Just another m50 conversion

Thijsse · Post by **Thijsse** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 12:38 am

Happening over here:
http://www.bmwe21.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8534

I'm going to translate the topic, don't know when yet...

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 12:25 pm

not sure bout his engine mount, i would of lengthened the braces to go each side of the nut, that steel could bend. prob wont as its pretty thick but still seems a little odd for what looks like a good job to not make it stronger

Thijsse · Post by **Thijsse** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:58 am

Well, i can tell you, the engine mount is strong enough. is made of 5mm thick steel with reinforcements inside.

is my own car by the way

Thijsse · Post by **Thijsse** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:01 pm

just put the engine 2 inches more to the front, fitted better with my brakebooster

and made some new engine supports

M15KYY · Post by **M15KYY** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:58 pm

nice bit of fabrication there! impressive! keep us posted fella, if you have any questions im sure rob (wizor) can help you out.

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:52 pm

that looks really great. some great welding

rob0r · Post by **rob0r** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:03 pm

That's great that it clears the servo, I was wondering about that on LHD cars. Great stuff

Thijsse · Post by **Thijsse** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:04 pm

austin25uk wrote:that looks really great. some great welding

damn things took revenge at me, some steelchips hit my eye.

some guy @ hospital drilled it out, so now my eye burns like hell.

next week it should be ok, than ill buy some safety goggles en pick up the grinder again

nige21 · Post by **nige21** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:33 pm

Ouch! I had a nasty 'grinder vs hand' incident a few years ago. Always wear my gloves now!
And i bet you wont forget your goggles

Good work on the conversion so far.

Thijsse · Post by **Thijsse** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:55 pm

mk1300 wrote:Ouch! I had a nasty 'grinder vs hand' incident a few years ago. Always wear my gloves now!
And i bet you wont forget your goggles

Good work on the conversion so far.

true true

haven't you got a project page from your m50 conversion?

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:49 pm

Thijsse wrote:
austin25uk wrote:that looks really great. some great welding
damn things took revenge at me, some steelchips hit my eye.

some guy @ hospital drilled it out, so now my eye burns like hell.

next week it should be ok, than ill buy some safety goggles en pick up the grinder again

I did the exact same thing when chopping through an exhaust under an old RX7. Couldn't believe how much it hurt whenever I blinked!

Thijsse · Post by **Thijsse** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:24 pm

RetroBeemer wrote:
Thijsse wrote:
austin25uk wrote:that looks really great. some great welding
damn things took revenge at me, some steelchips hit my eye.

some guy @ hospital drilled it out, so now my eye burns like hell.

next week it should be ok, than ill buy some safety goggles en pick up the grinder again
I did the exact same thing when chopping through an exhaust under an old RX7. Couldn't believe how much it hurt whenever I blinked!

blink, don't blink, doesn't matter a thing, it hurts

to the hospital i drove with my head out of my car window, so my eye chilled down

Thijsse · Post by **Thijsse** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:31 pm

strut bar can be straight now, engine is a lot lower because the inlet is between the engine

8cm clearance between engine and ground

watertemp, oilpressure, oiltemp

Thijsse · Post by **Thijsse** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:41 pm

Just another weekend of hard word, and its running!!

Had to cut a lot of old cooling hoses to fix the cooling system.
but its running now. still have to fix the exhaust, shifting mechanism and driveline.

pics soon

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:54 pm

Good stuff.