Operation save Black Betty

[dude8383]

So, some of you may have seen my thread two weekends ago about me blowing up my M50 stroker...

For those of you that didn't check this out:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=215777

Basically I destroyed the motor at Summit Point before even completing a full lap around the course...sucks. Anyway, my buddy Mr.Slacker came to the rescue because he had recently purchased a 97 M3 parts car :D

After some sexual favors and cash I acquired the motor and went full steam ahead with the swap process.

Thankfully my buddy has a Eurovan + dolly that we were able to use to transport Betty upstate. I was hoping to finish everything over the weekend but we decided to hold off and wait till next weekend because I wanted to take care of some gaskets before dropping in the S52.

I'm hoping to get her up and running this coming weekend.

OH, last but not least, big thanks to Matt @ TRM for shipping me a tuned S52 chip AND bataangpinoy for letting us crash at his place over the weekend :)

Here's some pics from this past weekend along with the carnage!





The donor car













Oh...those are supposed to be straight right? OUCH.



Disconnecting the harness



My buddy working on disconnecting everything from the S52









Separated tranny from motor, figured it would be much easier to get it outta there. The clutch and flywheel setup are up for grabs btw.

16lb steel flywheel + sachs sport clutch and pressure plate. 20k on the setup, $350 shipped - GETRAG 250 only



And the poor paperweight is out





Installed Stewarts high performance water pump and started prepping S52 for swap (oil pan etc)



Now onto the pics of the damage!









As she sits, waiting for her new transplant

[Balleristic31]

Awesome! Ive always loved this car! It's awesome to see such a great looking car still get taken to the track instead of being babied.

Even if you blow the motor while there. ;)

[lolcantturn]

how the hell does a timing chained engine do that?

[ZM Blue Devil]

dibs on valve cover.

[nrubenstein]

Wow. I would love to see a forensic report on that motor.

[DREWHALL]

WTF IS THAT AND WHY IS IT THERE

Eh new bearings it should be fine.

[2002maniac]

Ouch! That's some bad damage :(

I'm glad to hear you're fixing it. Enjoy!

[JeST]

If you're going to grenade the motor might as well go all in, lol. Did you money shift?

[fsf1o1]

Sexual favors ehhhh

[MrSlacker]

I would like to state for the record, that by sexual favors he means I will be whoring him out to anyone who is willing to pay. I will not accept any sexual favors from dude8383 personally.


I am super excited that this motor is going into Denis' car. It was a sad moment for all of us when he killed it at the track. Luckily I still had this motor not sold so I gave it to him without even a second thought.

I call dibs on joy rides around Monticello next weekend!!!

[ttrousdell]

Love the black coupe. What exactly happened? It looks like more then skipped timing.

[giantkeeper]

You did it on purpose :drink:

[dude8383]

Awesome! Ive always loved this car! It's awesome to see such a great looking car still get taken to the track instead of being babied.

Even if you blow the motor while there. ;)

Hehe thanks man, just like my sig says "An E30 that does not make it to the track is a sad E30."

I'm shooting for the Watkins Glen event Sept 24 and 25th, she MUST be done before then :)

how the hell does a timing chained engine do that?

I don't know but I think I may have had a hairline fracture in the head which would explain the lack of smoke. It must have given in at the track as I was getting back onto the gas slowly. I wasn't really pushing it because I was just getting acquainted with the track layout.

dibs on valve cover.

L, actually I grabbed it thinking that you'd want it :D

Wow. I would love to see a forensic report on that motor.

I'm hoping to pull the head off of it this weekend if I have time.

WTF IS THAT AND WHY IS IT THERE

Eh new bearings it should be fine.

ROFL, it'll buff out don't worry.

Ouch! That's some bad damage :(

I'm glad to hear you're fixing it. Enjoy!

Yep, it cringed when I took the pan down.

If you're going to grenade the motor might as well go all in, lol. Did you money shift?

In for a penny, in for a pound! No money shifting, I was babying it around the course because it was my first lap around.

Sexual favors ehhhh

LOL

I would like to state for the record, that by sexual favors he means I will be whoring him out to anyone who is willing to pay. I will not accept any sexual favors from dude8383 personally.


I am super excited that this motor is going into Denis' car. It was a sad moment for all of us when he killed it at the track. Luckily I still had this motor not sold so I gave it to him without even a second thought.

I call dibs on joy rides around Monticello next weekend!!!

Blah blah blah, throw your records out. You know you're willing to accept them.

Can't wait to get her up and running.

Love the black coupe. What exactly happened? It looks like more then skipped timing.

Skim up above, I have a theory at the moment as to what may have caused it.

You did it on purpose :drink:

I secretly wanted an S52...lol

[E30SPDFRK]

I've blown 3 engines so far haha, it sucks doesn't it? :p

Something was in your engine by the looks of that rod. That's sketchy.

[achtunge30]

Noooo, not another sacrificed E36 M3!?!?!
j/k

but in all serious...what was wrong with that E36 that its being parted?