Meet "Blue Nose" by DIIRTY-30

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Thank you guys for the positive feedback; as far as this car goes.. I'm still dabbling with a potential motor swap / light bay shaving. For the most part everything that mostly can be done I've covered.

10-27-2014

Had a bit of free time yesterday while waiting for the oil to drain out my other car. Snapped a few golden hour flicks..

11-13-2014

They really did tie the car together, thank you again Terry! 

1-5-2015

Well Christmas came a little late...

Stay Tuned.

M60b40/b44

2-19-2015

My cirrus I need to start the oil pan gasket after the weekend. Got a few goodies on order. Winds are changing direction.

White one met my chop shop personality. After digging into it; I decided to go another route since it wouldn't structurally be able to hold the v8. If I had time like I used to, things may be a bit different. Currently it's not going to happen and I don't have time to make new frame rails.

Finding myself searching craigslist more and more for an Apache, miss having a truck for this shit.

3-17-2015

Guess the oil pan gasket isn't the only thing being replaced on the m20 anymore...

OOPS.

3-20-2015

Small little update; 

Degreased the block and removed the rear coolant cross over pipe. Also went ahead and test fit Garagistic's exhaust mani's and mounts. Quality fit & work def recommend them. 

Needless to say I'm impressed with how clean the inside is; along with the valves looking down from the intake manifold area. Not sure if its worth keeping the m62 heads w/dual vanos or just doing my original plan of m60 heads. 

Anyone down to chime in and drop some pennies?

Side note; wire wheeled the radiator support in prepping for a new one; PO beat the shit outta mine and since I'm most likely gonna be solo dropping the motor in. I admire JGood/Gary's solution of making it removable. 

Also went ahead and put all the exterior pieces back on along with the subframe and struts. 

4-5-2015

Thanks guys

Haven't had much time to mess around with her lately. Been doing a little spring cleaning of my own though.

For shits and giggles...

4-6-2015

Thanks guys ; addressed that issue quite some time ago, never did the rear. Been dabbling with the idea of dropping the rear, most likely will do it if I drop the diff.

On a side note; an m42 did that shit seriously? You must've been having little fun whipping it around huh lol

It's hard to tell from the photo but that raised area is the reinforcement.

4-28-2015

Been a while since I updated... Some teasers.

8-4-2015

Haven't been around to update this but figured I'd bring it up to speed a little. 

Test fit the Wilwood's and digging how subtle its looking. Also picked up some rebuilt injectors and a Walbro 255..

M62 timing guide snapped 

Complete 95 740I M60b40 NV with ≈80k miles. Came with the ZF 5HP30 trans.

Meeting its new home..

Labeling and stripping it down to replace seals. 

TDS mounts & OEM Gaskets..

Sent a bunch of stuff to a local powdercoater; ceramic coated the exhaust mani.. 

Began disassembling the rear coolant covers.. 

While disassembling I discovered that 10 of the rear bolts were galvanized to the block. Began to drill out the first bolt to use an extractor. Granted I didn't buy an expensive kit so hence quality of china. 

So pushing ahead I said fuck this grabbed a brew and started drilling like a mad man. My time-sert kit is currently en route, I have the 10 for the rear and two for the valley pan. This ought to be fun. In the meantime I figured I'd clean up the metal shavings and degrease a little. 

Also picked up this bad boy from a local yard guy; Pulled from a 98 540I w/94k Miles. I have no idea how the synchro's are on this so I'm hoping its not trashed.

Thanks and totally agree, good things cant be rushed.

I had bits in the pan; oil pump bolts were still on there fine. The motor supposedly had 170k before it blew a headgasket. I got it without an intake runner and etc, almost a bare block and the PO removed a lot of things himself. I dont know if its the combination of moving around but as soon as i spun the motor it was a no go. 

Shit happens, it was a major set back and def upsetting but gotta keep pushing. After that I kinda stopped my hunt for m60 heads and just wanted to get something going hence why I opt for the whole m60 for a killer price. Rather have a BAR'd m60 swap then work on the hybrid with possible induction. 

Thanks man! Good luck with your paint job, take the time on the prep work and tack it good it'll save you a lot of time down the road. My instagram's bornography_