Machine in San Rafael.

cool thanks. i also found a shop in sf i am going to drive by tomorrow.

[fiftytakedowns]

Picked up a free solid m20 fly wheel today! thank you Justin! Time to start looking for a shop that will resurface and lighten it for me. If anyone knows of such a shop in SF or near by let me know!

T & B will do resurfacing for around 50 bucks.

they are in San Rafael

there is also Best Machine in San Rafael.

[mr2peak]

BTW you might get a kick out of this

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/545927/1972-bmw-2002

Scroll down to the comments at the bottom...

[deutschman]

Picked up a free solid m20 fly wheel today! thank you Justin! Time to start looking for a shop that will resurface and lighten it for me. If anyone knows of such a shop in SF or near by let me know!

[deutschman]

i am so happy right now!

So I've been working on my m20 swap all day. I got Manimal's M20 mounts in the mail yesterday along with some new oem 2002 rubber engine mounts. I just finished getting the transmission bolted to the engine so the next step is to make the transmission mounts. In order to make sure the transmission was at the right height and in line with the differential I decided to bolt the driveshaft on the end of the transmission.

For the Transmission I'm using the g260, which requires some creativity, a BFH, and a lot of patience to get in the tunnel right. Luckily mine is pretty much in there (after a few choice words and 4.5" grinder). Also, the other 'downside' to the g260 is that it doesn't have the same driveshaft guibo that the 2002 shaft uses (the g260 is a 6 bolt while the '02 unit used an 8 bolt guibo). So in order to test fit it I used the e30 driveshaft I'd gotten along with the transmission. This is where it got interesting...

Low and behold the e30 driveshaft is the perfect length AND it has the correct bolt pattern for the 2002 diff! Which means that I won't need to get a custom length driveshaft made. Who woulda thought the stock e30 drive train is pretty much exactly the same length as the '02 drivetrain lol. I figured this might be a nice piece of info for anyone considering the swap or in the middle of it. I'll try and get some pictures posted once I get the trans mount made.

[deutschman]

the 7 build will be sick! can not wait. i was just pushing your button my friend.

[mr2peak]

Slowly planning that 7 build...

But seriously, looks good, can't wait to drive it. Getting that block out of your trunk was a pain, I deserve it ;)

[deutschman]

Hehe progress :pimp:

Sent my dad the link to your build thread, he blew his MGA motor, 30psi in cyl 3... Hoping this will inspire him to do some engine work. I mean, if you can do it :-D

I'd like to see you pull off a real project by your self with your own tools ;)
So fare all talk and no do. "don't write a check with your mouth; your ass can't cash."

[mr2peak]

Hehe progress :pimp:

Sent my dad the link to your build thread, he blew his MGA motor, 30psi in cyl 3... Hoping this will inspire him to do some engine work. I mean, if you can do it :-D

[deutschman]

Took my head apart. In the proses of doing so I destroyed the torx bolt holding the pulley on the fly wheel. This resulted in me having to cut the fly wheel off to get the torx bolt out. Good going jeremy! You monumental ass! lol
Well now I have an excuse to by an adjustable cam pulley :)
My tax return should be coming in on the 15th along with a decent pay check on the 20th. That should get things rolling again. I really want to get the motor done so I can start on other parts of the swap. I am seriously champing at the bit here!

[deutschman]

Finished cleaning and painting the intake today. I also picked a 318 fuel pump up for $40. I was stoked on that.
This week I want to reassemble the intake with the throttle body and so on, and take the cam shaft out of my head to send to Ireland Engineering.

[deutschman]

Holy friggin balls that has to be the cleanest M20 ive ever seen. A+++ love cleaning and repainting stuff. It bothers me to put a dirty part in.

Yeah I went kind of OCDC (OCD my way ;)) on it. I have really had a lot of fun just sitting around cleaning and painting stuff. It feels like a better use of my weekends then sitting around on my computer and xbox all day.

[TimKninja]

Holy friggin balls that has to be the cleanest M20 ive ever seen. A+++ love cleaning and repainting stuff. It bothers me to put a dirty part in.

[deutschman]

So a small amount of progress. This is about as fare as I can get before I get the head finished :(

Does anyone know where this goes?


Front end.



As fare as I got cleaning up the intake before my battery died (need a corded drill!), it started raining again, and I felt like playing some more xbox.


It is going to be a few weeks till I can afford to order my cam, and send the head in to the shop. TTFN

[deutschman]

well i spent today bolting a few parts back onto the block, but it looks like i will not be making much more progress till i can buy a cam and take the head in to get worked over.
i do not have much to do until then. maybe paint the intake, and clean and/or paint a few other small parts here and there.