M42 COP guide, the easy way :)

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M42 COP guide, the easy way :)
« on: April 29, 2012, 05:11:51 PM »
Not very pretty, but it works great and is very easy to do :)

First, find a bracket long enough to cover all the new COPs.
Then take two long nuts and weld on the two middle valve cover skrews, then fit a stud or bolt long enough:



Splice the cables a bit and wrap them in tape or something, then find some rubber shit to place between the bracket and coils to hold the coils down. I tok small pieces of a old coolant hose, not for show but it works :)
Something like this:



Now its pretty easy to fit the BMW plastic piece too, if you want a near OEM look:



This is my winter drifting car so the finish is not that important, shine dont take you home! :)
-88 E30 325i M50 6spd turbo, 764whp
-89 E30 318i M42, 140hp COP conv. (E36 engine + gearbox, 3.73 188 diff)
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