Love the attention to detail. (most) engines really are just stuff bolted together. Keep up the good work and keep the pictures coming.
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Timing guide part II
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Fresh guides never looked so good!
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My original guides were toasted! so toasted in fact that I chucked them without taking any photos, I think out of disgust
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Comparing old chain to new chain, basically nothing visually different (other than the color) no stretch or unusual wear ect..
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Reversal of everything I just did
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New guides, chain, tensioner, updated Vanos spring washer to later model (gets rid of that annoying Vanos rattle) and converted Vanos fasteners to grade 8 and a whole lot of other random wear items
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All together again
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What could this be?
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Hmmm 1/2" 316L stainless plate
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I am going to be making some headers for this bad bish!
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Amazing how we all start with "I'll just replace this little sucker to prevent future headaches" and then we end up with an overhaul.
Looking good, watching this one for sure!"You could roll an E30 in a BMW showroom today and people would think:
Well, they finally got the 1 series right!"
3.0 L e30 ground up build
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Very cool! Please keep us posted of all the details as you build the headers.
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Love the E39 M5....... Always wanted one, but regrettably they are essentially impossible to get where I live currently; so if you don't mind, I shall live vicariously through you.
BTW, are these headers gong to be as crazy as everything else that you build?
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Love the E39 M5....... Always wanted one, but regrettably they are essentially impossible to get where I live currently; so if you don't mind, I shall live vicariously through you.
BTW, are these headers gong to be as crazy as everything else that you build?
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3D printed the flange for some mock up
Blue flanges would be interesting though
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Also turned out to be a great pattern as well
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I decided to make the flanges by manual machining, something I have always wanted to do with the old Bridgey
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Blues stainless brother, these flanges are 316 SS and the tubing 304L SS
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This is where auto feeding bandsaws shine, long cuts are a breeze with this beast
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Box O tubes
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Cutting continues
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Hang em high
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I also have a set of super sprints for helping with the mock up process, will make this way easier
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Serious plug
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Stainless is no joke machining, but once you get the feed speed down it cuts quite nicely, also the high quality hole saw is key
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The holesaw is just the first step, I will be boring the I.D. to the correct diameter
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Till next time.sigpic
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Originally posted by gnmzl View PostAmazing how we all start with "I'll just replace this little sucker to prevent future headaches" and then we end up with an overhaul.
Looking good, watching this one for sure!
Originally posted by BlueSapphireTribe View PostThanks for the excellent pictures!!
Originally posted by nsogiba View PostVery cool! Please keep us posted of all the details as you build the headers.
Originally posted by Tate View PostLove the E39 M5....... Always wanted one, but regrettably they are essentially impossible to get where I live currently; so if you don't mind, I shall live vicariously through you.
BTW, are these headers gong to be as crazy as everything else that you build?
Originally posted by issa_m3 View PostM5's are such a cool car, id love to own one
Originally posted by thirtynine View PostThis is spurring me on to get stuck into my own M5. Love it! Please keep us updated with your progress.sigpic
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I was a little skeptical about buying one of these due to all the needed replacements and potential nightmares, but after browsing this thread, I'm confident that none of it is difficult to overcome. I'll be checking out some other threads of yours for sure!
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New tools! cheap ones at that
It bores holes, I am sorry I wish it was more interesting than that
I need to open these about 1/8" to reach the 1 3/4" I.D.
Boring was a surprisingly fast process, drilling the flange thru bolt holes now
Mini production mode
Cut a small relief to help with centering the tubing when fabricating the runners
The final product
Octuplets
Now to the not so fun part, tearing these super sprints apart and then we can start the header building process!
This took many hours of fighting to get these things all back apart
Now that they are apart the really fun stuff can start
Next update will involve many tubes being cut and tackedsigpic
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The thing about making headers is you need at least two points, A being the exhaust ports and B being the location of the collectors. Here i will be making a simple jig to position the second point B (where the collectors are positioned) i will be using a set of super sprint headers as a guide
Bolted the SS's onto the engine,will be then bolting the entire sub frame/engine back into the car to start the making the jig
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Before collectors are in place
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Collectors back on, as you can see these do not hang down like other SS's, these were actually modified to fit a slammed 7 series with an M5 drive train swap and were tucked way up as to not hit everything
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Here lies the A,B sections of the headers, collectors are a kit
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Its a simple jig that will be bolted to the trans
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Tacked collectors to jig
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Now that A,B are in place i can start the tube making
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Pie cuts are for fine tuning, I will be using pre-made bends where possible
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Driver side is going to be the first side I do, Its more complicated than the passenger, figured its best to knock out the hard one first
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The first few pieces
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Till next updatesigpic
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