Recent content by tig

The head unit in Vlad seems to have lost the rear channel. I decided to give the Blaupunkt Skagen 400 DAB a go (see https://forums.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?p=1549915#p1549915). Vlad has a po installed amp and sub in trunk. Fantastic. Simple. Clean sound. Haven’t tested BT calls yet as it...

By 11:30pm: Sadly, while we had it running, the car was not drivable in time for the drive4corners drive saturday morning. It was overheating because, of course, I had put the t-stat in backwards. So I drove the 911 instead. By about 2pm after the drive Saturday, I...

This weekend was the weekend the car failed last year. www.drive4corners.com is the event, and I was eager to get Vlad back together in time for the Saturday Drive! Thursday afternoon... Travis, my E28 buddy who helped me get the car off the mountain last summer...

If you have a classic BMW with a G260/6 or G265/6 transmission, you know what "Death Rattle" sounds like. Now you know what it LOOKS like: This transmission was getting worse and worse. Each fluid change had tons of metal on the plug magnet and the noise was becoming almost unbearable. I...

Did a deep clean on the engine bay. And fabricated this heat shield that mimics the one that came on the M5. I found the aluminum material on Amazon. Great stuff! The car previously had a prototype version of the HGL blade-fuse fusebox upgrade kit in it, so I used this as an opportunity to...

New head, all back together: When I first built the engine, I inspected and cleaned the oil pump. This time, I decided to be extra safe and replaced all the guts. I also rebuilt the PS pump...

This tool is called an Iron Maiden. Supposedly, it's possible to compress the rockers springs with a collection of screw drivers, 6 strong German men, and a lot of beer. But I think that's fiction. This thing is needed to get the camshaft out. I found this place via a friend, and they did...

The head i broke was the same specs as this one, built to Paul’s specs. It has an n21 in it. 10.5:1.

Clean, again. At least underneath. I put the subframe and steering components back in, but didn't reconnect the steering shaft. Thinking this setup would let me move the car around. That was dumb, because now the car is basically stuck were you see it because the dolly wheels sink in...

Who amongst you *doesn't* have a steering box fort? Vlad is getting the blue-label, M635Csi, 3.0 turn-to-turn box that I, apparently, bought as a reman. Oh, for a memory that was worth a darn.

Luck: When opportunity meets preparation. Bottom end seems fine. I am going to carefully clean off the piston tops to make double sure though. Not quite sure how all the rockers aren't broken. Until I get an "iron maiden" spring compressor (one inbound), I can't really...

The trusty cradle was with a friend in Seattle. He finally shipped it back to me. Still works great. Yep, rear main seal is done. The input side of the ****** is fine, but the ****** is still toast. I would never admit my mistakes. Especially when I try to transfer the engine to...