Eta-to-M50: Build thread

[Jand3rson]

You're a freak dude !!

Love your attention to detail Josh - for real.

OCD can be a blessing or a curse. Sometimes, both at the same time.

[GDA]

Awesome completion of the engine bay. Will we get a burnout video?

[hfabricius]

Maybe you tried it but couldnt you flip the clamps over so the bolt faces up? Just a thought. I do the same thing on boat engines. Build looks amazing though!!

[Jand3rson]

Maybe you tried it but couldnt you flip the clamps over so the bolt faces up? Just a thought. I do the same thing on boat engines. Build looks amazing though!!

I just flipped them so the nut is facing up toward the underside of the hood, much easier to get a ratchet on them not.

And no, no burnout videos. I like my tires. :D

[A_Whelan]

Ever think about submitting this build to a magazine?

[Jand3rson]

Ever think about submitting this build to a magazine?

I'll be submitting the car as a whole for a feature to both EuroTuner and Performance BMW when it's back on the road.

[drutt23]

Hey Josh, would you mind posting a picture of your engine from directly above it on the driver's side??

[Jand3rson]

[phreshkid]

What happened to the valve cover on the front right corner?

[Jand3rson]

What happened to the valve cover on the front right corner?

Some kind of pitting, not really sure. The first one they sandblasted before powdercoating it, and it came out looking like the surface of the moon. So this one they chemical stripped, and it did kind of the same thing, but just in that one little area at the corner.

[416stroker]

I think they all have it. Mine did and I looked for another one at the yard and all of them had it in differnt places shitty casting?

[phreshkid]

Maybe something to do with the fact that they are magnesium based?

[Mtriple]

Maybe something to do with the fact that they are magnesium based?

huh?

[phreshkid]

huh?

Or I'm completely wrong and I hear things that are false and misleading.

[Ian Bowers]

Holy fucking shit! A oil cap!