Michael.

Either a major heap or the car doesn't exist haha

PICS!

They feel like BMWs but with a funny body stuck on top :p

Yeah the Ford / GM product as far as engines go didn't really gain anything credible until the late 90s. Nissan, BMW, Toyota, Mercedes were all making quality multi cam V8s by the late 80s, it was like the late 70s for those American / Australian derived engines. At least they are making up for it now with rather crazy figures from the LT4 engines and the gigantic following the LSX series motors have, while still keeping them pushrod which is kinda cool for head packaging reduction

Wait until they start selling electric only front wheel drive cars. The disposable camera era of BMWs :p

Looks cool ! Yeah I should have in hindsight, but this was back in 2010 when I was a bit younger and tended to avoid confrontation. I can only imagine I figured what was done was done. I definitely would have brought it up if it were the case today, that said I never let anyone but myself touch my cars these days unless I know they can't stuff things up and it's under my supervision.

Haha, I had that guy at 'Chubb Racing' do a rear cage in my E36, my engineer friend at the time didn't really think much of the welds when I showed him. Wasn't overly happy to find a couple of welds splatters had burnt holes into the glass and he also scratched the door sill when taking the drivers seat out, dragging the rails on it. Hope he did a better job on your car!

I was under the impression it was because the direct injection system couldn't fit in with the already crowded cylinder head.

I never really bothered to understand how valvetronic works in BMW engines. This video breakdown explains it quite well What is generally thought about the system? Is it reliable? Seems like there's a lot of small parts that could fail!

Ooo very nice. My first BMW was also a 1993 540i Do miss it sometimes! Have any pictures of your machine?

Oh damn. God some parking wardens are assholes. Kinda sad when they do that on quiet residential streets. (even though they can) Stands to ask why the owner leaves it on the road like that! Can't save every interesting car I guess.

It gets tickets??

You get what you pay for with these things, personally I think there are some parts you shouldn't cheap out on. Join and ask, making a post with the specs / details of what you intend to buy on here, http://lvvta.proboards.com They have actual Lvvta cert people that frequent them that will be able to guide you so you can have a road worthy modified vehicle.

I get a strong impression you like the colour blue

A manual 857ci with an LS swap would be terrific Better yet an 860ci with the LS2 / L98

That's the one. It's almost always there, sometime on the other side of the road. A few interior trims are falling off inside and it's always covered in leafy debris. Kind of odd... owner must not care at all or isn't able to look after it for whatever personal reason.

Have you given your previous cars names by any chance?

Keep seeing this 850i slowly rotting away in Ellerslie, it's always parked there, barely moves! Sad! Decided to take a picture while doing some air intake temperature tests on my car.

I have a BMW! 318ti with no engine. M54B30 going in soonish.

Definitely worth it Life isn't fun unless you have a BMW to work on.

Yeah I agree completely. And once it's built and sold it's out of their hands for well they are treated. The life of the engine is always going be shortened by: Driving hard during cold starts Wrong oil grade / additive specifications Unsuitable fuel types Infrequent oil changes, duration or mileage Air and oil filters being neglected, or not OEM spec. Track racing is naturally hard on an engine and other stuffff

3uz-fe ones? I deal with a guy in Russia that has some capabilities, but seems rather limited. Aren't you doing such on newer diesel Toyotas or other stuff too?

Yeah exactly. I kinda learnt the value of a proper ECU having some fuel tuning done on the Toyota recently, just with a basic AFC unit, so by tweaking the fuel inputs it also alters the ignition timing, bit of a double edge sword in that regard, can only get so much out of it, but it worked well for the cost. If only Toyota ecus could be reflashed like BMW DMEs!

Interesting. Would it be safe to say the bearing cops more pressure with less surface area? Or is it more along the lines of less surface area equates to higher temperatures on the bearing surface?

Is it just programmed or does it actually see the colours to solve it with AI