Eddie

The car got an exhaust today!!! A bit of a last minute thing, had to go home at lunch time and do a bit of dodgy wiring to get the car going and then off to the muffler shop

outside at last

some dodgy wiring

in need of some gas

the new exhaust is fitted

This is awesome. You sir. Are a Legend.

enough of this sir crap

That is awesome. How on earth do you complete SOOOOOOO much in such little time!

Drugs - lots of drugs

looking up at the new E36 front end installed in the 2002

The new gauge cluster

I had to make some adapters for the gauge sensors-the oil sensor was a bit big so it had to be mounted on an angled

The last of brake lines to be built and connected up the steering

The heater valve from the E36, this is electrically controlled were the 2002 is cable controlled

Battery moved to the boot

More wiring to go

I bailed from work today and did some work on the car instead. Managed to get the last of the brake lines made and bled up the brakes.

Got all the radiator and heater hose installed- plus used the heater control valve from the E36 as my 2002 was leaking.

Plumbed up the power steering. drive shaft on, check and filled all the fluids.

Started on getting some wiring in. got a long way to go here as I want to rerun all the wiring to the front through the guard and not through the engine bay. Also because I'm using the e36 column this creates extra wiring work.

Did make up a gauge cluster and mounted the battery in the boot.

I wired up a Beams motor into a ae86 last month. Goes ok in a lite car. The Altezza is just to heavy a car for them.

A sr20det is a good upgrade but has been done to death. Good choice for a 4cylinder NA motor unless you have heaps of coin then a s2000 would be in order.

Note- if you are going to use the Factory ECU don't f##k with the air box.

Is the orange colour Inka? It looks abit duller but it could just be the photos

KTM orange

The engine and front suspension went back in tonight.

I still have some brake lines to build.

Nice!

Feels good to finally get some finishing work done?

sure does

Engine bay primed

OMG ITS ORANGE!!!

I started on the repairs that were needed in the engine bay tonight. Removed all the wiring and cut off any bracket that wasn't needed. I put some rust kill on any surface rust I found

Great work mate. Love how the ignition setup worked out for you. Those coils look like they are off a 4AGZE I recon this will sound beaut once its up and running in the car. Keep steaming away with the progress.

sure are- 4agze

Going to add a map sensor next to help control the timing. The kit can have two ignition maps - say for if you are using different fuels .

Heres a vid of the engine running

Good news tonight-

I got the engine running using the Jaycar ignition kit and a wasted spark module from NZEFI.

Due to the programmable ignition controller being only a single channel system, I had to modify the factory M44 camshaft encoder just to give me a signal for cylinders 2&3. Then the signal from the factory

cam sensor was put into the wasted spark module. This module toggles the output from the controller to fire 1&4 and then switches to fire 2&3.

I used a Subaru reluctor and installed bolts in the front pulley to give the ignition controller a reference for cylinder 1 & 2 TDC.

Sorry I can't see the pictures currently. On the M42's I have stripped there has never being a plate on the intake cam (was this a M44?)

anyway there is a pin in the front of the exhaust sprocket (well both sprockets, as they are the same) and this is the trigger on the M42.

I see that an M44 is different:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?mo...hg=11&fg=25

Thanks- it would seem that only M44 has the plate and not on a m42. I just thought there may have been a similar thing on the m42

The cam timing is adjustable +/- 6 degrees IIRC. loosen the bolts and the sprocket moves about. What do you want a photo of the Cam Position Sensor for? It is the sensor on the front of the upper timing cover infront of the exhaust cam. Looks alot like the Crank Position Sensor.

I'm looking for a picture of the plate that bolts to the cam that the sensor picks up, like the plate that is on the inlet cam in the photo

Are there any M44/M42 nuts on here

It looks like the camshafts are adjustable- slotted holes behind the retaining bolts

Is the socket doweled?

If I undo the four bolts holding on the socket can I change the cam timing?

Does anyone have a photo of the cam shaft encoder off a M42?

Are there any M44/M42 nuts on here

It looks like the camshafts are adjustable- slotted holes behind the retaining bolts

Is the socket doweled?

If I undo the four bolts holding on the socket can I change the cam timing?

Does anyone have a photo of the cam shaft encoder off a M42?

I got the first stage of the Jaycar programmable ignition working today. I still have to make something to switch the output for the wasted spark.

I like the way the m44 looks with the twin carbs on it. I just wish it was a S14

Some photos of the new engine mounts

Just another photo of the new E36 mounting points

Time for the motor and box to come out. But first I needed to clean up, the car was getting hard to work on

Motor and suspension out