Eta-to-M50: Build thread

[shiboujin]

What paint did you use? Mine used to look all shiny. Now it's all chipped off and crappy looking :(

[5spoke]

Got the block painted tonight, went with DupliColor cast iron, it's a dark silver, almost nogaro, and a little bit metallic. It looks really good, just kinda looks dirty in the pics. But it looks amazing in person.

What paint did you use? Mine used to look all shiny. Now it's all chipped off and crappy looking :(

[shiboujin]

reading pwns me

[travis816]

reading pwns me

If he would re-typed it you would have had to read it as well..

[shiboujin]

what?

[Jand3rson]

He gets it, keep the bickering out of my thread.

Getting the block painted was a critical step, all that's left now is to finish cleaning what was pulled off, such as the oil filter housing, alternator, power steering pump, etc. Then I can order my top and bottom end gasket kits, and start reassembling everything. After that, I need to clean/reseal my transmission, order a clutch, headers, and a few other small bits, and it will be ready to go back in!

[parkerbink]

Cool!

[Jand3rson]

dont forget to put a e30 gauge coolent temp sender in

Good call Greg, which one on the block is that again?

[Matt-B]

Blue one on the left is for the ecu, the black one is for the gauge cluster. Or so i heard.

How did you get all your exhaust studs out? some of mine stayed in, just double up on nuts and remove it the hard way?

[Jand3rson]

How did you get all your exhaust studs out? some of mine stayed in, just double up on nuts and remove it the hard way?

With my bare fucking hands. :twisted:

[Matt-B]

Hmmm, ill go try again. I was using my teeth.

[gregslow318i]

Blue one on the left is for the ecu, the black one is for the gauge cluster. Or so i heard.

How did you get all your exhaust studs out? some of mine stayed in, just double up on nuts and remove it the hard way?

correct change out the black one out to the brown one off your e30 but...your going to have to redrill and re-tap the head to make it fit ...iirc 14.5x1.5 I think its a 13mm drill bit you need but dont quote me on that double check it

[Jand3rson]

Don't have my M20 anymore, but I'm sure I can find one, I'll have to go check the U-Pull-It, and see if they got any new E30's out there yet.

[10Toes]

correct change out the black one out to the brown one off your e30 but...your going to have to redrill and re-tap the head to make it fit ...iirc 14.5x1.5 I think its a 13mm drill bit you need but dont quote me on that double check it

With a M50 you shouldn't have to drill or tap anything.

[Jand3rson]

Made a lot of progress cleaning today, cleaned the entire oil filter housing and master bracket that holds it, the alternator and the power steering pump. Brushed and polished the outside of the oil filter housing, as well as the outer case of the alternator and painted part of it.

Also put primer on the valve cover and the oil filter cover, hoping to clean up the power steering pump tomorrow.





Haven't polished the parts that I brushed yet, but they will look about like the oil filter housing.