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e28 with tied m5 engine 14.73 e34 535i with old tied hartge engine 15.37 some details from last jag bmw day http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....showtopic=23382

ha ha . i was wearing a shirt though. na got rid of the CRT tv unit . manage to find a matching blue leather covered glove box to go back in its place . from my current work place of corse:)

just a quick update . had to order another tensioner bit from the states #%^$*#& more money:( as i couldn't get the orgianal long tensioner as they dont make them any more (unless i order a special a one off made one from bmw germany for about $1200) so have to convert the head to take the 2 piece tensioner system. as they have already supplied the lower section . have to drill and tap a pivot pin into the front of the head casting as the earlier head i am using doesn't have the hole there etc . as you can see in the pictures showing the 2 different head castings. so they will be assembling together the head and block soon ,so not too far away.

this has been there for a while i have meet this guy before . he will be selling that head on behalf of another guy , but i dont think they would know what it is?? if it is genuine alpina head then it will have a alpina stamp mark on it . like my old hartge head had .

some up to date photo's have been posted now have more if any wants me to email them http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-317001702.htm

yes will put some up when the sun comes out and i can get some good pics cheers

best to unbolt the top half of the inlet manifold , unless you have a 3 year olds hands you can borrow:)

yup like this

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.as...702&ed=true muched loved car , but wife wanted a touring. call me if your interested 021433600 will update some new pics when its not raining

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-316957819.htm

sometimes you can reclamp the tags with some pliers or use a screwdriver and hammer . they dont seam to use much clamping pressure when they make these radiators , i got a new one for amy e28 m5 engine and had to go back 3 times for replacements under warranty , the next time it started to leak i just reclamped it and no problems since then

drives like my wife , when taking the kids to school

thye just wear a bit quicker than some other bmw engines . but not that big of a job to replace but the parts are expensive as there are only genuine bmw ones , you can order from a few different places though but all come from bmw germany. m88 or s38 all wear about the same , 2 types of tensioner rails are used though and the s38 engines use duplex chain type

just a quick update . pistons , crank and rods are fitted in now . stripping the head down to take the new cams , had to do a little grinding in the cambox to allow for the extra lift in the cam lobes etc . fit stronger valve springs etc . have to reorder one of the chain guide tensioner arms as they sent the wrong one . also needed a new lower cam chain sproket , bottom ned gasget set etc etc .

i second that . the only way to go is a live remap on a dyno so you can see the results as apposed to a guess . and i think it will cost you about the same . call gavin . worth while mods for the e34 540i is a diff ratio change and maybe lsd . open up the rear of the exhaust system ( but becarfull as some of the rear boxes sound yukky) maybe a more open air box set up . but really a remap will give you the best bang for buck and a diff change and 6spd conversion:)

normally we reove in 2 parts carefully pry clips apart from inside the bonnet and remove in 2 halves . be very carefull as the plastic is very brittle. have replacements if needed

have a few sets of wheels to suit e39 model , 15" 16" , 17" and 18" etc

another jan 2010 one , with my mate in front of me dumping petrol on the track to try and get me off .

this one should work better january 2010 part 2 , just before the head gasget went

ardmore painters . in airfeild rd ardmore/takanini

some clips from some track days at hampton downs back in nov ,dec 2009 and jan 2010.

good result 160kw at the wheels?? same as my M5 engine before it got a remap where do you think you can improve it

flips caps , use a small alan key , undo untill they stop the grab and remove

you need to look in the day time and put your glasses on to see rust