A Sherman Schwartz story. (e28 content)

[budski]

more work today.

finally got the heads off, found the walls still have its cross hatching which is awesome but I did see the pistons kissed the intake valves, Good news is that the valves were just fine but I need to chase down my why it happened.



bottom felt nice and tight



block is looking pretty nasty though, but with the bottom end all tight there is no reason to hot tank it.



dropped the cam out


then removed the rocker shaft (huge PIA)


not only was is a difficult to get the shafts out I managed break a rocker, got one on order already. Needless to say if this is the worst them I'm OK with that.


getting the valves out was a breeze.


and gave them a good clean with a wire wheel, a lot of carbon on these


check the head to make sure it was not warped, which it was well in spec but decided to take .005 off for a clean surface and cheat a little for compression.


so much better!


started prepping to cut new seats and discovered the valve guides on the exhaust side were out of spec so those were also ordered and the heads are on hold. That being said it was time to get after a few cosmetic things...



much better, but still needs paint to keep that silver


after a quick spray.


scrubbed the block and gave it some black, started to put some parts back on.


now while I'm waiting for parts I'll attack the car next getting it torn down.

[budski]

so with the engine build eating away at the wheel/tire funds I'm not going to get what I want ready in time for my deadline, so I threw some 205/55 on a set of 16's I had laying around.



very little stretch.



also head parts got shipped today, also ordered shifter bushings and next week hope to order timing stuff and a few other goods.

only 36 days till the car's first show and so much to do.

[ChristopherJason]

Nice work on the engine man !

[Sabertooth]

Damn this makes me want an E28 baddd. Awesome work so far!

[budski]

Thanks, it's kind of stressful with my deadline but I'm trying not to rush and do things right. Who knows, maybe the car can last for another 400k

[orion84gsl]

Love it. Threads like these make me wish I had the money to buy the clean E28 I spotted online in town. Sadly the other car takes the money first. Keep it up, I want to see this thing back together.

[budski]

so tonight was spent in my own garage vs the shop space since I'm waiting on engine parts.

first was getting the car in the air, you can see how small of a space I'm stuck with.


driver a side was a mess, you can see how bad the power steering and oil leaks were... the partial cause of severely worn components.



all out! it was nice that everything was oil soaked so it came off easy.


and now to celebrate with brownies!


the goal tomorrow is to start getting everything degreased and clean up some wiring. 35 days to go!

[budski]

burned the midnight oil last night and finished off the suspension.

quick degrease job was done, exposed a few power steering leaks on the low pressure lines that need to be taken care of so it doesnt soak everything again



wish I had some before photos but this was all oil and grime covered... had no clue the steering box was silver!



didn't take long to get the front suspension and steering done, love the look of new parts.



new dogbones and swaybar endlinks, did discover the rear subframe bushings and diff mount were shot, something that will be saved for a later date. Also the brakes will need to be addressed very soon.



about 4am had it back on the ground again



kinda stuck right now waiting for parts, but I plan on doing a little more engine bay cleaning and tidying up some odd and ends. only 33 days to get him done!

[Ian e]

Good work, keep it up! I plan on doing the same with my 5, run it for a bit then really get stuck in.

[MikeG]

I like the E34 bumper. I wanna put an E34 front on my e28

[budski]

Good work, keep it up! I plan on doing the same with my 5, run it for a bit then really get stuck in.

Thanks, I'm really itching to get into the good stuff (bags,wheels,blower,etc) but for now its just getting it safe and reliable. Bolting replacement parts is fun but I'm itching to start welding.

I like the E34 bumper. I wanna put an E34 front on my e28

I considered doing the front but the fitment was much harder and looks goofy with the grill. I'm sure with time you could make it fit right.



in other news the new rocker and valve guides came in, hope to make it back out to the shop thurs to cut new valve seats and reassemble the heads. If I'm lucky get my timing bits in and have the engine assembled by next week.

[Rion]

Oh hey it's my old car!

I put 25K miles on it in 6 months between St. Louis and Louisiana.

[budski]

Oh hey it's my old car!

I put 25K miles on it in 6 months between St. Louis and Louisiana.

an some how it held together...lol

[E28stoff]

good looking e28, the e34 rear bumper is really cool. Nice work

[budski]

so the last two nights I've been doing minor things like cleaning up some wiring, putting a new glovebox handle on, trying to get the interior to look decent... pretty boring stuff. But I was finally able to make it back to the machine shop to get back to work on the heads with a fellow RHG member.

first was to press the old worn out valve guides which came out much easier than the rocker bars.



and pressed the new ones in just as easy.



now these are undersized to the valve so we had to take a little out, BMW says the max spec is .030 and no target spec so we went with a .003 to keep it tighter.



just made it in one pass



with a little extra time I decided to figure out what to do with the valve cover, first was just a coat of the matte black I used on the block. I wasn't happy so I threw in a little red.



and did the fuel rail to match.



the goal is to have the engine and car ready to go back together next weekend and back on the road the following week.