S54 Powered 323i - Duracel79 - England

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:00 am

oop and another update from yesterday, look what me n ben found in a little back street garage

i think it looks much better on smaller profile sticky tires now

Duracel79 · Post by **Duracel79** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 1:54 pm

austin25uk wrote:after seeing that crack first hand it is lonnnnggggggggg, looking forward to seeing it fixed though, will be mighty impressive

You'll see it tomorrow before I do

Head has been all welded up, line bored, faced and pressure tested.

Total cost including deliverey and VAT was £282.

Will post up picks when i've seen the head.

Ben

Duracel79 · Post by **Duracel79** » Sat May 01, 2010 1:28 pm

Head pics:

Ben

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Sat May 01, 2010 1:59 pm

Looks pretty good mate.

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Sat May 01, 2010 4:07 pm

ben stop taking pictures and get your bloody 2.7 in your car, come back to hertfordshire and help my swap my m10

murran · Post by **murran** » Sat May 01, 2010 5:40 pm

looks good in pictures. fingers crossed it lasts!

Pho21_girl · Post by **Pho21_girl** » Sat May 01, 2010 6:01 pm

Seriously shiny!

Duracel79 · Post by **Duracel79** » Mon May 24, 2010 8:39 pm

Some new graphics on my car:

And my race 2.7 is in and running well. Get my bonus tomorrow so will be going Standalone Management (Emerald) soon

Ben

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Mon May 24, 2010 8:54 pm

Looks very professional.

Duracel79 · Post by **Duracel79** » Mon May 24, 2010 9:29 pm

They're not the best but do take the eye away from the rusty bits. Garage is who ported my head.

Ben

murran · Post by **murran** » Mon May 24, 2010 9:47 pm

looks smart that does.
dont be ashamed of the rusty bits, im not ashamed of mine. it just shows the car is well used and has a purpose!

wins races, not shows.

Duracel79 · Post by **Duracel79** » Mon May 24, 2010 10:11 pm

USED AND ABUSED!!!!

murran · Post by **murran** » Mon May 24, 2010 11:43 pm

Duracel79 wrote:USED AND ABUSED!!!!

YESSSSSSSSS!

less polish more throttle pedal mashing!

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Tue May 25, 2010 12:29 pm

they say if it aint broke dont fix it

.................

i say break it, dont fix it, just make it faster!!!!

Duracel79 · Post by **Duracel79** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:56 pm

Been sorting bits and pieces out over the last few weeks.

Did a bottom end rebuild last weekend. New shells (Mains & Big Ends) High flow diesel pump and a new relief valve. Its good to have lots of pressure again. Was always down since the head cracked and contaminated the oil with a bit of water. Think the 200k mile old pump didn't like that.

Engine loom will be stripped this weekend as the start of fitting the Standalone.

Got an Emerald K6 ECU with much larger new injectors and all the bits I need for the conversion.

Got a deadline though: Mapping will be done by Dave Walker (the mapping king!) on 23rd July. I'll try to remember to take lots of pics and post up the RR readouts

Ben