E28 M535i slowly coming together

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just had this head redone , resurfaced , valve grind ,double valve springs fitted , rebuilt camshaft .

just bolted to block , with 10:1compression . fitted the manifolds etc ready to be swapped into the NZ new 1986 M535i ,its only done 465000km , i saved it from a farm up north .allmost chicken coupe material .

engine stills runs but has 2 worn camshaft lobes at the front . so i picked up a old 84 735i with less millage and I'm rebuild that engine .

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a pic

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pic head

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had to use a mixture of valves ,rocker shafts and springs from 3 different heads . the head that was on the 735i m had corrision , and 3 cracked exhaust valves .and a small crack between an exhaust valve and spark plug hole . i had another head given to me a while ago which had dropped a valve and distroyed it . was able to use some of the valves , double valve springs and had the camshaft rebuilt . also had another bare head given to me which was a good one , and a box of valves ,rocker shafts etc which i was able to ues (does pay to throw things out ,never know when you might need them)

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camchain . can never seem to get the bolts line up as the manual says they should for timming the camshaft .

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top view .

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side view

Edited May 5, 2005 by Brent HARTGE535i

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side

[kiwi535 538]

you da man brent !!!

[*RJ* 0]

Looks like you're doing a very tidy job. The car looks cool too. Keep it up :thumb:

[Grant 4]

Good effort Brent, nice work.

Cheers

Grant

[bmwsparkle 3]

awsum brent, have you had a respray?

[BMW POWER 2]

That is really mint Brent.

Keep the good work up, and please keep us updated on how it comes together.

You are really the bimmer man... for the most bimmers

[m325i 711]

Mean hardcore sh*t !