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Vanos filters... hair removed :D 

Little bit of carbon sitting in them, all squishes when touched. 

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Some valvetronics pics.

Kinda cool how it actually staggers intake valves opening on same cylinder, I'm assuming to induce a swirl pattern.

Teeny oil gallery's on the bottom of the supports. The other curious thing is that the followers are actually completely floating, the only thing stopping them flying off into scenery is the eccentric shaft and the springs.

MILVs tomorrows, after cleaning the bits that are staying, big thanks to @Matt for lending me the spring tool, works legit.

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Some MILV pics

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Bit of progress, new bosch coils (took a bit of hunting to get the fully rubber booted ones, and the replacement connectors to update cars loom to suit), and a new rocker cover, new orings and seals on everything from vanos filters to camshaft triggers. Not too far off from being ready to swap in. Rocker cover replacements actually a nice job when its not in the car :D 

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Has anyone looked into or familiar with DME tuning? Ive done a bit of hunting etc but got nowhere on tweaking MSV70s.. Im half tempted to try clone my DME and then screw with it... whats the worst that could happen :D . There are services like https://www.bimmerlabs.com/ but they seem dead, Ive sent them a few emails but got nothing back. Which kind of leaves the only tuning options I have being https://stagefp.com/

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On 8/25/2021 at 11:09 AM, Jacko said:

Vanos filters... hair removed :D 

Little bit of carbon sitting in them, all squishes when touched. 

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When I pulled mine they were spotless. How many kms are you at?

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1 hour ago, Blackie said:

When I pulled mine they were spotless. How many kms are you at?

Less than 100k apparently, its had the rocker gasket done  in the past with some sorta of goop (reminds me of hylomar) though and the goop that was on the inside went kinda brittle and flaky, I suspect that the globs are the remains of that combined with BMW scheduled oil changes. 

This is a bad one :D 

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Nice lockdown Wx so mandatory make it f**ken shiney exercise...

There is noticeably less sh*t stuck to back of car, that Maxton rear lip does a thing! 

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With the never-ending and not ending any time soon lockdown, which has delayed my fancy pants exhaust (shops over the wall in the land of the used-to-be free) Im considering doing the engine swap sooner than planned, as soon as I can get a nice repeatable dyno done on this engine (using logs).

Got a question for those that have pulled the engine on E8/9x N52s...

Will be done on jack stands and with engine hoist with the front end removed etc, Im wondering if the best plan of attack is to drop the subframe while engine and box are support by engine hoist which should make getting the engine and tranny out, and back in, easier with more clearance (particularly around the engine mounts). Is it worth the extra work to drop it?

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You may have said earlier in the thread but what's the fancy exhaust that you're waiting on? 

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11 minutes ago, IainR said:

You may have said earlier in the thread but what's the fancy exhaust that you're waiting on? 

tuned length catless headers

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4 hours ago, Jacko said:

...Im wondering if the best plan of attack is to drop the subframe while engine and box are support by engine hoist which should make getting the engine and tranny out, and back in, easier with more clearance (particularly around the engine mounts). Is it worth the extra work to drop it?

Yes to subframe, probably not entirely necessary (?) but gives you more room to remove stuff. And consider whether you're going to remove the steering pump first, if you do you can drop the rack, reservoir and pump and leave it all together under the car. 

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Tried doing some "dyno pulls" yesterday, I think most of my problem is that 2nd gear (tops at just under 100) is too short to get enough data points, and is resulting in bogus numbers. Need to try third on a private road..... Dont really care about how accurate they are, as long as repeatable and scale properly. 

Also heard the beginnings of DISA rattle, its faint but there (they're original!)... instead of ordering new DISAs have ordered the repair kits for them both, which makes all the mechanics metal rather than stock plastic. Going to have time to kill..

 

 

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Now we are getting somewhere, there is something weird happening with logging data rate via K+DCAN cable and android headunit (every 7ish seconds the rate fluctuates in the CSVs) , done via bluetooth and phone its looking much more like an N52 dyno and the numbers make sense.... its also very repeatable, will be better if I can find a smoother road. 

226 whp

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These might be even more polarizing than ACS Type IVs :D  Flow formed, 900kg rated, right offsets and most importantly - available. Also some sticky rubber to suit. 

Will weigh them and compare

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Ye gads! You get to do some cool stuff with that car. Here I am super impressed with myself if I change a bit of interior trim on my own lol.

Anyway, regarding the rims, I prefer the ACS Type IV's but then again, I am bias as that's my old car. But then again, I do like anything gloss white...

Turning the attention away from the 130i for a second, I'm also super curious about the white drone/spaceship looking thing on the back wall! What is that?

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Yeah I like the ACS Type IVs too, Im being a weight weeny and want to start playing with it on track. Ill probably keep them in the corner.

ACS Type IV 19x8.5 235/35/19 - RE003 - 24.86kg

R5 18x8.5 235/40/18 - RT615K+ - 21.3kg

14.24kg of unsprung mass.... not insignificant.

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8 minutes ago, Moupe said:

Turning the attention away from the 130i for a second, I'm also super curious about the white drone/spaceship looking thing on the back wall! What is that?

Its a drone/spaceship :D Was used for testing quadplane hybrid beta code last year - https://ardupilot.org/plane/docs/quadplane-support.html

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Overwhelming urge to go hang a wheel off a sharp cliff edge whilst all crossed up. 

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I like them, different look to what you'd normally see but I think it works well. 👍

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I think for the track, they look awesome. But for the road, the ACS Type IV's still look the mutz.

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just needs a roll cage, some rally tires and some more goonas and it's set to go!

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17 minutes ago, Arron said:

just needs a roll cage, some rally tires and some more goonas and it's set to go!

+ a can of monster energy

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Never really liked that style ACS, the spokes were too narrow for my liking. Those chunky 5 spokes look awesome though. Hope your wheel wax is good, white wheels are an a**hole to keep clean 🤣

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