Welcome to my channel where you will see a ADHD (uncertified)automotive engineer create all-sorts of mechanical machines and share tips and tricks, life can be difficult at times with a brain that never shuts off but I film the good and bad of my journey , we mainly play with pre 1999 BMW but always happy to put my hand to anything, thanks for watching
Hey mate, just FYI, for some reason the video has cropped so I can't actually see the valve reliefs when your up close. What do you use to flycut the pistons? Keep up the good work!
@@spudmckenzie4959 it ran well but wasn't even worth test driving once all the small things were seen, I'll do a 135i review when a nice one comes along
@@tiitsaul9036 it's funny isn't it, my wagon is 22 years old and it's like they were new, it's amazing how bad some of these cars have gotten just by being poorly maintained and left outside
@@franciscoceballos583 I'm not sorry because I now the truth and that is that he is now amalgamated with my energy and will be apart of me for ever so I rejoice in the fact his life force is now within and one with mine, it's very hard to understand but I now know the truth and death isn't real it's just a transition of energy ❤️❤️❤️
I can sympathise with moving projects on... That's why the E30 and E36 went. The project workload was just too high so now my entire effort is in the Golf GTI which is almost ready for re-assembly. I won't start until all parts are here and confirmed as being correct. Actually looking forward to it and lucky I took lots of photos so I can see where it all went!! Still pondering whether to take it up over 220 Kw....
@@timdixon1166 I'm getting everything together and even looking at them just being decent power but not over the top, I have other things I want to do with my time 🤗🤗🤗
I like your videos sir, just a quick question. Can I use a thicker gesket on my M20b29 stocker build? my pistons stick about 1mm on the top det center and I'm avoiding to shave them.
@@maswazidavid8869 great question, yes you can I like to get 1mm between the piston flat and the quench pad on the head and that's a good safe spot and also helps to ward off detonation and makes the engine more peppy, a std gasket is 1.75mm -2.05mm so a elring is usually 2.00-2.05mm thick so one of them should be sufficient, you will need to measure the quench on your engine to make sure your not too close, you can use the solder trick I use as it's easy and works well
@@Haywardrc best option for budget and longevity is this exact option , machined 2.7 pistons to run the 2.8 crank and a 731 head or run the 2.5 pistons with short rod and 2.8 crank and the 885 head, they all work so it's fun seeing the results from playing with a cool combo
@@tiitsaul9036 no the invention that I had a full download on went on TV 3 weeks later with the inventor, it was a example of picking up on a transmitted frequency. When your excited about a new thing you can vibrate on a transmittable frequency others can pick up somewhere else in the world that's resonating on the same frequency you are on at the time, I've done this many times 😁😁😁 it gets lots more in depth but that's a whole nother story
From the evidence I've seen, rod length/ratio has a very little effect on torque/power. It's responsible for maybe 1-2%. Engine displacement is by far the biggest factor in torque production. A decent engine makes 100Nm per litre. Cheap production engines make a little less and high performance engines make a little more than 100Nm per litre.
@@tiitsaul9036 it's more than 1-2% on some engines, I think a M30 is a perfect engine to test it out on, one with 135mm rod and then one with a 144mm rod, the 9mm is enough to get some real world info from
@@Grooty79it's very hard to do a proper test. Longer rod demands for a different piston design. It's hard to isolate rod length. "Garage4age" has done a really good rod test. He swapped longer to a longer block. Everything else remained the same, pistons, crank, head, oil and so on.
@@tiitsaul9036 it's easy to do but requires some custom parts, the small engines his playing with are to small in size to show a measurable gain and they have very good flowing heads, the test could be done on M30 as it's 3.5 litres and going as large of a difference in rod length will show the characteristics best , I know that there's a benefit as I've been playing with rod length on many different engines my whole life, going longer rod is only beneficial until piston height gets too short and ring seal gets compromised hence why I'm happy building engines with a short rod or a long rod depending on block height and piston availability, the 130mm rod and 84mm stroke 2.9 is the same rod ratio of 1.54 as a 347 ford sbf Windsor 🤔🤔🤔 I like long rod combos and like to get into the 1.7 RR range, the maximum effort 2.9 has a RR of 1.64 and yes it does make more power than the head flow suggests it should
Mate I know you're a specialist with these cars, but I can tell you now, it weren't meant for racing. We tried racing stripped and race customed 535i in SA on Kyalami circuits (check Wesbank racing) and the car was just too heavy. The 7 series is a land yacht. Please don't tear out that beautiful rare interior. If you do, please try to keep and preserve it, for either another car or this one. They're so rare. And far more valuable in stock condition. I know this, because I own classic BMW, Mercedes-Benz... and a Land Rover.. there I have the same problem, do I custom this car and make it amazing or do I leave it stock, either way I'm keeping it till I die. I'm going to keep... no fuckit, I'm gonna chip and pimp the f***! Then again I could replace them with a Ferrari or Quattro Turbo and race that instead. The car I miss the most of all is my 1995 Toyota Hilux 2.4 22R 4WD double cab lump.
Better than my Tuesday pulling a m20 to bits . Blowen head gasket maybe and a milkshake in the bottom end around the front crank seals oh and a stuffed 6th cylinder rod bearings and maybe a cracked block as no visibly signs on the head to where it’s mixing oil and water
That 1275 seems to be a small engine. Something you rarely do yet are hard to locate. Are they similar to the A Series engine? Do the Midgets use them for ràcing in USA.?
So selling the interior for $650 from the xr6 turbo donar car it's enabled me to be able to buy the cooker kit 🤗🤗🤗🤗 it's always great to use the $$$ from sales to pay for upgrades
I like the conrod locked piston system! I have too custom piston on my M20B27, but its from an other bmw engine series and today the block has more than 60kmiles.
@@Grooty79 I'd like to have one of those for the collection, I have pfeba skirts on mine currently. Jimmy lip is a great touch also, even though I prefer the early pfeba lip more so
Thanks for sharing! I do not have kids but I do see a shift in the younger generations being less engaged in hobbies like cars and being out with friends, hope more parents can realize the importance of their childhood experience like you have with your son. Hope you both have a blast at the track!
@@akirawong this is a problem our government and most people are overlooking, it affects me too and I feel the pull to the computer and some nights 2 hours disappears to market place just scrolling, the first step in seeing a problem is to acknowledge the problem 😊😊😊 thankyou
I don't have a tv at home and we don't play video games in my home. My kids are too busy doing other wtuff anyways. We are currently on the wqy home from a road trip, visiting my friends and their kids. It was a little sad seeing my friends kids are stuck in front of the screen for most of the day. I wanted to see the kids do more socialising and goofing around. Unfortunately it's the new reality.
If you can be ass’d with a bit of paint work I’d chuck all the xr6 gear that’ll fit onto that, gauge cluster, front end, wheels, side skirts, front brakes (if they’re any better, I don’t know) etc etc, don’t see why not. XR6 front end wagons look neat! If it’s got a premium sound icc that’d be a bonus to get working too although if it’s not a headache. Nice one.
@@Drewchinnick68 I've been chasing a back seat today in black and been told a bit about the availability of black wagon parts 😂😂 I'll be trying to match rear bar and lip up plus try extending the side skirts to suit wags, I'm thinking to do it properly is the right way, I've been looking into what springs lower the rear and have even looked at changing the diff for a LSD and stronger center 🤗🤗🤗 back to touring life
@@spudmckenzie4959 very much what I've been thinking, slightly low , 91 turbo tune so about 230-240 rwkw , I'll run my resonance chamber on the 4" to get rid of drone and I'll do a forward facing plenum and all the little mods so later if I want to wind it up I can 🤗🤗🤗
@@friendlypiranha774 thankyou , it's heart will live on in one of the most amazing e30 M3 creations this world has seen 😍😍 should not be long before I can reveal her
