e21 engine rebuild - pics, nearly ready to start up

[kiwipetrolhead 1]

Here's three pics on my e21 with the engine not far away from starting up after a rebuild. Note the polished rocker cover and stainless steel cap screws used to spruce it up a bit. Looks pretty good for a standard 23-year old car don't you think?

The car is going now, so I'll take a few more pics when I get a chance. We're taking it to Art Deco weekend in Napier (from Palmerston North) to run in this weekend [topic="http://www.artdeconapier.com"]http://www.artdeconapier.com[/topic].

Paul

[drifty325i 0]

Whoa thats really tidy! congrats

[will 169]

Next to the e30, the e21 is my next favourite toy... must get one sometime!!

Yours looks really good!!

Will

[Gus 5]

can ya post closer pics of stainless cap screws? where did you get them from?

g unit...your head is here!

[Nobimmer 694]

Did you polish the rocker cover yourself?Looks gooood.

[cainchapman 0]

Looks very good.

Some time spent cleaning under the bonnet.

[kiwipetrolhead 1]

Thanks for the compliments guys. I'm pretty pleased with how it's turned out. In the three pics posted at the beginning, note that there's no master cylinder or brake booster. I had them reconditioned and only put them back in after taking these photos. Note one other new pic in this post below - look over the top of the engine and you can just make out that the brake booster and master cylinder reservoir is back in - and I used that 'racing' elf brake fluid, $40 for a 500ml bottle. I'll take some more pics of the completed project ASAP and post here.

blackbma,

I had the rocker cover polished professionally by a local metal polishing outfit. It cost $50 cash.

Gus,

Yes, that's the head I bought from you. It turned out the 6mm thread was stuffed where the small long bolt that holds the cam belt cover on. I have a heli-coli being put in today to solve that. No big drama really, easy enough to get at. I got the stainless cap screws and things (washers and dome nuts too) from a local place (in P.Nth) called "EDL Fastening Ltd". I don't know if the same exists in Auckland, but there's bound to be a supplier of ss stuff somewhere up there - look under "Bolts & Nuts" in the Yellow pages and then ring around. I went back twice to get more - I think I spent around about $10-$15 in total - a pretty cheap way to make things look a bit tidier. I also bought some 6mm ss dome nuts (them sort with the round ends that hide the stud) to bolt the rocker cover down and so on - they're not yet fitted in the pics here though - so all you can see is the rocker cover studs. One of the pics in this post shows the throttle assembly with plain nuts, but I changed them to ss dome nuts later on. Also, a few close ups of the cap screws for you Gus. These photos don't do them justice though.

Cheers

Paul

     

Stainless Steel cap screws...

     

[kiwipetrolhead 1]

P.S. In that photo I just posted where the rubber intake thing is on the throttle assembly, you can just make out a couple of ss dome nuts - one of the throttle assembly and one on the injection lines mounting bracket.

P