Vented my block a few weeks back (E46 M3 destruction inside)

[tnomud]

parts are here...

[tnomud]

and here we have the fun stuff

[ilovemyhonda.]

Dang your car is so sexy. Glad to see you are re-building it..

[e30pwr]

putting a bigger badder S54 in it...........building one better than the shitheads at BMW can. Most of the parts should be here early next week. Longblock Friday.

no HPF??? lol, for s54

[tnomud]

no HPF..... look at the damage I did without it

[e30pwr]

no HPF..... look at the damage I did without it

I must say I'm impressed, I'll call you when its time to kill my m20

[tnomud]

I must say I'm impressed, I'll call you when its time to kill my m20

I am to please. I have seen dozens of "failures", but never one this bad. The connecting rod from #5 is jammed on the flywheel, the piston in the pan and the fenderwell. You can put your arm in the drivers side, and out the passenger side. Thats 8K RPM for ya.....

[OnURleft]

I picked up Coated Rod and Mains. I also grabbed some ARP head/main/Rod bolts. Stronger Rods should be here tomorrow. I am going to poach the cams and TB's from the old motor. Going with a baffled pan. I have an OE pump being modded up in CHarlotte for more flow. (guy who does Toyota's NASCAR water and oil pumps). I got a much larger oil cooler and 2 Derale fans for it. I hope this works, if not, it will be an expensive learning experience.



Please, it's the wifes ride. I am not allowed to touch it (the car)

Sounds like it's going to be perfect to me except what radiator are you running? I am running a bone stock S54 right now alpha-n with headers, but in an E36 chassis so I am crossing my fingers because it's a much lighter car.

Heat plays a huge roll if the motor isn't built for 25+ minute long sessions in stock formation. Some people assume you can drive these flat out, and honestly you can for about 15 minutes and then oil and water temps get really really really unsafe. There's a huge misconception with people that you can drive factory stock cars flat out for long duration, and there are some you can, but add go-fast engine parts, crank the timing up and drive it like Hans Stuck for 30 minutes and your bound to self destruct something whether it be the stock cooling parts or the bottom end. It's shame the rod bearings are such a weak link...
Your typical D.E driver can drive it as fast as he wants, but once your skill level gets to the point where a professional driver matches your lap times ( I assume you are there) the amount of heat your generating in these cars is just simply dangerous with stock parts.....
On any given weekend at Road Atlanta after about 15 minutes I will start short shifting 7000rpm-7300rpm to let the car cool on an S54 powered car in relatively stock-ish form.

[tnomud]

Right now the car has a stock radiator and had a huge oil cooler. AC system is removed, so no condensors or fans other than the visco fan. I am going to get a big radiator this weekend and a bigger oil cooler. I havent nailed one down yet, but it will probably be a Fluidyne. Water temps were never an issue in this car, but oil temps always were.

In defense of the car, we had done about 20 blistering-screaming-WFO laps in 100 degree weather, after about 20 85% pace laps. According to my transponder, we were turning some VERY respectable times.

[tnomud]

Right now the car has a stock radiator and had a huge oil cooler. AC system is removed, so no condensors or fans other than the visco fan. I am going to get a big radiator this weekend and a bigger oil cooler. I havent nailed one down yet, but it will probably be a Fluidyne. Water temps were never an issue in this car, but oil temps always were.

In defense of the car, we had done about 20 blistering-screaming-WFO laps in 100 degree weather, after about 20 85% pace laps. According to my transponder, we were turning some VERY respectable times.