M30 swap for my Olive Drab Vert!

[jeffnhiscars]

I love the smell of freshly machined engine.

When all that torque threatens to rip the wind deflector out of its mounts, I got dibs :p

[jim325]

sexual cylinder head. Makes me want to take my head off and finally get it built, but I gots no monies...lol.

[N2MYE30]

Good talking with you at The Vintage. This build is looking real nice. It will go well with your cabrio too...which I really like. :up:

[RagtopE30]

sexual cylinder head. Makes me want to take my head off and finally get it built, but I gots no monies...lol.

Thanks Jim! Your car was the final push I needed to get the ball rolling on my swap.

Good talking with you at The Vintage. This build is looking real nice. It will go well with your cabrio too...which I really like.

Thanks and it was good seeing you again at the Vintage.

Thanks for the positive comments on the car. I will post more pictures of the car in the next day or two so you guys can comment on all the rest of the goodness that has already taken place with this car!

[AsharC]

Coming along very well, I have the 179 Dme if you still need it. I do not have the wiring harness though.

[jim325]

I'm sure the wiring in the engine bay and the engine overall will look much better than mine. lol.

I'll fix mine I swear... 3 years later....

Atleast me and the girlfriend finally got around to painting the door jams...

I really wanna cruz with ya when you get this done. It will kinda make me sad driving mine and looking at yours but the inspiration to get mine looking half as good as yours will be there.

[RagtopE30]

^ Man I don't know what you are talking about! Your car looks good! When I pulled into the BBQ your car was the first to catch my eye.

[jim325]

I much appreciate the kind words. Now get this thing finished! :nice:

[RagtopE30]

Ok so it has been a few weeks but I finally have an update! The next updates will be kinda slow due to a new job that takes me out of town for several months.

Up first, we partially reassembled the head in order to CC it. Each combustion chamber CC'd right at 64cc, this will be vital to future calculations in the build of this monster!



After the bookkeeping was done we reassembled the head completely and coated it in some storage oil. Sealed it up and put it on the shelf. Next updates will be of the crank and block work.

[RagtopE30]

I havent forgotten about this project or updating the thread. I am still out of town working but my machine shop is still making progress. They are currently working the crank and block. I expect to be ordering the pistons any day now!

[cheapshot]

^slacker ;)

[hcash]

Perhaps I missed it, but what shop are you using?

[RagtopE30]

Reece Racing engines. They are a small company that mainly builds big block V8's and motorcycle race engines. They are extremely extremely good at what they do!

[RagtopE30]

I cannot wait to get back on this build. Sorry about the slack ass nature of the updates over the last several months. I am a Army Drill Sergeant and I have been in Ft. Jackson SC doing what I do! Dec 17th is the day I come home and then it is GAME ON!

In the mean time I have recently purchased a hardtop which needs some TLC and I just ordered AKG bushings to rebuild the rear subframe along with some GE rear 650# springs w/adjusters.

I really need to combine all my pictures into one big build thread...... man I am lazy.

[Joshua8336]

man i love that vert, and nice color choice! :up: maybe i missed it, but what transmission are you going with?