Japandrew73's OEM Euro Restore

[Japandrew73]

Come on guys, make you're humour less suttle.

Why are you and half the other people on this board such assholes? Really.

I'd like to continue posting with updates, but comments like these make me want to proceed on in secrecy which is fine by me.

[TDE30]

Come on guys, make you're humour less suttle.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Nevermind = you will not listen anyway. = Subtle Joke

I'm not oblivious.

You just don't get it. And, f1x3d.

[gazellebeigem3]

I'm not oblivious.

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[Japandrew73]

Nevermind = you will not listen anyway. = Suttle Joke

I'm not oblivious.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Nevermind = you will not listen anyway.

[ZM Blue Devil]

cant believe the forum is actually trying to convince Andrew to do more for a change.

I thought the game plan based on previous work something along the lines of this...

[Japandrew73]

At least clean the rings and.... nevermind.

Why would you press post on this. If it was a 'never mind' then why didn't you just close the page?

I'm not retarded, you're trying to make a suttle joke I won't catch.

[Farbin Kaiber]

At least clean the rings and.... nevermind.

[JasonC]

I'd still pull the pistions out and take a look at the rings and bearings. It's better to be safe then sorry.

[Iain]

If it was fully built back in '04 then that's a different story. I - somehow- thought it had gone through the fire back when it was near-new and it had only logged minimal miles since then.

I didn't suggest you change the rods as they are a quite different part compared to bearings & rings. Rings & bearings are two of the biggest wear items in the bottom-end of an engine and will cop an absolute flogging when mods are added and the engine used in a more enthusiastic manner.

On a 5 year-old motor they won't need replacing but, as i said above, I thought this motor was a lot older than that.

[Japandrew73]

the rods and bears are a minimal concern if the block is indeed as young as you say. and it very wel should be by whats been done. Just do the guide rails and the timing cover gaskets. Its well worth the hour it will take to do trust me! I didnt do it an i cry a little everytime i crawl under my car and see that leak up front. I was in a rush and had to have a motor in the car regarless of where it leaked. And someday i will tak eit out and fix the problem or build another and put that in instead. But thats alot of headache you could avoid with an hour of work.

Noted. Thanks for the advice everybody, you've convinced me. Since I'm replacing every other gasket, I might as well do the lower timing cover and while im in there the guide rails.

[RickSloan]

the rods and bears are a minimal concern if the block is indeed as young as you say. and it very wel should be by whats been done. Just do the guide rails and the timing cover gaskets. Its well worth the hour it will take to do trust me! I didnt do it an i cry a little everytime i crawl under my car and see that leak up front. I was in a rush and had to have a motor in the car regarless of where it leaked. And someday i will tak eit out and fix the problem or build another and put that in instead. But thats alot of headache you could avoid with an hour of work.

[Japandrew73]

you seem intent on following some higher power/deity who knows bestest.

You could say that.

I think I'm going to end up following Jean's advice about the timing guides and of course gaskets. The upper timing cover is already off so of course those two gaskets are being replaced. If I take the lower timing cover off I will of course replace the two gaskets and the guide rails. I'm at work rigth now so i'll have to take a look at the rails when I get home.

Why exactly is it you want me to replace the bearings or rings? This engine doesn't have roughly 50k on it just from original mileage sitting in a garage somewhere. It had an engine fire in 2004. It was repaired the right way, the block was replaced with a new one and the head was rebuilt along with a new engine harness among other things - point is they did a good job repairing it after the engine fire. So this engine has roughly 50k from the time span of 2004-2009. It's been a daily driver so it hasn't sat at all really. It's a very good running engine, I'm pretty much replacing the essentials and getting it to look nice and run reliably to be a fun daily driver. I can understand about the timing guide rails, but why the rods and bearings? This is a pretty young engine.

[Iain]

So at this point it's a lot of cleaning and re-painting.

At least it will look pretty while it is sitting in the garage broken or leaking oil.

But seriously, having done my fair share of motor swaps in all kinds of cars over the years I'd DEFINITELY be doing the bearings and rings, or would be following Jean's advice very closely at the bare minimum.

There is a clear difference between going all-out with a build and replacing all the reciprocating gear with hi-po stuff that'll make enough horsepower to cause Jupiter to explode, or thoroughly preparing/servicing your motor to ensure you have a reliable, rock-solid powerplant in your performance car that can take a beating.

This thread is heading in an interesting direction. There are plenty of guys who've got M30-swapped E30s giving you some good advice Andrew, but even though this is your first swap you seem intent on following some higher power/deity who knows bestest. Good luck with your swap, I have a feeling you'll need it when the cold, fickle fist of fate comes to ram itself repeatedly in your anus, without lubricant and covered in broken glass and sand...


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Just so there are no hard feelings, please tear this section of the post off to reclaim your x1 free man-snuggle.

Strawberry kisses,
Iain