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First autox event of the year (ignoring ice racing) & the car did great. 
probably needs an alignment after having everything out of the car for the swap but it was close enough 

Took fastest raw time of the day. 
Unfortunately was only able to run the 4 morning runs as the fan??(tbd) died. 
GF was supposed to co drive it but I couldn’t get the fan going which is necessary for the conga-line style this club had for grid. Tried everything short of directly powering the fan but gave up attempting to fix it. Quick ran the car home (local event) and grabbed the e36 so the GF could at least get her full 8 runs in. She did great and took second overall raw time
 
ive been messing with some cheap wireless mics for the GoPro, had this one too close to the exhaust though I think
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Forgot to add the e36 part
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Probably have around 5hrs of drive time on this thing -have been letting VE analyze do it’s thing after adjusting the afr targets/idleVE/rescaling the tables. 
 
I had the valve cover off just to double check the cam stuff, good to go there, but I have developed the smallest oil leak from the valve cover on the passenger side rear of the cover, true to bmw form

Got this bottle earlier this week, tried it on all my CF parts and it all ended up foggy.  I polished it all off and tried again with success. I believe I left the ceramic on too long the first time. 
I now have the confidence to do it on my car later this summer

The rest is here, this is going to look much more aggressive once it’s all on

We finally got her on the road! Didn't go quite as expected though lol.
 
Can't wait for the next stage in this build...

It has been awhile since I gave an update.  Lots has been happening! Popped on an Active Autowerks supercharger, 4.10 gears with a drexler LSD, CSL King Pins and new bearings, CSL steering rack and all new power steering lines and reservoir, replaced the cam bolts and did a valve adjustment (2 were out of spec), valve cover gasket, manual swap with a JB Racing lightweight flywheel and HD Sach clutch, ZHP shift knob and a short shifter, and turned 200k miles on the car (motor probably has 130k-ish on it), and some 18" Apex wheels wrapped in PS4s 245 front, 275 rears.

The rest is here, this is going to look much more aggressive once it’s all on

Thanks! I guess it depends on what you consider expensive. The prices for these things seems to be all of the place, but they're such great cars.

We finally got her to start on her own! Embarrassingly, it only needed some more fuel. Apparently, the gallon and a half we initially added wasn't enough to make its way into the pump, the tank must've been completely dry.
It had a grumpy start after hibernating for so long, but we couldn't believe how well we ended up getting it running! Unfortunately, the transmission left us stuck in the garage, but we're going to add some fluid and see if it'll make it down the road.
 

I found some nice, but expensive Adro side skirts and front lip from Kies. I also got this 

I hope the restoration goes well, I have been looking at these and even the low mileage ones are not very expensive 

Oh, I also filled all of the doors/trunk/ and under the rear seat with sound deadening. This dramatically improved the driving experience! The stereo sounds a lot better, the road noise is quieter, and there are no more rattles with heavy bass in songs. I def recommend to anyone on these cars or anything older. I will be doing the E36 soon! 

Well according to some of you guys, I definitely have an addiction then lol. I ran out of room at my house so I brought my F80 to my parents house. And I have two 135i's that don't run, and one 335i that barely limps along. The F80 and my other E90 are my only working BMWs 😆
I'm glad I have a good support system here though, fellow BMW owners who can relate and encourage me to keep being irresponsible.
Anyways, I got a DME, CAS, JBE and key from a part out to get this 135i back together. I also pulled the cluster and powered it up externally to see if it really had 11k miles, then tried firing the old girl up after sitting for years.
Couldn't get her to kick over on her own, but she did after I dumped a little fuel down the intake. If anyone has ideas on what I could do to get this thing to fire up under it's own power, please let me know.

non update update, all those module codes stayed clear.

Haha, I like the way your brain thinks.
I'm not sure how much they cost, but I'll be sticking with an N54 for this. But I would like to build a B58 car one day.

How much does a used b58 go for?

Hot off the press, here's what we found inside the engine.
 
As much as I’d love to build it right, my budget just doesn’t allow for that. On this self-employed journey, every dollar counts! Off to the junkyard to find another stock motor…

That winter setup is crazy good, I keep forgetting you have the s54 in your daily. 

Just a minor update on the daily! 
 
Still driving everyday, blizzaks on the TE37's have been awesome for the few snowfalls we have gotten, can't wait for the first big snowfall when it actually sticks. Car has been a true joy to drive, and never seems to get old. I am sure I have refreshed a few things since my last post, but the main one was doing a Brembo GT BBK in the front. This kit comes with a nice 2 piece rotor, and a huge size increase over the stock ZHP. 
I also have a rear kit coming next week to match the front which should be awesome. 
After that, I plan to order a new cooling system for the S54 as at the end of summer with AC running the water temp would creep up if I let it idle too long or got stuck in stop and go traffic. I plan to get the 3 core CSF and pair it up with the Mishimoto E-fan which should help keep the car pretty nice and cool. 
Highly recommend this chassis to anyone and everyone

Genuine race car parts 👍 looking forward to seeing it installed too. 

I'm diggin' this! Looking forward to seeing some of these parts installed.

Nice video Jake and good luck with your channel, you have my support 

Nice work

I did a car thing. More details soon maybe. Planning on welding the diff and doing a full rocket bunny kit I'm going to paint pink and rivet on.