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thats a good looking ride there! |  |  | | 07-19-2011, 11:34 PM | #92 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,464 |
Quote: Originally Posted by BMW_Hatchback  Or get 5mm | +1 (5mm is not a lot of space and while it may not look at cool, it will save your tires and may prevent you from cutting/modifying the inner lip.) 5mm -->| . |<-- | | | | | 07-20-2011, 12:08 AM | #93 | | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 |
Quote: Originally Posted by slow_ti Yea. So don't trim?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk | Absolutely not. I grinded mine down with a grinder and I've regreted doing it everyday since then. I still get mad at myself just thinking about it  Now I'm stuck, I have to either go widebody or weld in another lip  With a fender roller, you can roll it out just as far as you would've trimmed it to anyway, in fact you can roll it out even further. Turns out, I didn't even need to, it wasn't the fender lip that was rubbing after I rolled mine, it was the top corner of the rear bumper. The inner plastic on the rear bumper right where it meets the wheel arch was rubbing on my tires. Dremeled a little material off of the inside, wasn't visible from the outside and no more rubbing.  | | | | | 07-20-2011, 07:13 AM | #94 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Riverside ,So-Cal Posts: 725 |
dude i want see a full car pic lol with ur new spacers  __________________
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SWAP IS COMING SOOOOONNNN! really soon. One of my buddies is putting a whole new motor And trans in his 96 m3. Soo. He's hooking me up big time. I'm getting his 150k s52 that has a dinan'ed tuned ecu, full exhaust (sounds ungodly), after market clutch, UUC evo3, DSSR, 3.5 inch maf. I'm gonna be doing a m50 manifold on it. Were doing a compression test tomorrow, it has had the whole cooling system done about 15k ago. Has EVERYTHING needed for a swap, cluster, wiring harness (it's obdII, same year as my 96). The only things I need is alternator, front part of the m3 driveshaft, motor mounts, new radiator houses, and I'm gonna do a upgraded fuel pump. All of this for... 1800! And install from my buddy is... 500! Go Alec. Im so stoked. This **** gonna haul!
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Im guessing im the youngest member on here with a S52 power'ed Ti at 16 years old! | | | | | 08-03-2011, 11:29 PM | #96 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
2300 for a swap is an awesome deal | | | | | 08-03-2011, 11:32 PM | #97 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Potomac Falls VA DMV Posts: 1,794 |
I know. So stoked. I'm ordering parts tonight!
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Im guessing im the youngest member on here with a S52 power'ed Ti at 16 years old! | | | | | 08-09-2011, 05:58 AM | #98 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Potomac Falls VA DMV Posts: 1,794 |
And it starts!
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Im guessing im the youngest member on here with a S52 power'ed Ti at 16 years old! | | | | | 08-09-2011, 08:28 AM | #99 | | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 |
I bet your cars done before mine will be  | | | | | 08-09-2011, 10:48 AM | #100 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Potomac Falls VA DMV Posts: 1,794 |
It should.. Haha. It should only take a week and a half to two weeks. But my engine doesn't look at dope as yours!
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Im guessing im the youngest member on here with a S52 power'ed Ti at 16 years old! | | | | | 08-09-2011, 10:48 PM | #101 | | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 | 
but it can. with some degreaser, a little sand paper, a file, some steel wool, some aluminum polish, an old t shirt and a LOT of elbow grease. Unfortunately, a mirror polished engine is worthless unless it's in a car and running. And even then, the only parts that are visible are the oil filter housing/cap, thermostat housing and the vanos unit. If your engine runs well, I vote drop it in and drive it. Don't take anything apart! I removed my timing cover to replace a leaking gasket, it snowballed from there. Once I removed the bolts for the timing cover, there was no turning back. At the time I didn't realize that there were three bolts holding it on from INSIDE of the head. So by removing the lower timing cover bolts, the factory seal was broken and the only way to get it to seal again was with new gaskets. But then I found out that I couldn't even get the timing cover off to replace the gaskets without removing the cam sprockets, vanos assembly and a bunch of other stuff. So while the timing cover was off, I figured I'd spend a few minutes and polish it. This is where the OCD kicks in. Once you install a polished piece onto the engine, everything else looks dull and dirty. I mean, you can't have a mirror polished timing cover with a crappy looking thermostat housing right above it. You can't have a shiny thermostat housing with a ugly vanos unit right above it. You can't have a sparkling vanos unit with a nasty oil filter cap right next to it. You can't have a blinged out oil filter cap on top of a dull and greasy oil filter housing. Trust me, that's just breaking the surface. Once you get all of that stuff done, then you're gonna want a new alternator. Then you're gonna want a shiny power steering pump. Then you're gonna want a shiny A/C compressor. Then you're gonna want polished or wrapped headers. But of course you'll need all new nuts and bolts for this stuff because you don't want to assemble it with chewed up rusty hardware. Before you know it, you'll be polishing the oil pan  There comes a point where you've invested so much time and pride in your work, that a plain M50 manifold just won't look good enough to mount on your masterpiece. This goes on and on with everything until you realize nothing is "good enough" and you end up like me. Just be happy with the S52 power and don't focus on looks. There'll be plenty of time for that later, in the meantime you could/should be driving your car. FWIW, my engine ran fine when I bought it. But it's been apart for so long and I've done so many modifications, I don't even know if it'll start and run properly when I do finally drop it in. Heck, I can't even remember where any of the vacuum lines and electrical connectors go! Godspeed Alec! Can't wait to see your car on the road!
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Haha! Jess. You always have the best responses. You engine makes me drool! I want to see you car on the road and see that bad ass machine in it's environment.. The road! The swap is coming along and I'm so excited. Your Ti was inspiration jess!
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Im guessing im the youngest member on here with a S52 power'ed Ti at 16 years old! | | | | | 08-10-2011, 04:45 AM | #103 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
Quote: Originally Posted by slow_ti And it starts!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk | my jaw just hit the floor, then I realized that was the donor car in the pic and not your ti | | | | | 08-10-2011, 06:08 AM | #104 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Riverside ,So-Cal Posts: 725 |
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Makin progress !
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