#ZedShed Project - Vixxen (track car)
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That seems a good price for that engine. The guys that fitted my engine have these in stock and it would cost £5k from them, plus extra for fitting, plus exhaust, brakes upgrade etc. Doing it yourself would be more cost effective plus you could do it without time constraints. Looks like a great project
In the background I'm also taking extra notes, Loom comparrisons, Parts that are different, bolt patterns you get the idea. So far this has been over the last 3 weekends work (on saturdays). I'm hoping there should be at least two more satrudays worth of work to finish the swap. I now have all the bits in house to complete it.
Another update from the weekend. another shorter day 10-4ish. I spent the first couple of hours trying to remove the two snapped bolts with no success, its quite common on the bolts either side of the gearbox to shear due to corrosion on the ends of the threads. I failed to get either out so I had to give up and just dill a hole through and go for the nut and bolt approach, I have seen these left out on other cars but my ocd won't let me do it.
Another annoyance was the information I was given on the lightweight flywheel, It's not compatible with the OEM pressure plate and clutch disc so I've ordered a sprung clutch disc and sprung pressure plate so it all fits.
While that was paused we turnt our attention to stripping down Sam's zed ready to remove the engine, engine loom Is now removed and front crash car now gone. Exhaust is also now off, that took some going.
This weekend I'm going to see the new potential zedshed which has a far suprior garage. Need more room
Last picture I have of Sams zed, it's currently further on than that.
Another annoyance was the information I was given on the lightweight flywheel, It's not compatible with the OEM pressure plate and clutch disc so I've ordered a sprung clutch disc and sprung pressure plate so it all fits.
While that was paused we turnt our attention to stripping down Sam's zed ready to remove the engine, engine loom Is now removed and front crash car now gone. Exhaust is also now off, that took some going.
This weekend I'm going to see the new potential zedshed which has a far suprior garage. Need more room
Last picture I have of Sams zed, it's currently further on than that.
Got just the thing if you don't mind
travelling mate.
Seriously though you lads do need more working space.
Tony.
travelling mate
.Seriously though you lads do need more working space.
Tony.
It's looking pretty crazy. Dont help having Dad moving house at the same time.
Got just the thing if you don't mind
travelling mate
Seriously though you lads do need more working space.
Tony.
We are on the limit now, I couldnt work like this all the time. We had 9 people at the weekend so it felt super cramped.
Day #3 session... It's been a while, but @Nodzed got a day pass to come down and join in 
Started off with fitting the lightened flywheel and pressure plate, this caused us issues last time as the seller said the lightened flywheel would work with the existing pressure plate... Nah, that wasn't happening due to a lack of cut outs on the flywheel to accommodate the OEM pressure plate. They dispatched a complete kit which arrived in time for Saturday, so that was bolted on to the 2.8 before we got stuck in!
Then we tore in to completing the removal of the M54B22 engine, most of which was mostly removed if you see my last post. We wanted to do this without having to empty the air conditioning gas, so we took a bit of extra time and care to move all the components out of the way so the integrity of the system was maintained. Will also save having to get it regassed when it's back on the road.
The engine is pretty much out at this point, just some messing around with the gear linkage and negotiating the route of the engine out.
A few minutes later - thank goodness Niall turned up, we likely couldn't have managed without his triumphant claim of "doing it all on his own"
Another empty engine bay... You can see the air con ancillaries on the left hand side of the bay.
Gearbox off the M54B22, this time no fight and no broken casing bolts.
A picture of the cats integrated in to the exhaust manifolds
In the background the M52B28TU donor engine, and in to the foreground being attached to the engine stand is the M54B22 "scrap" engine. We are most likely going to use this for training on how to do Vanos seals and other tasks people may be interested in seeing.
Finally, some differences between the 2 car setups. The gearboxes are the same, but we noticed difference in the couplings of the prop-shaft to the back of the gear box. You can see there is a visible size difference between the guibo couplings, meaning the donor gearbox and prop-shaft will be used. The shafts are identical otherwise.
Started off with fitting the lightened flywheel and pressure plate, this caused us issues last time as the seller said the lightened flywheel would work with the existing pressure plate... Nah, that wasn't happening due to a lack of cut outs on the flywheel to accommodate the OEM pressure plate. They dispatched a complete kit which arrived in time for Saturday, so that was bolted on to the 2.8 before we got stuck in!
Then we tore in to completing the removal of the M54B22 engine, most of which was mostly removed if you see my last post. We wanted to do this without having to empty the air conditioning gas, so we took a bit of extra time and care to move all the components out of the way so the integrity of the system was maintained. Will also save having to get it regassed when it's back on the road.
The engine is pretty much out at this point, just some messing around with the gear linkage and negotiating the route of the engine out.
A few minutes later - thank goodness Niall turned up, we likely couldn't have managed without his triumphant claim of "doing it all on his own"
Another empty engine bay... You can see the air con ancillaries on the left hand side of the bay.
Gearbox off the M54B22, this time no fight and no broken casing bolts.
A picture of the cats integrated in to the exhaust manifolds
In the background the M52B28TU donor engine, and in to the foreground being attached to the engine stand is the M54B22 "scrap" engine. We are most likely going to use this for training on how to do Vanos seals and other tasks people may be interested in seeing.
Finally, some differences between the 2 car setups. The gearboxes are the same, but we noticed difference in the couplings of the prop-shaft to the back of the gear box. You can see there is a visible size difference between the guibo couplings, meaning the donor gearbox and prop-shaft will be used. The shafts are identical otherwise.
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Some pics that @Lee sent me earlier...
How we left the ZedShed at the end of the day, following a tool tidy...
Photo of some random geezer laid under the car hitting things with spammers and hoping...
And finally a game of “Where’s Wally”
How we left the ZedShed at the end of the day, following a tool tidy...
Photo of some random geezer laid under the car hitting things with spammers and hoping...
And finally a game of “Where’s Wally”
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Not this engine. The CCV is new. It’s blowing by the rings. Common on M54s.
Anything’s possible with money.
My old boss had a saying that "You can always get by, by paying" and it's true.
It amazes me how compact the BMW gearboxes are, like the Porsche ones fitted in the old Talbot/Simca cars I used to work on.
Tony.
It amazes me how compact the BMW gearboxes are, like the Porsche ones fitted in the old Talbot/Simca cars I used to work on.Tony.
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Great to be down the shed again, great banter as always, and BTW I did take that engine out virtually single handed ....... well apart from all the bits and pieces all the other guys did that isDay #3 session... It's been a while, but @Nodzed got a day pass to come down and join in
Started off with fitting the lightened flywheel and pressure plate, this caused us issues last time as the seller said the lightened flywheel would work with the existing pressure plate... Nah, that wasn't happening due to a lack of cut outs on the flywheel to accommodate the OEM pressure plate. They dispatched a complete kit which arrived in time for Saturday, so that was bolted on to the 2.8 before we got stuck in!
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Then we tore in to completing the removal of the M54B22 engine, most of which was mostly removed if you see my last post. We wanted to do this without having to empty the air conditioning gas, so we took a bit of extra time and care to move all the components out of the way so the integrity of the system was maintained. Will also save having to get it regassed when it's back on the road.
The engine is pretty much out at this point, just some messing around with the gear linkage and negotiating the route of the engine out.
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A few minutes later - thank goodness Niall turned up, we likely couldn't have managed without his triumphant claim of "doing it all on his own"
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Another empty engine bay... You can see the air con ancillaries on the left hand side of the bay.
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Gearbox off the M54B22, this time no fight and no broken casing bolts.
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A picture of the cats integrated in to the exhaust manifolds
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In the background the M52B28TU donor engine, and in to the foreground being attached to the engine stand is the M54B22 "scrap" engine. We are most likely going to use this for training on how to do Vanos seals and other tasks people may be interested in seeing.
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Finally, some differences between the 2 car setups. The gearboxes are the same, but we noticed difference in the couplings of the prop-shaft to the back of the gear box. You can see there is a visible size difference between the guibo couplings, meaning the donor gearbox and prop-shaft will be used. The shafts are identical otherwise.
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