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DISCUSSION => Engine + Driveline => Topic started by: silverblades181 on June 15, 2006, 11:04:22 PM

Title: Interesting build-up for an M42
Post by: silverblades181 on June 15, 2006, 11:04:22 PM

This guy is making an S42 replica...kinda..anyway I hope it's not a repost. He's actually going the route I'd be going were I 15k richer lol

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum///showthread.php?t=433471

Title: Interesting build-up for an M42
Post by: mrjezza on June 16, 2006, 01:29:01 AM

Yeah I've seen that one.

In a nutshell the dude gets an M47 crank (needs to be shaved 5mm for pulleys to line up), M3 injectors (s50?) and Euro M3 (S50) pistons that he decks 3.8mm (dont like that, seems really ghetto).

Stroke is increased to 88mm and its bored to 86mm, total capacity 2.05L.

Title: Interesting build-up for an M42
Post by: bmwman91 on June 16, 2006, 08:51:14 PM

Can't be the S50 stockers.  Those are 17.5# ones, the M42 stockers are 20.5#.  Must be from something else.  Neat buildup...$$$$$ is what it takes.

Title: Interesting build-up for an M42
Post by: tim_s on June 17, 2006, 05:34:53 AM

Quote from: bmwman91

Can't be the S50 stockers.  Those are 17.5# ones, the M42 stockers are 20.5#.  Must be from something else.  Neat buildup...$$$$$ is what it takes.

He's from SA, so you're talking euro S50.

Title: Interesting build-up for an M42
Post by: silverblades181 on June 18, 2006, 09:09:26 PM

whats your bottom end setup Tim?

Title: Interesting build-up for an M42
Post by: Febi Guibo on June 26, 2006, 10:10:04 PM

the recipe works... !

Title: Interesting build-up for an M42
Post by: bmwman91 on June 29, 2006, 10:21:38 AM

Quote from: tim_s

He's from SA, so you're talking euro S50.

Man, why does the rest of the world get the REAL performance stuff.....