And it begins...

[Dave]

Check out this place for a crank scraper. They seem to know what they are doing:

http://www.crank-scrapers.com/bmw.html

Thank you for being redundant.

[z31maniac]

He probably meant crank.

So the knife edge would be a waste, eh? Good to know, I don't want to spend money where it isn't needed. Should I still do the crank scraper?

Yes I did.

Woot for leaving work early to get wasted on Cinco de Mayo.

[TwoJ's]

What do you plan to do for software?

Maybe it's just me, but I think you are going to put a good amount of money in to this thing, and be disappointed with the result. The cost vs. power-gain ratio will be high if you do a proper rebuild.

[AndrewBird]

Check out this place for a crank scraper. They seem to know what they are doing:

http://www.crank-scrapers.com/bmw.html

[madjurgen]

Crank scraper a good idea if you are going to track it. Prob not a bad idea even if you do the parking lot cone chasing.

Oil starved bearings do bad things. Ask me how I know . . . .

YES! Please make this a required item. I have the same setup youre building if youve got any ?s. And I'm still planning on going S52...fwiw.

[E30trash]

god damn, its about time josh :)

[Teaguer]

Nice but what about all the hype in this post ? :giggle:

[Dave]

Cool, thanks for the info, Dave. What do they usually cost?

I want to say it was right under $100 shipped.

[Fidhle007]

something truely amazing is a boosted 400-500whp E30

Yeah, yeah, I'm not there yet dude. Give it some time, aight? Gotta give my wallet time to recover from the swap and the IX purchase, and then maybe I'll start looking for a belt-powered snail for my new powerplant...

[Jand3rson]

Cool, thanks for the info, Dave. What do they usually cost?

[Jean]

+1 on crank scraper, even if you don't autox it seems that m10 and m20 engines suffer from oil starvation during long right hand turns.

-1 on knife edge crank, unless you plan to rev high, not necessary.

[nando]

A 24v e30 is something truly amazing, but while I have the satisfaction of building my car, YOU will have the satisfaction of building your MOTOR in the CAR YOU built. One day I will have that I imagine but for now I will live vicariously through you.

something truely amazing is a boosted 400-500whp E30 ;)

[Dave]

just contact Kevin @ Ishihara-Johnson and let him know what block and crank you are using - he can whip it up for you. I had to do a little bit of massaging on some of the bolt holes and a couple of the fins with a rasp on an air grinder, - took about 15 minutes of work.

He makes a nice piece. Includes good instructions on how to "dry mount" it and test for clearance.

[Fidhle007]

A 24v e30 is something truly amazing, but while I have the satisfaction of building my car, YOU will have the satisfaction of building your MOTOR in the CAR YOU built. One day I will have that I imagine but for now I will live vicariously through you.

[Jand3rson]

Crank scraper a good idea if you are going to track it. Prob not a bad idea even if you do the parking lot cone chasing.

Oil starved bearings do bad things. Ask me how I know . . . .

This car will see regular auto-x duty from now on, along with track days in the future, so that's why the scraper is on the list.

Any plans to bore it out and make it more than 2.7?

Not at the present, mainly because I'll be building this engine on a budget. But who knows what will come later. I still want to do a 24V someday.