BMW 3 series (E30) BMW 3 series

Somehow, one evening, it suddenly turned out that there was nothing to do (just some kind of miracle). I decided to create a useful thing out of scrap at hand – a voltmeter in the e30. The idea was spied on by the Americans at e30tech or maybe at r3vlimited – to place a small […] More

What are we interested in when building a new engine? This is what parts we can use. I will try to state as briefly as possible, because. if you describe everything in detail, few will master the article to the end, although in fact a lot of information is needed for the construction. M20 engines […] More

So finally the story, because of which I probably started here out of boredom bortovik — from the category of “nothing boded trouble.” Although it did not portend… The day somehow did not work out in the morning. It happens like this – before you have time to leave your yard, various incomprehensible crap begins […] More

Summer has passed /past as always/relatively productive. The Millennium Project has moved another millimeter. Finally dragged the body for painting. The necessary overwhelming assistance in preparing for painting was provided to me by the Owner of the NecroDaily custom studio, for which many thanks to him. Well, for putting up with me all summer. I […] More

Finally, the skills learned in school come in handy! In elementary school, at labor lessons, as I remember now, they cut out pieces of fabric, then clumsily, with clumsy children’s hands, sewed and stuffed a certain creature with cotton wool. In general, the chicken should have been obtained according to the teacher’s idea. But it’s […] More

A few more preparatory steps and you can install the engine. We return to the place the previously combed wiring. We install the vacuum booster and GTZ, Lay and fix the brake pipes. Unfortunately, not all of the standard soundproofing of the engine shield has survived to the present moment ((Everything is wonderful near the […] More

If the monotony of long winter evenings bothers you, there is a great way to keep yourself busy for a while. Wiring revision! )) Since we are tearing, sawing and cooking the car, then removing the wiring from the car is what you must 100% do. In addition, there is very little of it in […] More

HistoryendedI stopped at the moment when, before installing the engine, I washed and carefully examined the body. Naturally, holes and corrosion were discovered, where without all this happiness on our oxygen-filled planet. Perhaps there are of course happy owners of 30-year-old or so buckets in perfect condition without a hint of rust, but this is […] More

We collect all the pieces of iron in one big one – the cylinder head per block. We stretch the bolts according to the instructions. Checked and cleaned injectors. Replaced O-rings on injectors and pressure regulator. Nozzles 715, 3 bar regulator. I’ll see how long they last, it may be necessary to replace them with […] More

Finally, after a series of water procedures and fun with a drill and a file, we have a set of a young line builder “Assemble the cylinder head”)) Now from all this we will try to assemble a solid structure and, moreover, preferably a working one)) We grind the valves. This time I used this […] More

As promised – a slightly more detailed photo review of the valves I bought for the test. The photos are from my phone, so the quality is what it is. Let’s start with TRW(Kolbenschmidt) 11104 Now Autowelt VI50003 And finally, AE V91187 More

Because all my cylinder head valves were bent, it became a question of choosing new ones. I re-read a mountain of forums, reviews to decide which valves to order. But, as often happens, people’s opinions were divided and often were directly opposite. I ordered one valve from three different manufacturers (Autowelt, AE, Kolbenschmidt) in order […] More

Let me remind you what I saw when I dismantled the cylinder head. The result — the camshaft broke into three parts, two rocker arms (rocker, valve lifter) were broken. If you stick a valve into a stump, you can’t distinguish it from honey mushrooms)) All 12 pieces are bent — the counterbores on the […] More

Well, almost everything is ready in order to assemble the bottom of the engine. The paint on the block has polymerized, the details are prepared. We put a book next to the tables of tightening torques of the connections, a torque wrench. We collect. We put the crankshaft in the block, install the main bearing […] More

As I already wrote in the topic about block preparation, the probability that you don’t have to sharpen the block is almost zero. Those. in any case, we will need pistons of a larger diameter (unless, of course, the block is sleeved). And this is where all the fun begins! Carefully! The selection of connecting […] More

For my config, I chose a knee with an 81mm rise – we can find it in ETA engine blocks, as well as in the diesel m21b24. The diesel elbow is forged, unlike the ETA, and many have expressed the opinion that it is better to put it on – more reliable and all that. […] More

Went through the oil pump from diesel m21. Naturally, we disassemble everything to the stop, carefully wash, inspect. The operation is primitive – unscrew 4 bolts (if not completely disassembled). It is advisable to do this before assembling the engine, since inside you can find greetings from the previous owner in the form of tons […] More

As I wrote earlier, the block was taken by m20b25. I bought the entire bottom of the motor assembly with the e34 for little money, plus I got the Getrag260 box from her as a bonus. I decided to assemble the engine “in an adult way” – no pouring of old dirty parts from engine […] More

The last story with pictures on the car was a long time ago. I hope the description of the construction of the motor helped someone – it gave some useful information, inspired them to build their own engine, or simply made it possible to pass the time looking at the pictures. Over the years, normal […] More

A small picture that may be useful to someone – how to properly adjust the washer jets. I remember somehow looking for this information, but I couldn’t find it anywhere, although I was sure that I had seen it 100% somewhere, and it was for the e30. I found it in the official factory service […] More