Eta-to-M50: Build thread

[red_e30]

cool nice build BTW

[Jand3rson]

nice any plans for turbo ;)

I plan to supercharge it eventually, but no definite timeline on when.

[red_e30]

nice any plans for turbo ;)

[Jand3rson]

wow man must be the longest thread for a swap just got done reading it lol
how is that bed liner holding up so far ?

The swap has been done for a year.

Bedliner is holding up 100%. Not a single issue with it.

[red_e30]

wow man must be the longest thread for a swap just got done reading it lol
how is that bed liner holding up so far ?

[trackjunkie21]

I think I'll pick one up, I replaced my rear main seal and just found a bit of sweat coming from it How stupid.

[Jand3rson]

Yeah, for $40, it's excellent peace of mind. I would recommend it to everyone.

[hfabricius]

Oh, I see now. That sounds very useful, I be sure to check my mating surface before I button everything up.

[AndrewBird]

It is a repair sleeve that fits onto the crankshaft and gives you a new sealing surface for the rear main seal to seal against. The seal will often wear a groove into the crank and cause a new seal to not seal as well. This fixes that.

[hfabricius]

What exactly does that speedi sleeve do? I went to the link but I couldn't really find a definite answer.

[AndrewBird]

I thought I would mention that the speedi sleeve that was ordered was the part number SKF lists as the correct on, part number 99354. The correct part number is 99353. So if anyone else orders one, be cautious about this. It is the same for M42's as well.

[Jand3rson]

Well, we started to make some progress tonight. Got the rear main housing all cleaned up, popped the oil seal out, put the new one in, got ready to install the SKF Speedi-Sleeve, and we ordered the wrong one, it was too long. Right diameter, but too long. So I just ordered the right one, should be here next week.

But we did get the oil pump nut welded (no more worrying about that!), changed the shift knuckle on the transmission, and took all the measurements for the DSSR that we're going to make, Andrew is picking up the aluminum for it tomorrow. Keep posted, because we're buying enough make 3 (in case we fuck up), but if we don't, the others will be for sale!

We also started lightly mocking up and figuring out some welds for the exhaust system, we're going to temp-mount the headers on Sunday and weld the Flowmaster Y-pipe on, then I'll order up the V-Bands and take the whole thing in for ceramic coat hopefully next week.

[LJ851]

One I thing I did notice between the old shift knuckle and the new one was how badly worn the bushing inside the old one was, the new one was noticeably thicker than the old one. Definitely a good part to replace!

Not according to Showboatin, but he obviously has his head up his ass on this one, though. Like i said, the foam just stops rattle, sounds like you will be fine with your dried out one.

[Jand3rson]

In another about 10 minutes, it had popped back up even a little more, and was very firm and solid after I soaked all the old gear oil out of it. I flipped it over and stuck it back in the new one, and reinstalled the new knuckle. It was a good, firm press to line in up with the pin to reinstall it, so I think it will be just fine. It wasn't torn or damaged.

One I thing I did notice between the old shift knuckle and the new one was how badly worn the bushing inside the old one was, the new one was noticeably thicker than the old one. Definitely a good part to replace!

[Holland]

I think you should be fine. That little piece isn't as important as 13 is. As long as it's in there I foresee no issues.