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Some minor but important changes I couldnt get the ex manifold out of the car without lifting the engine on the RHS, a complete pain. Solution was to pack up the RHS engine mount with a spacer allowing ex manifold to go in and out as it should This allows enough room now without having to resort to beating the chassis strut area in as many people do, clearance shown in photo 7 I've removed the waterpump entirely to check all hose fitments. Reason for that is the inlet hose to the waterpump was just rubbing on the oil return to the block AN fitting JUST, enough to wear through in time. Ordered a modified factory return that sits up and around the pump still with an AN fitting, welded to the end. Everything looking good and attached apart from the change in direction with the oil pressure regulator for the turbo. The mk1 Turbosmart OPR requires a plumbing back in of the oil return that is not in the same return line as the main turbo oil return drain, which would mean either a whole separate line to the sump or using their new mk2 returnless version which I've bought from North Short Toyota and the great team there. Ill get the final oil lines made up once the OPR arrives which should at that point complete the turbo plumbing, bar the heat shielding sleeves and the mounting of the OPR. Yeah, that and the boost lines for mac valve solenoid etc. This is about as close to a final turbo plumbing solution as its ever got. Once Ive finished all the lines Ill keep going to finish the downpipe and look to feed the wastegate dump back into the main dump to keep LVVTA happy. Crap bimmerlife coil harness solution. Ill see if I can rescue it first.

Question on my listing, person can't figure out from my description if the clutch has been replaced. They copied and pasted the description into their question. Can you, Sherlock Holmes, deduce whether the clutch has been replaced? Also I despise the use of a random number of dots to space out text.

Brand new URO Parts Valve Cover for sale. Believe this is for LCI models/ models with N52N engine. Happy to send more photos. E60, E61, E81, E82, E87, E88, E90, E92, E93 Part # : 11127552281 Pick up Auckland Can ship at buyers expense $300

Thanks Elias, looks really clean and plenty of space too. Looks great! Ill see how I go, may I ask about how much $?

BMW rates Mahle as an OEM provider.. It differs from part to part, but I generally trust whatever BMW utilises for OEM - eg off the top of my head (from E30/36/46/9x experience😞 Elring - gaskets, seals Mahle - oil, air, fuel filters Delphi - coils, sensors Fag - bearings, cylinders Have had great results subbing in Febi/Bilstein, Swag, Rein, FTC, Mann - but depends part to part really. Think Lemforder makes Febi, Mahle, Mann etc anyway - so that's more in Mahle's favour(?) - could be wrong on that! Also if you chuck another RockAuto order in - 5% off RockAuto orders: Code: 230130626206754042 Expires on May 26, 2023, 12:00 Midnight CT

Good times. Wiper motor next.

Do the hidden OBC unlock and bring up the coolant temp so you can see what its actually reading under different conditions. The gauge being buffered means if it goes even a few degrees out of its normal middle range then its going straight to the red zone. Cooling system refresh is always a good idea as you probably given its probably on old\unknown parts. Never really heard of sensor failing but you can almost guarantee the thermostat and fan clutch are original. When i buy a car i usually remove the radiator at the same time and clean out all usual debris on the front of the fins and the AC condenser area.

Back to the 1M faker, LHS headlight lens being readied to seal back up As almost as large as you can fit in dual oil coolers installed. RHS mounts as per the stock one, LHS requires a few parts that were not originally on the car, shown below, This allows two of the three mount to attach to the chassis rail, this part get placed between the chassis rails and the front crash bar as per the RHS. Its on its way. Seem to fit ok, holes in metal duct were for brake vents from the original owner. Rear interior/boot reassembled, left out any part that isnt particularly functional. Meth tank cleaned out, lines routed. Nex job later today is removal of fuel tank, to both clean out any residual crap and rinse remainder of fuel out. Also to ensure the stage 4 triple intank pumps are secure and finalised, including fuel lines and relays, hobb switch, ground wires, supply and return lines etc. I never truly finished this job to a point where Im confident its done properly. Probably fine, just dont want this to burn the car down by being lazy. One part Ive been scratching head my head on literally is the half cage. It dawned on me that I quite possibly bought a LHD type cheap locally. The diagonal bar would preferably go the other direction giving me the space needed to no knock me out, or add so much padding that my face is up in the windscreen. May remove entirely. Leave this for later. Found a genuine BMW motorsport gershifter new. Lest we forget 🥀