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2 hours ago, snap said:

Its been a while since ive seen a red E36 M3 and its very appealing

Thats a great car you have there!

Unfortunately it’s not mine, I’m just the one putting all the go fast parts on it 👍🏻

2 hours ago, SteelBlue said:

This should be pretty tasty.

Style 5s?

I think they’re some knockoff wheel but I honestly haven’t looked close enough at them. Either way I think they look pretty nice on it!

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With the help of my wife, finally got the engine on the stand and ready for tear down.

Any advice on whether or not I should have the head/block machined? Taking the head off to replace head gasket and upgrade valve springs/cams and fix front timing cover. Wasn’t having any sort of head gasket issues so I was debating if I could get by without?

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Well, ran into a bit of a snag. Probably going to start poking around for new head. Need new cam caps/ledges and a few other parts of the head aren’t looking to healthy. At least I’ve got some new cams already 😂

On that note, anyone have any M50 or S50 heads laying around?

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On 8/22/2018 at 10:34 AM, m42b32 said:

Yikes, thats not good... Did it have oil pressure issues or shavings in the oil?

The oil pressure was ok minus the supply to the back 2 caps, both the bearing caps had the nuts that hold the caps on loose. I haven’t found any metal shavings anywhere except around the caps, but I haven’t pulled the pan yet either. The filter didn’t have anything weird in it so maybe it didn’t spread too far.

On 8/22/2018 at 11:44 AM, GunMetalGrey said:

I've got a head floating around, I believe it's got one bent valve.
NV head so the valve stems are different dia, I've also got a tray and caps with cams and lifters for an m52 I believe if you need that

That think looks messy

Thanks Ben I will definitely let you know if I need any parts! I found a M50 head from a fellow autoXer that looks like it is in pretty good shape so I will see where that gets me...

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