Zwing m3

[Zwingfilms]

12-8-2015

over a year ago I bought a fairly stock techno violet 1997 E36 M3 and sold it when I moved out of the country. It was the biggest regret of my life and I've always dreamt of the day I would own another one.





Introducing my 2nd 1997 E36 M3 (head gasket failure, SC needs full rebuild)

[fackinsteve]

Anotha one

[M3AN]

Oh yes

[Tate]

He's back. Oh Yeah

[Zwingfilms]

12-8-2015 - The first night's progress

This is a car that was built beautifully by an older gentleman living in Ventura, CA.
His daughter went off to college and didn't need the car so he claimed ownership
of it and turned it into a monster. A couple years later it was purchased by some
punk kid for around $10,000 who drove it up to Seattle, WA after 8 months.
The kid didn't know what he was doing. He barely maintained it, the oil pan
probably had a quart in it. He even pulled the methanol kit and sold it
because he didn't know what it was.

I bought the car knowing that the motor was in terrible shape, oil was leaking
everywhere, the supercharger needed to be rebuilt, the oil catch can had a
disconnected broken fitting. Car was overheating, the head gasket was
surely going out on the car.

I pulled the front end apart that same night.

Need to change these tail lights and wheels asap - [tips are from a Remus Exhaust system]


My friend Aaron came over to check things out and help me pull off the front end




mmmmmm beautiful





Blade was missing on the SC and has a lot of shaft play, needs a full rebuild





This guy kept everything! Thank God for an organized previous owner



Tie rod was being stubborn and I didn't have vice grips - I filed down the continually rotating stud down to a 9mm hex and spun the stud clockwise to help pull off the steering rack.




The spark plug tubes were filled with oil




The tube gaskets were hardened and broke into pieces




But the cam cover also had a gaping hole in it



Compression was alright and the leak down test was mehh



Documenting all the reciepts, took me hours



Even came with a dyno sheet!



Done for the night

[TruTaing]

Holy crap. That hole in the cam tray! Stoked to see you get it on the road again!

[Mehowski]

Truely heart breaking seeing a car like this get tortured by someone who doesnt know how to care for it.

Very keen to see what you do with the car.

Also a bit off topic, but a big fan of your videos

[Zwingfilms]

Truely heart breaking seeing a car like this get tortured by someone who doesnt know how to care for it.

Very keen to see what you do with the car.

Also a bit off topic, but a big fan of your videos

It is sad, I'm excited! Thanks man

[Zwingfilms]

Holy crap. That hole in the cam tray! Stoked to see you get it on the road again!

I bought a new one for $10! I'm pretty stoked myself, things are going pretty smoothly.

[AtlantisTouring]

Good to see you're saving the poor girl. Some fuckwits don't deserve cars like that.

Good work so far man!

[Zwingfilms]

Good to see you're saving the poor girl. Some fuckwits don't deserve cars like that.

Good work so far man!

Dope wagon dude!

[Zwingfilms]

For the less important photos I'm gonna try to keep them together to fill up less of the thread

With the ARP Head studs and vanos I needed to pick up some
female E torx sockets E12, E10, and E8 - buy them at Harbor Freight if you can!
I also picked up a 3/8"s air impact driver and a stand for the motor.

I had a hard time being resourceful when it came to removing the
vanos without the vanos wrench. I borrowed some cam blocks from
a friend and did a lot of research - using half of a channel lock to rotate
the "A" (Ausfahrt) cam sprocket clock wise - I then unbloted the front piece
when it rotated far enough and just used a flat head to apply pressure in
the hole of the sprocket prying in an upward motion and the vanos came right off.



Yuck! What you're actually seeing is a CES Lower Compression COPPER Head spacer.
This helps the motor handle the boost by lowering the compression more however the original owner
is telling me what when the car hits enough boost oil will squeeze through the spacer and leak...hmm..

[cblock406]

Sweet project, looks like you are moving right along! Subscribed

[NinoHale]

In.

[d0wse]

So much yes dude. So excited ans ***** your damn tease on instagram.