e46v12

Small update 

Received a message from the engineer saying he has finished the CAD work of the lower portion of the intake manifolds and injector fuel rail. All to fit and sit nicely between the heads in the valley. 

Haha i know right when he told me the power figure i was like is that it lol.  

But my goal wasn't about the final power figure, more so getting the thing to idle and run smoother which its is definitely now.

So very happy with the tune.

Gavin even picked me up from the airport which was a 40min drive away,

Highly recommend the guy!

@Creaver @zero

Can you see it now?

Hey Team

Very long time no post.

alot has happened especially with my other builds and getting the coupe wof ready.  It officially sold today  

In the time that has passed I manged to get the sedan to Gavin for a tune. I wasn't there for it unfortunately as i had to drop it off on a Saturday and return next Saturday to pick up. Very happy with the tune as it runs so much better now. Idles smooth and no more burble! i can't stand that. 

So the red line is the base tune of M60B44 how the car first came in. Blue line is the final tune figures. 

Also have got some more work done with the custom 3 piece Hamann wheels, re-drilled holes to match the centres with the barrel. I have one wheel completely cleaned of old paint and now 3 to go. Glad to have found this paint stripper and it works Amazing! Looking at getting the centres powder coated in hyper black and keeping the lips polished.

Now the car is tuned and the WOF and REGO is about to finish i will be putting the REGO on hold and taking it off the road to swap all the bushings and arms out with the kit i purchased last year. Once thats all done and wheels are ready ill take it in to get certed. 

Fun times ahead

Thanks Richard

Hi Team

Very long time and no post.

Alot has been happening as to why i haven't posted. 

Today is a very sad day but also good and exciting. 

For you all that have been following this build know i was going to use the Green e46 sedan

as my platform for the v12 build.

After some serious thinking i couldn't give this opportunity up. I am the new proud owner of this rolling body M3 ( thanks paul ) 

Some of you may hate the bodykit but its slowly growing on me. Well see you how we go as i may convert it back to factory.

which has meant that i am selling the green sedan. I have just sold the red coupe and have also purchased the v8 wagon ( thanks eddy) 

Great work horse as i have more space for parts now. So again ill be adding the wagon build to this thread just so i dont have a million build threads going.

Wagon e46: currently has M60B30 v8 motor and auto in. 

Plans to convert M60B44 supercharged manual.

I purchased a M62B44tu a few months back 

Also pulled the M60 heads of my spare car ready for the M60B44 build

So thats pretty much what has been happened in the past few months. Now that the new M3 car has the whole rear end included, so I can now use the other M3 rear end for the Wagon supercharge swap which works out perfect. 

Now also all the parts that were intended for the green sedan will be used on either the  M3 or wagon. I will be install the XYZ adjustables into the wagon tomorrow. Will post pictures if i get time.

Thanks Richard

I say he hasn't yet, and not sure if they have one. But will find out next time im in there.

Hey Nathan

I haven't been billed yet but say it wont be cheap, still have the custom cam grind and ITBs to go. So still a little way away till I have to pay the bill.

Power gain wise, wouldn't know sorry as this is the 1st bmw v12 they have done so unknown territory really but will definitely see an improvement... I hope

Hey Michael man that is a bloody brilliant idea! the v12's m70/73 are renown for having sh*t exhaust flow, so two would fix that  

but no thats the spark plug port.

Hey Team 

Small update,

dropped off cam sprockets and engineers has finished porting the heads. 

Hey Everyone

So over the weekend manged to get my daily back up and running   Man what a night a day difference it is, the gear chatter that i did have mainly due to loose friction plate is pretty much gone. Clutch pedal feels a little stiffer which i dont mind at all. But just in general the whole motor feels and runs abit more smoother now. 

Also managed to change out the broken 2 o2 sensors in the e46 coupe and taken the bonnet and bumper off for painters next week.

drives shafts were originally same length but due to the adapter plate, i had shorten the old drive shaft. But used the front half of the 530i shaft as it was the longer piece but good as it was beefier

had to swap shifters out too due to length differences.

Hey Everyone

We have finally got some action going! called up the engineers and as promised he had started some work on the heads.

Popped in to have a look and he didn't disappoint, so excited to finally get this build back on track.

One of the heads in the CNC machine getting the intake and exhaust ports done, not sure on specs but looks to be 2-3mm of porting done.

a view of some of the exhaust ports

Yet to be machined.

Machined

Intake side.

A comparison of one done and factory.

Billet blocks to be machined into the throttle housing.

Throttle plates and the trumpets that will be going on top  

So thats it for now,  Engineer was originally going to weld and make the intake adapter plate by hand but has now decided to machine it out of a solid billet piece.

Regrind factory cams and find some stronger valve springs to suit.

can't wait to see more of this build taking shape.

Thanks Richard

Hey Nathan 

Yes its a dry sump setup, i think the manual swap is the easy part, eddie did all the hard work of mounting the thing in and getting it running mint. 

You should have a look at these guys Nathan https://adamat.com.pl/

 i was enquiring about their kit till i found eddies car. 

Arrived today  

little sneak peak, will jump into this weekend. Hopefully will have the sedan back up and running. 

Hey Andy 

haha yeah it was late that night of pick up, thanks for accommodating me. 

Would have love to yarned about the v12, plenty time for that though.

It looked to be the wheel bearing that was making the noise, once i swapped the whole rear end over, no sound.

Evening All

Got this piece of the puzzle today, one step closer  

Hey 0-60 

once i have the superchager in place ill have a better idea on how to attack the intake side, but do agree its current state a box around the pod filter would help.

Gave the engineer a call today and he says he may have the heads ported and ready for viewing by the end of the week  fingers cross he follows through with it.

Hey Team 

Long time no post, 

As i have a couple projects going at one time i have share my time between them all. 

Some of you may have seen my other e34 project build thread which is taking most of my time up now a days only due to me waiting on the engineer to start on my V12 motor, but i have given him a month to start something as it's almost been a year and half since i drop the motor off. If nothing happens in a months time i will be pulling pin on him. I have found a guy over in Aussie. Guys name Rama he owns and runs RHD engineering and makes ITB's galore. So either way excited that this project is heading somewhere again.

So in the mean time other things semi related to this build have happen. 

You all must know _ethrty-andy_ well i saw he was selling one of his do a uppers on trade me for $1 reserve.

This puppy i managed to win.

had a few bits needed to be done to make road worthy, ( still not)

So me and the boys took all the running gear from the gearbox back to whole rear end out of the sedan and swapped it all into this coupe.

Now its a manual 328i, there are a few little bits to finish off then ill sell it to fund this 

Its a e46 touring with a v8 swap.

So i hope you guys dont mind this build thread will home two projects now. 

 re-titled Project Twin E46's   

In short plans are to swap the 4lt v8 in as it has a 3lt one, convert to manual and supercharge it.

I still wanted the sedan to be rollable so managed to bolt the m3 rear end in minus the diff.

doesn't that look nice.

checked the rear subframe and no cracks but still intend to weld the reinforcement plates in at some point.

Looking forward to bring more updates.

Thanks Richard

Hey  hey everyone

long time no post, so alot has happened since last year.

Long story short i made a big F@#K up with the manual swap.

So the PMC kit does work with the zf 310 box i have, so does the flywheel but the clutch side is where i went wrong. The clutch kit that came with it is made for the zf 39dz box (which i also do have)  which states on the PMC website also. The difference is the input shaft and sleeve are bigger on this box same as the 420g boxes, compared to the zf 310 one.

Zf 310 input shaft

Zf 39dz box 

So a few months back notices a release bearing was making a noise, thought that isnt right but kept running the with it. Wasnt till two weekends ago it completely shat itself. Was driving to auckland and all the sudden it wouldn't let me select any gears luckily i was stopping in Waiouru visiting a mate, he lent me his Suzuki swift for the remainder of the trip. 

Towed the car back home and took the box off to find this.

Release bearing was completely wrecked. 

Further investigating i found the pressure plate is also not releasing at all which explains the no gear selecting but at least Friction plate is still mint like new.

the left one is the correct release bearing the right is the broken wrong size one.

as you can see the input shaft holes a different. The right is the M30 clutch that i got and will be using.

Also I think the slave cylinder rod might have been slightly too long  as you can just make out where the release bearing was grinding on the little prongs. The fingers and diaphragm may have been over extended causing the pressure plate to fail.

So yeah lesson learnt there. 

Big plans ahead for all my projects though. I have brought a factory zf 310 box with v8 bellhousing from ebay ( currently at customs) this will be replacing the one in the e34 sedan. I also brought a lighten chrome molly flywheel from RHD engineering. Brought a 2nd hand M30b35 clutch kit that's needed to fit onto the RHD flywheel. This will hopefully get the car running mint and i will be able pop up to see Gavin in early April for a tune. Hope to meet up with you Ian and Nathan keen to check out your rides  

Also along with the zf 310 v8 box, i scored myself a 420g 6 speed box and associated bits. After some time to think i really want to keep the E34 540i touring factory as possible as i dont want to butcher such a nice clean example. So all i will be changing on it is converting it to a manual, so no more supercharger for that car.

But here comes the fun part, You all may remember a build thread from Eddie, his e46 v8 wagon? well i will soon be the proud owner of it.

I have test driven it and man has he done one of an amazing job on making it look and drive factory with the M60b30 v8.

My plans are to drop my spare M60b40 into it. Convert it to manual with the PMC adapter kit and Zf 39dz box, and lastly super charge it with the one i was going to use for the touring, fun times ahead.

Thanks Eddie for doing the hard part of mounting the thing in and sorting the oil pump issue.

Also picked up a few things while up in Auckland.

A whole 330i rear end going into the new e46 wagon

These rare 10 inch rear ac schnitzer wheels which will go on one of the e34 cars. fronts 8.5

Also in the time passed i managed to get the Hamann's centers finally machined to fit the 3piece barrels. 

Just need to redrill the bolt holes and get it powder coated.

Looking forward to bring you guys more updates.

Thanks Richard

Hey Team

Does any one have a e46 manual pedal box and hard line for sale?

Thanks

The Shocks are still in the car, but need them in there to be able to manoeuvre the car around, ill try and get it out and measured when i get some spare time.

Thanks

Hi Francois

do you know if these would fit a e34 wagon?

Thanks

Hey Ian that sucks to hear about the clutch setup. Hopefully you have a better set up that can handle your 600hp.

The car runs fine on the M60b40 Dme, I put it down to the gearbox and flywheel being a lot lighter which may have put the balance out a bit, so the motor rocks just a little more now making it seem the motor is lumpy. Which is probably creating the excess chatter noise.

Nathan definitely keen to come to check out your project too. The more the merrier i say, lets tee up a day and time.

Hi Ian

would definitely been keen for a meet up. I haven't booked a time yet but Gavin has told me to touch base after the 10th of Jan. 

Question Ian with flywheel and clutch setup do you have much flywheel/gearbox chatter? 

Also how was your m60b44 motor like when you 1st had it running? mine is idling lumpy which im hoping a tune will fix.

Thanks 

Hi Everyone 

sorry for the lack of post have been busy with my other project to get it up and running to be my new daily driver so i could get this car dismantled.

So nothing has happened yet but the future plans for now are to completely strip the car of the running gear. Check the rear subframe and weld the reinforcement plates and install some of the M3 running gear. 

The v12 motor is still at the Engineers, fingers crossed he will start work on it in the new year.

So cant wait till get this one started again.

Hi Team 

So finally have the 540i sedan all done wof and rego'ed.

All new shift linkage bushing kit, changed the exhaust to v bands for easy of removal, radiator fan switch for the electric fan and swap the wheels to the powder coated white style 135.

Through a long process of elimination found out that the issue with fifth gear popping out was one missing dowel pin between the gearbox and adapter plate. 

Also got some adjustables for it, handles really well now. 

Now all that is left is to book in a tune with Gavin at Hi Velocity.

This will be my new daily driver and i can now get back to my other e46 project   another project to cross off the list.