2010-04-10

2010-04-01

2010-03-01

2010-01-24

2010-01-02

2009-11-21

2009-10-24

2009-09-20

2009-09-10

Managed to finish with the rod that goes from the brake pedal to the brakebooster. Also I have started working on the exhaust it self and hopefully will soon be able to listen to the engine without earplugs.

2009-08-23

Finished with the left exhaust manifold, finished with all the wiring including the different plus cables going everywhere in the car :-D
Bought a fairly big BMC air filter and mounted it aswell. So now the engine starts and sounds crazy as hell as long as there is no exhaust on it, so I guess this will be next in the build process. Also I am going to make the rest of the brakelines for the entire car and also the fuel line will have all new pipes leading to the tank. Decided I wont pull out the engine untill the car has to be painted so its gonna be in the hole for awhile ;-)

2009-08-04

Alot of stuff has happened since my last update. Text will be updated later on ;-)

2009-07-28

Alot of stuff has happened since my last update. Text will be updated later on ;-)

2009-07-01

Things are starting to look good. I have mounted the gearbox to the engine, temporarily to see what it looks like. Its a nice and tight fit, and it is actually fairly quick to pull out the engine from the engine bay. Also I have found the final position of the brakebooster. The mounting has been reduced in height, and the arm that actually holds the mount has been shortened and welded to the correct length. Usually people relocate the ABS unit to the original battery position, but after some consideration, I decided that it could actually fit underneath the brakebooster, right behind the headlights. There is little room for it, but it is so much nicer this way, and makes my job easier since I don't have to extend the brakehoses and the wires that goes to the ABS unit. Next up is the exhaust manifolds that needs to be modified so it doesn't interfere with the steering shaft. More updates soon...

2009-04-26

Been pretty busy for the couple of months doing alot of non car related stuff... But there are some news! I have bought 2 brand new X5 4.4 exhaust manifolds from BMW. They were quite expensive but at the same time saves me a lot of work. Compared to the regular M60 manifolds that have 4 pipes going from the engine, the X5 manifolds only have one pipe on each side going away from the engine. This means that it requires a minimum of modification to the manifolds.
Also I have listed the colors and pin number of the enginewirings

2009-03-07

Now the project is getting somewhere. I have ripped the old engine/transmission/brakebooster etc. out of the car, which was pretty straight forward. Now the job gets a bit more tricky.
Just for show, I decided to place the V8 engine in the engine bay to see how it looked and to get an indication of what needs to be done, and of course how much/little room there is ;-)

2009-02-23

Just got back from Frankfurt - Germany with my new 93 convertible final edition. Its in good condition, has M Tech II bodykit, black leather interieur and standard hardtop :-)
Soon ready to begin the process of dismantling and removing the engine.

2009-02-10

At last I got to the point of making a site for my V8 project. The status is that I have started collecting all the necessary parts including a nice e36 M3 3.2 exhaust with scorpion M3 muffler. Also I have an E30 M3 diff (25% Lsd - 3.25). The next plan is to take the V8 apart, clean everything and exchange several gaskets. Plus, I need to find a decent M-tech II Convertible, hopefully within the next couple of months. Stay tuned...