Jacko

Might be a repost but this is gold.

Would say that was me, but "nice" isnt how Id describe my E30. More like "rooted"

Changed the diff bush today, A bit of a headsup if someone wants to do similar. #1 -Pull the rear diff cover off!. Dont naff around, remove it #2 -Youll need a sharp knife/scalpel to tweak some of the lip of the bushing. It interferes with the casting on the fwd side, and the bolt/washer on the rear. #3 -Use a press to get the old bushing out, a BFH aint gonna budge it #4 -Grease the bush up, its a serious interference fit. Pop the large half in first, then flip it over and tap the second peice in with a soft faced hammer. #5 -Throw the cover in the vice and pop the steel centre peice in. This is also fecking tight. Throw one of the big washers on the back to hold the bush in. #6 -Stick both washers in ,and work the bush home using the vice while rotating the cover around to push it all down square. It sits nicely once its all in, but is a bit of mission to get in as It trys to pop back out until its all together.

Figured half of this out by perving at M50 E36 and E34's at european car parts this morning - I have an E34 M50, and discovered I have an E36 elbow. Turns out E34 elbow is a different beasty to an E36 one (E34's ABS block is right below the elbow), E34 vacuum lines will not fit on a E36 elbow E34 runs the crank breather, too the dipstick connection, too the intake elbow thru a right angles peice on the fwd side. E36 runs the crank breather under the manifold straight too the connection next too the ICV plumbing. It all ends up in the same place, just different plumbing and routing. New vacuum and breather lines. Solved The vacuum connection at the bottom of the throttle body sounds like it runs to the evap system. Blanked it off. E34 dip stick wont fit with E36 mounts, due to the castings being different heights and the E36 mounts sitting further aft on the block. You could fix it with some spacers and long ass bolts. I cut one leg off, welded a 25mm extension too the other leg. Fits mint ________________________________________________________________________________ Now in hindsight Im wondering if removing the evap wiring from the loom was that clever an Idea, since the DME will now think the purge valve is dead and will flash the CEL. If I get the DME scanned, can this error be turned off for good, or will it constantly flash the check engine light?

^ This or - If you have directional tyres, make sure they are turning the right direction Ask me how I know, they do some weird sh*t going backwards.

Another 8 hours of playing with the M50 today. Yeah I work slow Hiding all the sensors/wiring etc under the intake manifold may work for a nice clean looking engine bay, but it was testing my patience today Got everything plugged in and hooked up, intake manifold is back together for good and I cleaned a whole bunch of black goo out of the ICV. Went nuts on schmeidman again this morning, credit card is bursting at seams, Ive nearly orderde everything on realoem.com Lots of new shiny things turning up though... Shot down to BNT and picked up some redline fluids and a pod filter and some silicon tube. Why do they only sell rice blue coloured silicon. fecken rude looking. Got a few headscratchers though - Is Item 8 on this only used on the plastic thermostat housings? I have one but fuct if I can figure out how it fits in the metal housing. Thermostat housing was already removed when I picked the engine up, and I have a new paper/rubber gasket doofa on (7) and a new thermostat O ring. How the hell does the dipstick on an E34 M50 sit, I know I pulled it off but damned if I can work out how it goes back on. It seems simple as hell, but it just dont go nowhere! On the throttle body, there are three hose coming off the bottom, the two forward ones are for the intake heat, but the most aft one looks like a vacuum line, and I cant figure out where it went too. Anddddd On the elbow intake pipe between the throttle and the AFM are two hoses going down, One is for the ICV, wheres the other one go? Im pouring over pictures of M50's at the moment trying to figure these out, so I feel less dense, havent found a good shot yet

$2600 is a friggin good price for a full M50 swap kit. Ive spent much more already. Why didnt you sell this 2 months ago

Its only gonna suck as much air as it can suck. Putting a "bigger hole/larger throttle body" in one end isnt gonna make it suck any more air, its the equivalent of bolting a 4" exhaust to a stock M20, itll be worse, not better. Your going about it ass about face sorry man. Make your engine thirstier, then stick stuff on it too feed the thirst

Got a gasket for the casting around the camgears on a M50 (NV) too if anyone wants one p/n 11-36-1-740-840 - $10.

"Thank god the internet is there, you can have a education that even a a a a Phd can envy" Nice boobs.

That looks the shizzle. I want a touring now damnit

Fibreglass Bodykits are sold in kit form, just add resin

I be liking the kiwibank a lot, their internet banking setup is very good, low fees, branches are everywhere and are open more hours than other banks. Ive never had anything but good experience with them, the rest of the big *cough*aussie*cough* banks feel kinda clinical too me, and kiwibank is refreshing by not being that way.

FRP = Fiber glass. Technically fiberglass is just the fibers, it becomes FRP when you add the matrix (epoxy resin etc), funnily enough they are made out of glass. in Carbon fiber, theyre carbon FRP is what everyone refers to as fiberglass.

Crazy garbage from tidy old blonde.. Makes you kinda scared people as crazy as this arent locked up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hvtOEHKJsI

Dubman? down dominion rd at about 1pm, looks nice and clean!

M50 coming together. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Yup EMS express, which is handled by NZ post on this side.

2 weeks later - Bushes at the doorstep Look pretty good, diff mount has a couple of bubbles in it, but nothing troubling. Get a little tube of grease too I went for an 80Sha diff mount bush, and its noticeably softer to all the other 90Sha bushes. Still much harder than stock rubber ones though.

Happy birthday man.

One bad movie, a rough idea of what wasnt needed, a DME pin out and ETM, and the loom is rock and roll. I hope Wires up by the DME are road speed and check engine light, to be wired in somewhere under dash.

Sounds like a path too a headache man. individual throttle bodies arent gonna do naff all for power, it'll look and sound cool with trumpets. Your better off saving the thousands you will spend getting the RB26 throttles to work on something that will actually return some gains. Itll cost a bomb, will be a nightmare too setup, and without going for a nuts NA tune wont do jack shed when it comes to output.

Doh, forgot about the AFM I dont have EPA purge tank etc, so removing that plug is probably on the list too. Thanks for the help, tis appreciated. Got 90% of the engine back together today. Discovered I missed a few things. Ordered 12 exhaust studs, instead of 24 (WTF was I thinking..) , need to go find some sorter bolts for the E36 arms too the block. And somehow my crank pulley bolt and washer have gone AWOL. Changed the waterpump for a shmeidman high flow one, The old one came out with one disgusting looking corroded turd for an impeller. 80 degree thermostat installed too. Pulled all the injectors to be sent off for clean and flow check. Forgot to take a photo, but compared to the state it entered the workshop in its looking pretty mint, apart from the alternator which looks like its been used as a boat anchor its so corroded. Might look at finding a new/rebuilt one, or just a prettier example Fuct if I can work out how the E34 dipstick goes back in, must have to install it before the intake manifold One thing I havent read before about the swap is that the E36 mount arms interfere with the E34 intake manifold mounts. They must use one shorter intake mount on E36's. Nothing a grinder cant fix. Most M50 swaps seem to start with E36 engines though.

Done burger.

Anyone able to help identify these plugs on the E34 loom. Automatic box connectors? Cant really be off much else, wondering if both of them are (Round female plug and one of those sqaure ones that are all over the loom) And this one, small black rectangle up by the DME connector. Chur