E39 Build: 6.0 LS. Coils. Burnouts.

[nsogiba]

[nsogiba]

I drink any piss swill put in front of me as long as it's reasonably cold and has an alcoholic content.

Not sure who Adam is, I bought this one from a middle aged guy having an estate sale before moving across the country with his wife. Heard about it through a coworker.

[MommysLittleMonster]

come and drink some beers when it gets warm. We generally get a few guys together and cruise around, hoon, do some highway pulls, then get dinner and beers.

I'll gladly swing by one night and horse around. What beer do you drink?

picked up a very low mileage Millermatic 135 MIG last week for a steal, already set up for stainless. I have been wanting to make some changes to the exhaust since the catless setup both smelled bad and still had some drone even with cutouts closed. Spent some time over the last few days adding in the OEM resonator and M5 cats. I am reusing the 3" cutout I had on my setup to keep the shenanigans going when I want them, but the overall goal is for the exhaust to be silent (near OEM) when the cutout is closed.

Nice work on the exhaust.

Did you pick that up that welder from Adam?

[Wesside]

This car is amazing Bad ass car and awesome thread I feel like everyone owes you a drink

[nsogiba]

Put these two together



and you get some of this



still need to do the passenger side cat. Once that's done I can take it down, final weld everything, put it back up, and then make the connections to the rear exits. Getting there!

[nsogiba]

picked up a very low mileage Millermatic 135 MIG last week for a steal, already set up for stainless. I have been wanting to make some changes to the exhaust since the catless setup both smelled bad and still had some drone even with cutouts closed. Spent some time over the last few days adding in the OEM resonator and M5 cats. I am reusing the 3" cutout I had on my setup to keep the shenanigans going when I want them, but the overall goal is for the exhaust to be silent (near OEM) when the cutout is closed.

[nsogiba]

come and drink some beers when it gets warm. We generally get a few guys together and cruise around, hoon, do some highway pulls, then get dinner and beers.

[MommysLittleMonster]

I really wish you lived closer so I could harass you.

Love the progress, you've got to be itching for spring as bad as the rest of us trapped in this salty hell.

[nsogiba]

So in all her glory she started right up and idled great. The cooling system revisions (new hose splice/fill point) didn't leak a drop upon startup and everything got up to temp, and stayed there. Needs a tune!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPCRnwSJu90&feature=youtu.be

Naturally, no front bumper or headlights, no plates, no insurance, no problem. I needed to do a shakedown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75a7-yd1jBU

[99sil-teg]

Nice man, loving the build so far

[nsogiba]

had a great night in terms of beating winter blues/boredom. for the last week I've been trying to figure out how to remount my Corvette radiator now that I've added the OEM BMW condenser assembly back onto the core support in preparation for A/C. originally, in a beer induced haze (in early 2013) I mounted it using pieces of aluminum cut out of the notch I removed from the GTO oil pan (no joke). looked like crap so I brought home some legit clear-anodized aluminum 2x2 angle from work and set about mounting it. Unfortunately the wrist injury combined with a general lack of motivation led me to multiple nights of head scratching and putting off mounting the stupid thing. Tonight I spent some time fitting it where I wanted it and got it all in place.

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So in all her glory she started right up and idled great. The cooling system revisions (new hose splice/fill point) didn't leak a drop upon startup and everything got up to temp, and stayed there. Needs a tune!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPCRnwSJu90&feature=youtu.be

Naturally, no front bumper or headlights, no plates, no insurance, no problem. I needed to do a shakedown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75a7-yd1jBU

[mikey G]

Did you run central heat/ air to your garage? I also love your key holder w/ the emblems, thats a cool touch. If this pulled up to me at a light I wouldnt think twice until I hear you step on it. By then all I'd see is smoke from the radials leaving me in the dust... Looks good man!

[nsogiba]

Another midwinter update on little things.

Picked up an indoor/outdoor digital thermometer for the garage, the heater is fighting Buffalo cold fairly well.

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Was picking away at details the last few weeks and rather enjoying it, but had an unfortunate skiing accident that put a damper on things.
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Luckily no breaks but a severe sprain has left me one handed for the next 2 weeks.

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Never one to sit still for long I got bored after 2 days, packed up my tools on a chilly Saturday and headed to a big salvage yard 90 minutes away just east of Rochester.

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I was on the hunt for a few odds and ends but mostly wanted to get my hands (correction: hand) on a pair of 15" aluminum wheels for drag duty. The website listed a half dozen 6 cylinder E39s, so chances were good, but since they don't do individual parts inventory, I went for a ride.

Quickly found the moneypit section with a fairly clean example in burgundy
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Just 2 rear wheels remaining on that one, great shape, no rash, no bends, great, let's get to it. Removed one after struggling with one hand but once the last nut came off a swift kick made her fall right off. Went around to the passenger side, removed nuts again, and no amount of stomping would have it come off. With the yard closing fairly soon and the wife complaining that I was going to be late for our dinner with friends, I was about to say screw it but noticed a silver wagon close by, wearing just one 15" wheel.

IMG_20150117_145554_643 by nogiba, on Flickr

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Unfortunately the other 15 was nowhere to be found, so again I was about to throw in the towel (with my good hand) but noticed that there were loose Volvo wheels littered everywhere around the wagon. The wagon was surrounded by Volvos anyhow, so on a hunch I trudged around kicking snow off loose wheels.

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Sure enough, about 6 cars away, found the other one laying on the ground and rolled her back. The wheel on the wagon was held on by just one loose bolt, so after 2 trips back to the parking lot we were good to go.

Yee haw. The kid working the desk at the yard was pretty nice and I was able to talk him into including both tires and all my other bits and pieces for free
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Thawed out on the way home and unpacked all the junk. Style 31s are fairly rare it seems (not that it really matters but just something cool), it's fitting that they'll live on having a set of wide drag radials wrapped around them
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They look awesomely bad. I cannot wait to put the radials on there, going to look badass.
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In keeping with the tire theme I jumped on local CL for a set of 2 rear tires in 275/35/18 for daily use on the M-Parallel wheels. The current set on there was originally on my buddy Tim's M5, mounted up front, in a 245/40/18 - they were camber worn on the outside so I promptly ruined the insides all last summer.

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Jesus take the wheel - alignment this spring!

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Comparison for fun:
left - Potenza Pole Position 275/35/18
center - corded 245/40/18
right - junkyard 225/60/15. Yes, I will ruin them first few weeks it's warm

_DSC3571 by nogiba, on Flickr

Few parts came in
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Few steps closer to AC
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Off a 2003 525i in Texas. $100 shipped on ebay for a condenser cassette, condenser, AT cooler, and PS cooler. I initially bought all this just for the cassette and condenser but since I now had a provision for mounting the OEM PS cooler in the factory location I got rid of the aftermarket external cooler I had and put this together in no time.
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Time will tell if the condenser is in good shape, we'll see.
_DSC3562 by nogiba, on Flickr

I also wanted to revise my throttle cable. Since I had gone through the trouble of refinishing all the front accessories and intake, it was a shame to keep a cable end that looked like this:

_DSC3543 by nogiba, on Flickr

So he got chucked in the trash and I went back to the same bicycle shop that I originally bought the first bike brake cable from. Nearly 2 years later exactly, to be exact. 5.99 later...

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The round crimped on cable end doesn't fit in the universal end that hooks to the pedal, so chuck it up in the expensive 5 axis mill
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And shave her down with ol' faithful
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Like a glove. Throttle body spring keeps tension on it at all times and now looks as decent as it works. No more frayed ends.
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Since I misplaced the original cable mount it was off to the store for a box of assorted ones. The OD was fine but cable hole needed to be opened up. I later found the original cable end sitting inside one of the shelves of my toolbox
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Next up is re-mounting the C5 radiator and filling the system. I need to pick up a barb fitting for the PS line but hopefully will be able to start the motor in the next week or so...

[nsogiba]

Not sure what your question is. I sold the BMW motor and trans in late 2012

[TeckniX]

Maybe you mentioned it but what did you lose BMW wise on the swap