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Or he could be a mutant BMW genius!sigpic
"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten."
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Baby Ruth?sigpic
"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten."
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The Goonies!
Well, I've still been hoarding more and more parts. Still not moving very fast.
Frank was nice enough to bring these for me! The M20's have a difficult time with headers into the 2002 with the framerail right there. If anything should works it's these. They tuck up nice and tight. Now off for some ceramic coating!
While digging through our stash at work, I came across this new block. Still had the BMW tag on it. Should make for a good starting point, was certainly a nice little surprise.
Am starting to play around with some new possible piston designs with our supplier ROSS. Starting with a fresh combustion chamber casting.
Letting it set.
Popped out.
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Now that's exciting.
I wish I'd known that my pistons were going to come back flat top when I ordered them... I definitely would have looked elsewhere.Comment
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Trying to fix shortcomings as I can, hopefully this'll keep from any further potential disappointment. If anything it'll have to be listed as an option when it comes to fruition.Comment
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Read this entire thread start till present. Incredible attention to detail and work have gone into this. It was exciting to read every new update. I can only imagine the feeling of getting this all together for the first time. Excellent work!91 318is M50 swapped
05 Honda Pilot
24V swap thread
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=302524Comment
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Thanks Nick, some days i feel snails zooming by.
FUEL: kinda changed things around a bit here.
I've got nearly the entire fuel setup ready. Basically be running a low pressure electric Carter pump to the Malpassi adjustable regulator (need to tap in pressure gauge). up and over to a hot-rod style brazed fuel rail. Similar to the Jaguar setup below....
Neat story on the rail.... was looking all over for stainless braze T-fittings, couldn't find any. Then saw Stromburg Carbs (you hotrodders will be familiar) came out with a rail using the fittings I needed (picture below)!
So I email Clive there and he says, sure he's got 5 pieces left from prototyping and tosses them in the post for me from the UK for $25. I couldn't make them for that! Was pretty happy, plus I'll have a bit of a hot-rod connection going on. Now just waiting on the Cunifer tube and break out the Oxy-Acytelene torch!
IGNITION:
Just needing to do some wires and have whodwho do an ingition-only MS setup.
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Well pistons are now done ....
For wire routing with the wasted spark setup I wanted something that looked factory and not messy. Asked our ignition wire supplier to send me a set of disassembled 325i 8mm wires with longer, uncut, ends along with the HEI boots. I dremeled an opening on the other end of the loom and reversed the wire order (shrink wrap wire numbers were a nice bonus).
Mocked up on an extremely accurate engine bay reproduction .... if anybody else is running a wasted spark setup I have made these a repeatable part number with our supplier so just let me know (can also use the EDIS boots if needed). Now the last step for ignition is to go bug whodwho.
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Very cool.
By the way. MSD headers (also in SoCal) fit well in an m20 2002.sigpic
"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten."
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I'm not sure if I'm upset or happy, you stole my idea for placement of the coils and reversing the run of wires in the stock holder!
On the plus side I can just order them from you now as opposed to having to make them by hand. I suppose I can't complain to much...Comment
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Dang it, I forgot that's the way you were doing it, but I remember looking at your pics. Must have stuck in my subconscious. Well, when your ready email and I'll sell one to you for cost, since it was your idea.
As for the MSD headers, I'm pretty well acquainted with them. We were the ones who had them start making those in the first place. Won't go into it, but simply got tired of dealing with quality control issues. Now they're supplying another SoCal supplier.
Chris at only02.com called the other day for some bits, got talking and turns out he made some conversion mounts ..... couldn't resist.
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