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Member Profiles / Re: Jay's E30 316i Euro M42 Swap

« on: November 04, 2018, 03:17:06 PM »

In Oktober we went for the final time this year to the nurburgring. The weather was shitty and even worse the engine was shitty to.
I heard noises coming from the engine i thought i heard conrod bearings again. When i got home i decided to just open up the engine for inspection.
And i was not going to do it while it was in the car so i pulled the engine (with the car lift).



I decided to pull the conrod bearings but there was nothing out of the ordinary to find. When i pulled the main bearing caps i found a spun bearing.
It was a mes, the locking tabs on the bearings were gone and the crankshaft and the bearing caps were destroyed.



Well that was it for this M42. you can bring it to the shop and have it re drilled and stuff but that's just to expensive.
Luckily i have some good friends witch have a lot of BMW stuff lying around. Because everyone knows about the Issus i had/have one of them gave me a bare engine block for free.
So i picked it up and it was dirty as fuck. It had been sitting in the corner for 4 years. So this time i decided to check everything!!!



After a lot of cleaning i removed the crankshaft and the rest of the internals. And it all looked great! No damage to be found and
the main bearings are still in good shape. this engine has about 400.000 kilometers on the clock and it still looks great!



Since it had been sitting in the corner i spent the next day just cleaning an cleaning. Also pulled the pistons and weighed the conrods properly.
I'm replacing the piston rings just to be sure and because it was dirty.





This is how it sits now i painted the block and everything is cleaned. now al i have to do is wait for parts to arrive.
In the meanwhile i have to clean the head and all the other stuff that came of my old engine since i only got the block.
Then i can start rebuilding it again.

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Member Profiles / Re: Jay's E30 316i Euro M42 Swap

« on: October 03, 2018, 07:27:49 AM »

It has been a long time ago since i posted something but a lot has happened. 
After the first track weekend in 2018 i decided to renew my brake pads. then i found out that my brake cylinders were stuck.
So i had to rebuild my brake calipers. When i removed the cylinder i found out that they were rusted badly. So i put in new cylinders and seals on al four brake calipers.
I also had new steel brake lines laying around witch i never had motivation for to fit them but since i had to bleed the brakes i thought this was the time.


So now i have al rebuild brake calipers with new brake lines everywhere witch was really a pain in the ass. It look likes its painted but it is just wire brushed.

A friends of mine wanted to build an E36 so suddenly a had a lot of spare parts that i could buy.
So i bought a cage a seat and seat belts. The time had come that this would become a full track day car.


It was nicely cut out! Even the brake lines were still underneath it

Then the fun part began. I removed al the interior and al of the isolation mats witch is a time consuming annoying task. 
6 years ago i had my front jack stands welded and when i removed the carpet they were rotted again. This time i welded it myself so it should be good.





When that was done i painted the interior white.



It took three layers before it looked nice. Now the problem is is that the seam sealer won't dry so when i started grinding and
welding al the shavings ect would stick to the seam sealer.


Welded some brackets for the seats belts. And 6mm of reinforcements for the rear section of the roll cage.


Fresh coat of orange.


Because it is/was a four door roll cage i had to make it fit. if i would have left it as is it would half in the dashboard.
So i cut the cage and made it fit witch is really hard because of al the bends.


Welded the rear section in witch was pretty easy. only the rear mounts were hard to reach. It was a bolt on cage but i just
welded everything. I still have my speakers ect because its a long drive to the nurburgring and i still want some music.


The front part was a real puzzle but me and a friend made it fit so it would sit nicely behind the dashboard.
The passenger seat is only there for the looks it isn't really comfortable. I bought one new seat for me and made custom seat supports.
When i drove around i found out that the seat was in the wrong position so i had to made new brackets. I put spacers in the steering column
so the steering wheel would sit further down since i have a new steering wheel. The seam sealer is still wet btw.


welded imitation parts on the original front fender. Worked out nice.


First time with a roll cage. it was really nice i didn't have to lean in a curve but i miss the foot rest next to the clutch pedal.

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Member Profiles / Re: Jay's E30 316i Euro M42 Swap

« on: March 20, 2017, 08:37:21 AM »

I did some new work on the car. First of al new rear shocks so i wont bounce of the track.



I bought another brake booster witch I rebuild. I also deleted the check valve to the rear wheels.





Welded some holes



and last but not least I made a new exhaust system. Everything is from Simons witch offers great exhaust parts. The sound is nice, noting to loud. if I found it to boring i will remove the DB killer. Also the ground clearance is much better than the exhaust that used to be on it.








This might save my exhaust someday . Since i don't want to be stuck anymore on a curb.
So the car is ready for the new race season. I can't wait until Easter weekend to put it to the test.

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Member Profiles / Re: Jay's E30 316i Euro M42 Swap

« on: December 12, 2016, 02:13:58 PM »

The pictures where from the conrod bearings. Problems always surface before a race weekend this time the spark plug wires were to blame
While is was driving home on 3 cylinders al i could think of is COP plate got to fit a COP plate, so i did
I don't know the person that made the drawing but thanks!



Wiring is different because i made a new wiring loom. My wires are longer so i had plenty of room to root it around the strut.



I also changed the AFM mounting. The thing i hade made previously wasn't really that great. So i welded it to the strut, and now its not moving anymore and it also clears the oil vapor/separator nicely

For the winter stop I intend to change a few things:

The rear shock absorbers are to long. i fitted 20 inch GAZ coil overs and those are way to long  i need 18 inch.
I am going to weld a new exhaust because currently its 1,5 inch in diameter. My plan is to make a 2 inch sport exhaust system.
The brake booster has to be changed. i currently have a 20/21 booster and for BMW's with rear disc brakes you need 22/17. it feels like the rear brakes are not braking as hard as they should, the rear brake check valve also has to be deleted.
 
Al and al the car runs great. here's a nice pic of a 4C that is getting passed by an M42

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Member Profiles / Re: Jay's E30 316i Euro M42 Swap

« on: May 13, 2016, 11:34:53 AM »

Since last year lots of things have changed, but the problems still continue.
last year I drove home from the Nürburgring witch is a long drive and since there
was no speed limit it was full speed ahead. At about 120 Mph / 200 kmh the engine stalled
I thought it was history but it started again. Later at home I found out that the camshaft sensor couldn't keep up.
so I swapped it and it worked. But then the engine made a rattle noise at 3000 RPM so I had to open it again.
since everything is new I had no idea where to look. Dropped the oil pan and found non metallic parts.
the crankshaft bearings where shot.


2000 miles old bearings, because of oil starvation from my camshaft sensor 

But wait there is more:

fitted proper tires Federal 595 RS-R
Wheel spacers because the tires are to wide
A rust free trunk
A rust front valance
Brand spanking new imitation IS spoiler

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Engine management / Re: Idle and drivability issues

« on: December 26, 2014, 02:36:27 PM »

Test the spark plug wires. Open the cover and feel every wire if it shocks you you know it is faulty.
I had the same issue but my cause was that the ECU was toasted.

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Member Profiles / Re: Jay's E30 316i Euro M42 Swap

« on: December 16, 2014, 08:30:19 AM »

So the M42 runs perfect then I fitted a GAZ suspension set and it was time to do some laps of the nurburgring





in front of my buddy's 190 



Great weekend but there are also lessons to learn. Don't fit M50 injectors, the computer cant keep up and you end up getting a poor
mpg and it stinks like petrol. And I have to get new tires because stock road tires bounce around. Time for semi slicks and a set of spacers.
I think half an inch would be perfect.

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How-To's / Re: Easy profile gasket/timing case install. No head removal required,

« on: October 18, 2014, 07:16:37 AM »

I did the same thing. But in my case it was for the crankcase gasket. My advise is that you have to have
a jack to compress the profile gasket because if you don't the crankcase does not align with the engine
and you can get leakage from the upper oil pan.

http://www.m42club.com/forum/index.php?topic=18208.15

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Member Profiles / Re: Jay's E30 316i Euro M42 Swap

« on: October 18, 2014, 07:09:27 AM »

I would have installed the original airbox if I had one
And finding one was more complicated then an K&N filter

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How-To's / Re: E28 Motor mounts

« on: September 21, 2014, 04:54:19 AM »

I just installed E24 motor mount ETK number 11 81 1 132 793.
They are huge compared to the M40 motor mounts and installing them was real pain in they ass.
When they were fitted I noticed that the engine leans a bit back more thus giving me more clearance to
the oil pan witch is nice.

But this also concerns me how will this effect my driveline. Does anyone have the measurements
of the stock engine mounts in height. the E24 mounts are 2.4 inch in height and when compressed they are 2.2 inch
Cane someone post the height of the stock mounts?

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Member Profiles / Re: Jay's E30 316i Euro M42 Swap

« on: July 31, 2014, 04:20:18 AM »

Finally it is finished. I had a lot of issues in they end.
Coil no4 set fire to itself? and burned down al the wires so I had to make
new wires from the ECU to the coil pack because I didn't thrust the rest
I made new wires for al the coils. And then the spark plug wires failed
and the O2 sensor also failed but I was able to clean it and then it worked.
And I am currently running M50B25 injectors with a M50B20 FPR just to try.




In two weeks or so I will be driving it on the Nordschleife will see how it goes.

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Member Profiles / Re: Jay's E30 316i Euro M42 Swap

« on: June 09, 2014, 10:35:16 AM »

So it finally runs. And there are no oil leaks 
After swapping the AFM from a e34 M43 the car idles nice. It was a little bit hesitating
to rev up but after 4 miles it doesn't do that any more. Now the car is blowing some smoke
but I don't think its that important because it hasn't run in 4 years or so.
In two weeks I will take it to the road and see how it goes from there.

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Engine + Driveline / Re: which oil you would recommend?

« on: May 31, 2014, 01:51:40 PM »

I think Royal purple is a bit expensive plus I have to drive very far to get it. So al my cars run on Valvoline Durablend.

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Engine + Driveline / Re: which oil you would recommend?

« on: May 28, 2014, 12:16:58 PM »

This may be an old folder but it does give some insight into different types of oil

http://www.hardemanmotorsport.nl/vergelijkend_onderzoek.pdf
 

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Member Profiles / Re: Jay's E30 316i Euro M42 Swap

« on: May 28, 2014, 09:38:28 AM »

The aluminium strut brace doesn't just look cheap it also feels that way.
But since I have it laying around I might as well give it a try.
The tank is indeed a oil catch can.