Brilliantrot 24v swap: BACK UNDER THE KNIFE!..Now with puppy content

[Jand3rson]

Great thread! Happy to see another NV M50, good to know that other people know as well that Vanos isn't really that important.

[Nick_S]

Some shit got did today...

Started with a bunch of parts and a partially assembled engine.


Oil pan bolted and torqued up.


Crank pulley and water pump went back on.


Painted, cleaned and reinstalled the intake manifold and new TB gasket. Still need to clean my injectors and put the new o-rings on. Also this is staying off till the motor is in the car. Have read it is easier that way.



Water pump pulley, tensioner and a new alternator went on. Mini cooper S belt is a perfect fit!



Started to run the harness and remembered I didn't have all the connections labeled or were missing a few still. New intake boot and MAF installed for shits and giggles. Got new valve cover breather hoses and couplers also.



So...that looks like an engine ready to meet it's new home!


Decided on using the G250 that came with the motor for ease of use. Going to swap dif's down the road as the 4:10 out back is going to make this a rev happy setup for awhile. Started cleaning it up a bit.

New order from Gripforce came in. OEM sachs clutch and F1 14.5lb chromoly flywheel. Can't wait to get this in there.


That is all for now! Hope to get the car up to the shop this week and start getting it all drained and stripped. Next weekend should be a huge step as I hope to get the M42 out of there! I have all the major components covered now, will need some small bits here and there but hoping this project starts to pick up steam now. Will update soon!

[Nick_S]

Don't know if you fixed it or not yet, but the passenger mount arm is upside-down in that picture.

Haha yea I noticed that.

Looks like a fun project, don't forget to get the right gaskets for the exhaust manifold otherwise you you will have a sneaky exhaust leak, ask me how i know:)

Yep got new ones! I need to get the studs out and put new ones in though.

[E30stan]

Looks like a fun project, don't forget to get the right gaskets for the exhaust manifold otherwise you you will have a sneaky exhaust leak, ask me how i know:)

[rudenate]

Don't know if you fixed it or not yet, but the passenger mount arm is upside-down in that picture.

[Nick_S]

Feeling like crap today and didn't want to make the hour drive. Waiting on some more parts to show up so all I could have done was bolt the oil pan back up and a few odds and ends. Clutch and flywheel being ordered monday. This is taking longer and costing more than I thought, I suppose I should have expected that, ha. Although having it an hour away really sucks but will be worth it when I actually get to the engine swap part of this.

[Nick_S]

Nothing special. The harness I got with the car had some wires cut. Using the harness I got with my E34 for parts. I hate wiring.



The wires for the 02 sensor were the only ones who didn't match color for color. Got some digging to do on this.


Hoping to get the motor all back together this weekend.

[chrisbmx68]

Just tried to measure my shift rod on the car with the g240 and it's around 9.5 inches give or take.

[Nick_S]

Thanks for chiming in chris!

[chrisbmx68]

Looking good so far! I third the 944 booster working flawlessly for me. Also going with shorty ebay headers or obd 2 is the way to go. I have a super sprint rep long tube and it was a lot of work to get fitting adequately. Installation was also awful and required removing the motor mount arm on that side. there are some pics in here that might be helpful I cant remember what I sent you on the vortex already http://www.flickr.com/photos/5117025...7629168566218/

[kingston]

Nick, just to make it an easy decision for you, here is a back-to-back of my old OBD1 s my OBD2 manis...

[NickL]

I've got a set of obd2 s52 manifolds id let go cheap nick.

[Nick_S]

Thanks man! I'll see if I can find a pair on the cheap. I may splurge and buy some nicer knock off ones from eBay.

[kingston]

Great progress, man!! Love the attention to detail on the valve cover bolts & washers, as well as the bolt top on the oil filter housing.

I'd highly recommend getting a set of OBD2 exhaust manifolds. Lighter, they flow better and they look a heck of a lot better. Looking forward to more updates!

[Nick_S]

:UPDATE!:

Had a decent day at the shop today. First up was the leak down test. Turning the crank by hand on each cylinder showed pretty decent results. 3 of them showed very good, 2 were in the average range and 1 was a tad lower but still acceptable. So I decided to move forward. We suspect that since the engine has sat for a bit without running they possibly show lower than what they are. Once it's running I'll do a compression test and redo the leak down and see where we're at with it.

Started at the oil pan. Removed the E36 pick up tube and bent the bracket off. Reinstalled the tray and the new E34 pick up with a new gasket.



While we were down there I had my buddy tack a quick weld on the nut for safe measures.


E34 pan all cleaned up


Was all excited to get the bottom end buttoned back up till I realized I left the bag with the bolts for the pan at my house . The downside of working on this an hour from home.

So with that screw up out of the way, I went up top.

Looking pretty good up here! New valve cover gasket installed. Cams show almost no sign of wear and the timing gears look great as well.


Installed the valve cover with the new gasket and rubber grommets for each bolt. Also put the oil filter housing and new oil pressure switch back on as well as the thermostat housing.


It's all about the details! Bolts and washers sanded, primed and painted.



On the oil filter housing...I want to run an oil pressure gauge and I'd seen a few adapters but I noticed a threaded socket is plugged with a hex head bolt right next to the factory pressure switch. Does anyone know I can simply thread the pressure sender unit into here or will I need an adapter?

New spark plugs were put in too and was pleasantly surprised at the condition of the old ones. None showed any signs of being fouled, covered in oil or overly burnt. All very consistent looking which I was happy about.

Also put the engine mount arms back on. Are they on the right way? I honestly wasn't paying attention when I took them off, haha.


Today they met for the first time.



At this point I realized I forgot the bolts for the water pump at home with the oil pan bolts.....AND the bolts for coil packs. Oh and the bolts for the tensioner pulley to go back on. And the crank pulley I suck at this today . Last night consisted of some heavy craft beer drinking and I paid the price today. My brain is mush. So that's about as far as I made it today. Going back up this week to hopefully button it back up. Took my intake manifold home to clean up and pull the injectors, clean them and install new o-rings. My harness adapter is on it's way (thanks Nando!:up:) and a clutch and flywheel and alternator are being ordered this week. That should be the last major parts to order. Some gaskets and bits here and there will pop up I'm sure.


Things I still need!
-402 DME for a NV motor
-water pump pulley

If you have these, sell them to me immediately.

Untill next time!
Cheers
Nick