E28 - the long slog
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No news really, no. Nothing was likely to happen in the build up to Le Mans, and sure enough, it hasn't!
It did occur to me the other day as I surveyed the pile of parts in the garage that there was something missing, and that something turned out to be a radiator, so I've got one ordered and on the way to me.
It did occur to me the other day as I surveyed the pile of parts in the garage that there was something missing, and that something turned out to be a radiator, so I've got one ordered and on the way to me.
cretins don't include a rad cap with a new rad, though. Peasants.Nope.
Need to start putting it back together over the next few weeks with a view to shipping it off to get the running gear in.
I'd been waiting on completing a couple if jobs before sending it off, but realistically work required on the rest of the fleet mean it'd be post-Xmas before I get to it, so they can do it when it's up on the ramp instead.
Need to start putting it back together over the next few weeks with a view to shipping it off to get the running gear in.
I'd been waiting on completing a couple if jobs before sending it off, but realistically work required on the rest of the fleet mean it'd be post-Xmas before I get to it, so they can do it when it's up on the ramp instead.
Well, after some thinking time, some perusing of other M52 build threads and a general sorting-out mentally, it's with heavy heart I must finally conclude that I'm not going to M52 my car.
The engine had been pretty central to this project, but as much as I don't want to admit it, it isn't right.
So I've pulled the plug.
Sorry to those who've followed this, hoping to see an M52'd E28 - the bottom line is that it just isn't going to happen.
The engine had been pretty central to this project, but as much as I don't want to admit it, it isn't right.
So I've pulled the plug.
Sorry to those who've followed this, hoping to see an M52'd E28 - the bottom line is that it just isn't going to happen.
Output Flange said:
Well, after some thinking time, some perusing of other M52 build threads and a general sorting-out mentally, it's with heavy heart I must finally conclude that I'm not going to M52 my car.
The engine had been pretty central to this project, but as much as I don't want to admit it, it isn't right.
So I've pulled the plug.
Sorry to those who've followed this, hoping to see an M52'd E28 - the bottom line is that it just isn't going to happen.
Hmmm, I can see your point.The engine had been pretty central to this project, but as much as I don't want to admit it, it isn't right.
So I've pulled the plug.
Sorry to those who've followed this, hoping to see an M52'd E28 - the bottom line is that it just isn't going to happen.
I'd get a M20 from a 525e and fit a head from a 325i.
Huntsman said:
Output Flange said:
Well, after some thinking time, some perusing of other M52 build threads and a general sorting-out mentally, it's with heavy heart I must finally conclude that I'm not going to M52 my car.
The engine had been pretty central to this project, but as much as I don't want to admit it, it isn't right.
So I've pulled the plug.
Sorry to those who've followed this, hoping to see an M52'd E28 - the bottom line is that it just isn't going to happen.
Hmmm, I can see your point.The engine had been pretty central to this project, but as much as I don't want to admit it, it isn't right.
So I've pulled the plug.
Sorry to those who've followed this, hoping to see an M52'd E28 - the bottom line is that it just isn't going to happen.
I'd get a M20 from a 525e and fit a head from a 325i.
Thing is, I don't want an M10, M20 or M30 in there. The point of the car was to be a modernised classic, where it could be put into daily service if required without worrying about 30 year old tech.
Plus I'm really not a fan of the M20 and M30 anyway, and although the M10 that was in there had charm, it had very little go.
I didn't keep what got pulled out, so there's no chance of refitting it anyway. Think the gearbox ended up in Brazil, bizarrely.
It's a shame, but it would have been a lot of money to spend on something that ultimately I knew wasn't right. The job of flogging bits on now starts...
Plus I'm really not a fan of the M20 and M30 anyway, and although the M10 that was in there had charm, it had very little go.
I didn't keep what got pulled out, so there's no chance of refitting it anyway. Think the gearbox ended up in Brazil, bizarrely.
It's a shame, but it would have been a lot of money to spend on something that ultimately I knew wasn't right. The job of flogging bits on now starts...
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