Thinking about installing an BMW M6 engine in my Z

[Captain Obvious]

"Here is the offending, evil oil pump shim firmly bent into position."

Beautiful. Let's not go through that again!!  

[grannyknot]

8 hours ago, Captain Obvious said:

Beautiful. Let's not go through that again!!  

Amen brother.

Installed the cams and timing set today, just have to get the flywheel, clutch and transmission on and I can start dropping it back in the car, with any luck I can get it on the road before they start laying down salt.

[Captain Obvious]

3 hours ago, grannyknot said:

with any luck I can get it on the road before they start laying down salt.

And you need to do that. Because if you don't, you'll just spend all winter wondering!   

Good luck, and may the wind be at your back!

[grannyknot]

Got the engine buttoned up and back where it belongs, 3-4 days away.

 

[240260280]

You are a machine!  I get tired just reading your threads!

[siteunseen]

53 minutes ago, 240260280 said:

You are a machine!  

That's what she said. 

[grannyknot]

On 10/23/2017 at 6:31 PM, grannyknot said:

3-4 days away.

Yeah, right. Everything that could suck away my spare time happened since my last post, but she's done, on the road again!  Took it for a spin today and everything feels good, I guess I'll have to observe some kind of a break in period.

I got such a smoking deal on this new toy I couldn't pass it up, not sure what I'm going to do with it just yet, but I'm sure it will end up in a Z at some point. This is an S54  M engine 2001 - 2006, the last of the big straight sixes from bmw before they started slapping turbos on everything.

3.2L, cast iron block, aluminum head, DOHC, 24 valve, variable valve timing, 10.5:1 compression, 8000 rpm red line,  without the cats 343hp without any tweaks. Best of all it is 3.5" shorter than the S38 engine and has a rear mounted sump so installation would be a breeze compared to the S38. It came with a 6 speed manual trans, engine wiring harness and ECU. Something to play with this winter

[RyanT67]

Congrats Chris, that's awesome that you were able to get the car back up and running before storage! 

[rturbo 930]

If I swapped out my L, the S54 would be close to top of the list. Only thing I don't like about it is the weight. I've considered doing that swap in my E30 as well, but again, weight (also cost and effort).

[grannyknot]

@rturbo 930, no pain no gain

[Namerow]

13 hours ago, grannyknot said:

3.2L, cast iron block, aluminum head, DOHC, 24 valve, variable valve timing, 10.5:1 compression, 8000 rpm red line,  without the cats 343hp without any tweaks. Best of all it is 3.5" shorter than the S38 engine and has a rear mounted sump so installation would be a breeze compared to the S38. It came with a 6 speed manual trans, engine wiring harness and ECU.

Would that fit in a P1800?

[240260280]

Love the new engine!