E30 Coupe Complete Rebuild + M60B40 Conversion Thread

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It's been enjoyable putting bits back on the engine and back in the engine bay.





Still have to spend many hours on the left side valve cover yet. I've been putting this off after spending so, so long on the other one. It's worth it when it's done though.

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As always , great job man !

Thanks Jean. Appreciate it.

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The engine going back together.

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Updates please

I''ll try and post a heap of pics shortly.

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whoa, whoa, whoa! wtf is this?!

I don't know if i've ever seen an undercarriage look like that... ever. Great work!

I'm curious when you show the bearings, cams and crank and you say they look good, what are you looking for necessarily? Upon visual inspection, what are you looking for exactly? scoring? pitting? the obvious? or is there something more obvious i'd miss if i didn't know?

Thanks for the great comment mate.

Yes looking for scoring and pitting on the cam journals and crank journals and wear marks on the bearings. Often the bearings will be starting to show copper through in the bottom of the curve or at least starting to change colour. Mine almost looked brand new.

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Such an awesome project. Wish I had your painting skills!

Thanks mate. I'm no expert though.

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Tremendous! This is to be driven exclusively on a clean, indoor track, right?

Nah, I'll drive it on the road but I wont drive it if its been raining or looking like rain.