e46v12

Hi team

so recently purchased myself a e34 540i she’s a bit rough and needs a bit of tlc. Looking for a few things interior and exterior. 

Bonnet, good gas struts for both bonnet and boot, all door cards, ash tray, glove box, left rear passager door latch cable, all 4 door hinges where it keeps the door from swinging right open, front shocks so far that’s it.

Thanks richard

Another present today, a lot of searching for 2 weeks calling all wreckers with only one company having a full set. 

Finally have them in my hands. Style 95's  

Hey Michael 

from what i have read they are on par with BC, D2 etc 

Good entry level for adjustable suspension. Again you can buy better ones but all depends what your wanting from them. I'm not planning on racing the car so didn't want to spend thousands on them. 

Also Evan has looked after me well with the helps of getting other bits for the V12 and hasn't hesitated to help, so trust his word that his products that he stocks/sells are of good quality.

Hey Team

Excited to receive another piece to my puzzle today courtesy of Evan from Speedfactor  

I do have a good condition shell and a m3 rear end.

But M3 badge tho  

Hey Nathan 

the ad say's he's stripped the motor out for another project, but just thinking this could be a better platform for the V12  

John it looks like the normal body shape they came out with? I'll ask for more pictures.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/wrecked-cars/auction-1548495936.htm

Hey Team 

Has any one see this ad yet? thoughts?

Does any one have a rough idea of what a rolling body would roughly go for?

Thanks Richard

lol that's why I chose my words carefully to not say stretch. 

haha i was wondering what you guys were on about haha, i didn't scroll all the way down either as i stopped at the e46s.

But will mostly just get the guards rolled and get the smallest possible tires i can get fitter onto the wheels Nathan.

Hey Nathan 

yeah they will be  

was looking at e46 with wheels on google and these ones just seem to catch my eye and suit the style that i'm after.

hope you have some or know of someone?

just did a quick google search "19x9 fronts 19x10 rears offset +24"

but could be wrong on offset

thought i better add a picture like bennyboy  

these wheels come off the e65 745i. 

Hi Team

just wondering if any one has some style 95 wheels for sale?

Thanks Richard

Hey Team 

Sorry sort of a non related topic but had to share this.

The Team at Hartley Engines & Motorsport have finished this work of art for one of their clients. These guys are using the ITB set up as a template for my set up, just love the sound and am hoping mine to sound as awesome as this beast.

Enjoy  

http://www.driven.co.nz/news/motorsport/jaron-olivecrona-reveals-hartley-engineering-built-v12-weapon/

I agree Jared they don't build them like they use to. 

Michael nope he just takes very good care of it and get's it serviced regularly.

Hey Team 

Just a small update.

Did a little road trip up to Auckland over the weekend and picked up a 2nd hand set of XYZ 6pot 330mm brakes.

Thanks to Raymond for giving me a great deal.

But the high light of my trip was when i went to buy some fruit for the trip home around Greenlane. 

Saw this beast that caught my eye. I'd have to say the mintest 750i possibly in NZ.

I was lucky enough to catch the owner while putting his grocery's in the boot.

Donny is his name, brought this back in 96 brand NEW! at $270,000 haggled down from $300,000 WTF.

has all the bells and whistles as he got to pick what add ons he wanted.

Having AC Schnitzer body kit and 18inch mags made it look stunning. Custom two tone leather, T.V , Phone Sunroof etc.

And heres the kicker for a 21 year old car Donny's only done 90,000kms in it.

Had a good old yarn with him and took some pictures. 

I said this will probably be the only time i would see this.

Bloody awesome  

Awesome thanks Brent and Nathan.

that link is a good one Brent i'll be saving that one for future references. 

Morning Team 

It's been a while since the last post, here's a small update for you guys.

So spent yesterday (Sunday) on a mad 14 hour drive up to Auckland and back to pick up another piece to the puzzle. 

Thanks to Brent from BM World Ltd for coming out on his Sunday to sell me a rear end setup from one of his M3 wreaks.

Finally good to put a face to a name Brent  

Here's what I picked up.

I was quite surprised of how much bigger the diff and brakes are. Definitely won't be breaking them any time soon. will look at replacing all rubbers and get it all powder coated again before installing.

So just a question I'm hoping someone could answer. 

Are these parts interchangeable between the m3 and non m3? 

I didn't get the upper/lower arms or shocks from the m3 so am hoping my ones will be usable?

If any one could help me out that would be awesome.

Thanks Richard 

Hey Elijah 

i could be keen on the m70 oil filter.

Thanks Brent i'll keep that in mind.

How ever i could use one of them m3 whole rear ends when your ready to part with one  

Hey Allen 

I have read people still use it, but not sure if its a common practice used by many. Most just go by factory torque settings i assume.

Nathan mine was slightly more expensive but had a few more things done. 

Costed $600 but had 3 x stubborn bolts snap at the back of the block which had to be drilled out ( this cost the most because of set up time)

Blocked cleaned and flywheel lighten and resurfaced.

The machinist said the block was in mint condition no warpage at all, no need to be resurface. Just a light hand sand and that was it which i was very pleased to hear.

Hey Nathan

nothings been done to the block just an acid dip to give it a clean and checked for warpage, other than that pretty much standard. 

Is that what you were meaning Nathan?

Thanks Dave

Unfortunately it's a waiting game at the moment for me. The supplier i'm going through to get the new conrod bearings is have a bit of trouble with the suppliers in German. 

I don't know if your dealt with engineers before but they tend to take a very long time with one off projects as my heads are still at the same stage when i dropped them off 3 months ago. 

Other than that the motor would have been back together if i had those bits back.

But you know how the saying goes "good things take time"

Afternoon Team

So managed to get a bit more done yesterday.

With the help of my awesome mechanic mate Master G.

He brought his tool box with him too.

Unfortunately didn't get as far as i wanted as one of the piston bearings was really worn which i must have overlooked when checking them. So the decision to do it once do it right was applied. Managed to get the crank and main caps back on with the right torque settings. Put the new piston rings on the pistons and now just got to order a complete set of new piston bearings tomorrow. 

Managed to find the info online on torques settings. Didn't realized how many pages it was! as you can see pretty much printed a book. So if any one is looking for torque settings for any BMW motor I could let you know.

Also was pretty handy how the directions and pictures to install the rings were dummy proof. 

Wrapped the block up in glad wrap to keep the dust out. 

The crank spun so smoothly even Master G was surprised on how well it was freely spinning by hand after bolts were torqued up.

Really looking forward to bolting the dry sump on to see how compact it is.

Haha yes i have flicked through that rebuild a few times EURO always trying to see what other people have done and any tips or advice they may have. 

I'm hoping to be putting the short block together next weekend so will have an update for you guys