DrLeadFoot
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8 hours ago, suspenceful said:
Awesome!
Side note, thoughts on the MaxJax lift system? I've been looking into either that, or this: https://www.gregsmithequipment.com/Atlas-BP8000
I would have to notch my ceiling (104") to fit the Atlas lift (108"), but feel like it'd be a better long-term option. The MaxJax could be installed as-is and are portable.
It's my buddy's lift and he likes it a lot. It hasn't been able to hold us back on what we're throwing at it. 4 stars! Lol
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3 hours ago, B C said:
Immense progress! in exchange for a sore body im sure
I'm feeling it a bit! Lol
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8 hours in so far! A couple snags but nothing major yet.
Trans crossmember bolts up to holes that weren't used before. Needed to run a tap through to clean them up.
Installed:
M5 steering box, swaybar, motor & trans.
Just bolted up the subframe, trans, pos. & neg. cables and starter power wire then called it for the day.
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41 minutes ago, B C said:
Is there a lot of wiring that will need to take place? Or is it mostly plug and play?
Not down that rabbit hole yet but some repinning and running some wires should do it.
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M62tu is out!
S62 has new valve cover gaskets and rubber washers.
Unpacked the diff. Pulling the motor was easier than ripping thr packaging apart! Crazy!
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Updates!
It's a match!
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You have to wire in the abs emergency outer brake light banks so they go on with the regular brake lights.
Can't wait to see you drive that thing!!
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Updates incoming!!!
Mike B. has been chipping away at the motor.
New upper and lower pan gaskets, all new o-rings for the pan/oil solenoids, rear main, coolant gasket, power steering return hose & oil level/temp gasket.
- jc43089 and patsbimmer1
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Updates! New pan is going on as we speak.
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On 4/13/2019 at 9:25 PM, B C said:
@DrLeadFoot did just about 500whp on 18-21psi on his S52, and that was on an OBD2 chip tune.
That setup was uncomfortably fast 😯
Obd1 tune. Very bad tune 😥
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Milo approves!
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6 hours ago, B C said:
How much of the swap will you be tackling yourself vs. subcontracting?
The car is at my mechanic, Mike Burger's, house. I'll try to get out there and much as I can. Time is tight with a busy real estate market and a 2 month old and 2 year old at home.
I'm excited to start turning some wrenches on this. Once we get the oil pan sorted out then we will pull the motor and get cracking at everything.
Motor is on the engine stand! Upper oil pan gasket is coming Monday.
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Getting off to a little slow start. During shipping, a caliper snuck under the oil pan and, a bunch of bumps later, cracked it. The guy I bought the motor from sent a "new" upper oil pan.
The oil pan and some other parts saw the parts washer.
Got the alternator and starter rebuilt for good measure!
Chip, chip, chipping away!
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I was running these on my e46 325xi over the past couple winters. There is a little life left in the Blizzak tires but not much.
These have the TMPS on them for the e90s.
I want these gone quickly.
Located in Milwaukee
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Rebuilt shocks installed!
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203,XXX miles
New Bilstein B6 struts/shocks and replaced the rear broken spring with these green ones my buddy had. The original ones were thicker and had white markings. Sitting a little lower in the rear but I'll get new 325xi rear springs later. Totally different car with the new shocks.
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SCHLEPN | The E39 540itA Story
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Progress!
Front M5 brakes all buttoned up.
Rear: 540i diff and axles out. Passenger side M5 brake all buttoned up. Needed to notch out the m5 backing plate to make way for the caliper. Might be the air suspension that was different to the M5.
Diff out, m5 diff cleaned up and new pinion and output shaft seals installed.