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One sight I never wished to see haha. Just waiting for a haynes manual then I can figure out how to take the head off properly!

Ahh, now I get Marks comment about a temporarily unemployed bmw tech. When are you starting there?

Hopefully! They said around $600 + parts. But they are waaaay to busy and overbooked for days in advance to be carrying out a headgasket replacement. Thinking of stripping it down to the head - take it to them then all they have to do is pull the head, replace the headgasket then I can assemble manifolds etc. Yeah hard, all that luck with everything going so smoothly was too good to be true haha. Oh well I'm not too worried, new headgasket is quite re-assuring. Expect a text in the morning sir

lol k.

Yep it was but the leak is very very slow, it only seeps out when it is running. Apparently there was a recall on the 90's for m50's about this issue where they were leaking out the rear of the head. They put pressure in the cooling system and apparently it was just spewing out.. New gasket and bolts on the way anywho. If anyone knows of a good DIY thread that would be MINT.

Cheers lol, but yep it was down there getting it all checked out and it is the headgasket that is blown sadly! Not good!!

Yep I've used Megasquirt 1 V3 with an m20 turbo before.

Very nice, How much did you pay for it? if you don't mind me asking.. All good if not - Just curious.

Battery charged? Spade terminal goes to one of the sensors on the thermostat housing.

Yeah all it did was sorta bend the top down against the bottom and crumple it up some more lol

Gonna actually get a bit of sheet metal and slant it from the bottom of the valance to above that bent bit. Painted black should be less visible plus serve some purpose in ducting air towards the radiator from those vents.

Already PM'd with an unbeatable offer, so consider this thread over

Couple minor fixes needed + front wound down to give it a sick stance. Other than that she's pretty much done. That bent radiator support is REAL obvious through the vents in the valance FML. Suggestions?

I used to walk out of the toilet at my work and my boss would be like 'did you have a good play on your phone texting' ... 'Does it smell like it?' Fair enough though your boss does pay you to do work and not sit on the toilet all day - we're told get it out on our breaks.

Looks sweet. Need smaller tyres IMO

Watch out for the c104 connector.. it's a 3pin plug coming off the engine loom right after the ECU connector. If your new engine has this, or your e30 has this you need to connect it or else the car will not start and you will have no tacho. I did this for a previous swap where I put a pre-FL m20b20 into a facelift m20b20 with the circle plug. Had to change plugs then wire up the c140 which is ECU power, Tacho and fuel consumption IIRC.

I wonder how much that cost..

Happy birthday

Yeah he means you have bigger problems then just finding the elephant trunk bit lol. I don't have one and I dont have that - Maybe the water gets trapped behind that sound deadening and the moisture started to rust it..

Woah you should get that fixed....

HOT

I want like a 3.46 or 3.64 or something. 4.45 is way too high

need a good diff, dont care small case or medium case just need a diff to use for abit. lower the ratio the better. cheaper the better too.. or if someone had one i could borrow for abit that would be mint

Haha. When my one craps out I will.. I'm going to have the motor checked properly by a pro. The engine is running sweet just the small leak problem needs to be sorted out, Only other issue is the exhaust is LOUD... I kind of like the sound of an m20 over this m50 but it does sound friggn tough.

IIRC the fuel system had reached it's peaked (maybe just the injectors?) .. So it was actually potentially capable of more power if it had higher flowing injectors and fuel pump.. but then again it is a stock internals m50!