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A few big updates on the project: The first official outing, Kingman Az Route 66 Street Drags, Oct '21. I was not comfortable with the car, I was not pushing it and it wasn't even close to being tuned. Despite some embarrassingly slow 1/8th times, the car went straight, stopped straight, didn't...

Still plugging away on the project. Register it for it's first official outting & drag race. The Kingman Az Route 66 Street Drags in late Oct of '21. So the crunch is on to get it on the road ASAP in the name of working out the bugs up until the event. Pedals & masters mounting: Roll...

Also, last weekend I got it to make some noise for the first time ever: Then tested out what those pipes are going to sound like: It fired up on my base tune, still have extensive tuning to do. The engine and cams don't naturally have a lope to them, although sounds cool for the video...

Well, alot has happened on the last year and a half:

The plan is to have a fun little street machine. Something I can daily drive, cruise or road trip when I feel like having my teeth rattled out and a ringing in my ear on the regular. It'll see occasional drag strip trips, but I'm mostly going for a street toy. I do have this road trip in mind...

Modifying the supercharger to bolt down to it's new home: Nitrous: BMW E34 265mm clutch & lightweight flywheel, mid 90's BMW getrag420g 6 spd manual trans:

The shortblock is a late 90's BMW 4.4L known as the M62B44, this version of the engine was a 2 year run just before it received variable cam timing. The "vanos" version of the M62B44 has valve reliefs in the pistons whereas this M62B44 doesn't: Also, picked up a dismantler take out early 90's...

Hey guys, here's a little pictorial of my most recent project. A T-bucket with a supercharged BMW V8. Speedway motors '23 standard fiberglass body and a repro '32 Ford grill: Speedway motors bare T frame: Mid 70's Jaguar independent rear end: Rear wheels, American Racing VN502 15" x...

In order to mount the freshly painted hood I would need to reinstall the radiator support. I figured with the cooling system drained and the radiator out of the way I'd get into the engine and play with cam timing again. This time using the special tools necessary to lock the cams in place and...

Thank you!

The hood going in for a respray:

Putting a more traditional front end on the car, with the hood back on. I've decided to mount a hood scoop from an early 80's era mustang. I'm happy with the outcome. Once I'm done cutting up and drilling, the hood will go to get cleaned up and resprayed in a black base and flat cleat to...

That universal 90mm throttlebody just looked and felt cheap, 'cause it was. I decided to replace it with a not so obviously cheap looking piece. I am also experimenting with different TB sizes. 90mm, 85mm, 70mm. According to a TB size calc, a V8 with 3.5" bore, 3.15" stroke and a redline of...

The project car got a new set of shoes. Using E39 style 37 replicas, hub spacers and adapters. Some DIY wheel paint and center caps borrowed from a Mustang. I'm pretty happy with the end result. It also has a meaty tire in the back the car was designed for.

MAF datalogging and tuning is majorly wrapped up, with just a few minor tweaks to dial things in. With the MAF out of the way I'm focusing back on the tuning in the vehicle. It has been a steep learning curve. I'm extremely thankful for online resources and people whom have already...

After spending a day playing with the MAFT-pro. Cycling all of the pre-programmed MAF curves, playing with the internal VE map and creating a custom MAF curve in an attempt to match the E34 540i MAF I just couldn't get it to run. I could get it to idle but not accelerate, or I could get it to...

Once the tuning is sorted out I'm planning to just drive the wheels off of it, I do have a feeling I'm going to replace that clutch disc soon. The Kevlar disc is making life interesting while driving on the street. Sometimes it takes an interesting dance between the clutch pedal, gas pedal and...

Thanks for noticing, that's just the rubber sleeve over all of the electrical coming from the computer box to the engine. Appreciate the attention to detail

Thanks everyone, I've just been lightly tinkering as of late. Focusing on the tuning. I've got it running pretty strong. Could always have more. As an experiment I've decided to see how the engine responded to a way oversized throttlebody, a universal 90mm piece I've had in my toolbox for a...

Suspension time: Before & After:

The motor mounts are aftermarket for the original application. They are RevShift poly 95a mounts. Same as trans mounts too. They do transfer a significant amount of vibration to the body but are getting better the longer they are in there.

I'm afraid I don't quite understand your questions. Engine handlers? This is the engine the car came with from the factory.

I towed the project to the shop to wrap it up and bolt it back together. Since the aftermarket headers didn't fit the body I wanted to take one more stab in the dark with an idea and see how well a set of S65 exhaust manifolds from a 2014 M3. They fit the engine surprisingly well and would...

I've noticed the same when traveling abroad. I just got back from London, Paris and Amsterdam. Just before that I also had a trip to Vienna and really appreciated the fact that people were out, the cities are alive. There are way more bicycles then cars. It seems here people get from their home...

My apartment is about a block north from where this pic was taken :) Just around the corner from this shot is the courthouse (dressed up for Christmass), strangely surrounded by bars on all sides. I suppose one doesn't have far to go when they've had a few to many and start getting rowdy.

I moved to Prescott 9 years ago, moved away to Los Angeles for a couple of years and then came back. I've seen the area grow exponentially in the time I've been here. The downtown courthouse square does maintain that "Wild Wild West" vibe, especially along Whiskey Row. But, really that is just...

Prescott & surrounding towns are relatively flat. Yet I do get a couple of mountain spars to choose from for test drives.

Not static compression, no. Just dynamic compression that takes the intake valve closing degree into account.

It's true. I've been fighting the elevation since I moved here. Going down the hill to Phoenix it feels like I bolted on a supercharger.

Do posts in my own thread count towards my 10 posts? I'm working on it. That is the original BMW v8 & manual trans the car came with. It is stock outside of bolt on's and cam timing. I have never played in forced induction before, but I'm thinking about it. Just never had the kind of change in...

Nice work. Pulling engines on the street side takes me back.

Finished the brake lines for the ABS module bypass a, with a manual brake bias valve. The replacement steering gearbox arrived too, the last piece I was waiting for before installing the drivetrain. With my manual steering conversion. The gearbox is from a 525i and is a slightly different...

It's an E34 540i/6.

Great job! Congrats on the magazine feature. Amazing

Heya from Arizona. Avid automotive enthusiast and tinkerer. I'm trying to get my post count up so you guys can see my build thread of a '95 BMW. Cheers

Super impressive work, superb craftsmanship. Thank you for sharing with us!

Heya folks, while I'm taking a break during a poor weather streak and awaiting for more parts to arrive. Here's a bit of progress on my daily driver E34. Found on craigslist, I wasn't necessarily looking for a BMW. But I did want a V8 & manual trans.. anything. Found this E34 540i that would...