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Dragged these pics up from an old post. The s50b32 has had a bit of a hard life outside and unfortunily had water in cylinder 1 which has caused a bit of pitting. The crank also hand a bit of minor rust on it but nothing that a bit of machining wont fix. Rust in Cylinder 1 s50 block (note 3.2ltr cylinder walls are pretty thin as standard in the ole iron block) Head Double Vanos and cams which is going to be blanked off and removed in favour of a locked adjustible timing gear system. As it stands cylinder 1 is being bored to 18thou to check that the pitting doesnt extend over the 20 thou (.5mm) bore we are looking to do. Standard pistons are 86.4mm we will take it to 86.9mm.

Thought I'd post this up here for you fellas to have a perv. I completed this car a few years a go took some time doing it as I wanted to do it right. Lots of quick fix conversions on the web but non I wanted to copy, so decided to embark on my own learning exercise to see what I could achieve. For a glimpse of phase 1 click here http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index.php?showtopic=14851&st=0#entry161415 Removing the old m20b25 in prep for engine bay cleaning Phase 2 started tonight On the hoist. Ray and brendon unbolting gearbox mounts. Out it comes Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC1d3c9zwW8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC1d3c9zwW8[/url] Dirty engine bay Date with a water blaster Clean engine bay in prep for removing of all brackets and engine bay paint prep. Result! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoYjvwVcq5I"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoYjvwVcq5I[/url] Next is s50b32 mock up and getting ready for the engine build.