E39 Build: 6.0 LS. Coils. Burnouts.

[nsogiba]

thanks. it still has some ways to go in the way of minor details but it's pretty much where I want it. It will be up for sale in the next few months if anyone is interested in learning more about it.

[nsogiba]

Top End Assembly

I flipped her over on the stand and went to town.

Brand new OEM LS7 lifters got an oil bath for 2 weeks prior to assembly.

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Pre-assemble into lifter trays, which were scrubbed clean and blown out with compressed air prior to use

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Cylinder head dowels installed, headgaskets laid in place. I chose an OEM MLS LS3 6.2 headgasket to match the .030" overbore.

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Ready for a fresh head (love this shot)

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Get her down into place, making sure not to snag the surface with the corner of a dowel.
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ARP head bolts (varying length design) were torqued in sequence and in 3 stages to the appropriate spec using the required thread lube on the threads, washers, and under the head of the bolts.
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Once both heads were on, they got new plugs:
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Since I was in a time crunch to get the car done, the rest went together fairly quickly, so I will let the pictures tell the story.

[nsogiba]

Engine/Trans Assembly and Installation into car

Bolted on a bunch of crap like the front accessories, starter, manifolds, coolant sensors, etc. Cleaned the pressure plate and flywheel with isopropyl alcohol to remove any fingerprints or grease, installed both with ARP hardware, torqued to spec. Joining these two bastards was super fun on my own!

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and, in ya go
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Workspace = filthy
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Finally got it in (without removing the driveshaft no less)
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Technician117 doing what he does best
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Reconnecting vacuum lines and wiring
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Final reassembly
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Interior back together
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Done!
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Fired it up and let it idle while checking oil pressure, coolant temps, and general leaks. Some minor things but no deal breakers. The biggest "oh crap" moments were a minor miss due to a loose plug wire, and a leak from the OPSU (replaced with an appropriate plug). As I walked out to hop in and take it for the maiden voyage, it started puking coolant out of the overflow bottle, where a nipple had cracked and broken on a nearly new tank
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Naturally only one store had one in stock locally and they had closed for the day, so it pushed back my schedule by another day. However, I tossed a new one in, and took the car to be tuned.

Mileage at the time of engine rebuild for future reference.
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Met my goal and made it out to Columbus, OH for Timmayfest - got it strapped down on the dyno (very high heat and humidity).

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Fairly disappointed at the numbers - 360whp and 349 lbft. The only change was a more restrictive exhaust in the form of cats, a resonator, and slightly smaller diameter piping. Last year I made 427whp/400lbft on a local dyno. Go figure.
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Had to make a stop on the way home:

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[sterling archer]

damn this thing is sweet! id be pretty bummed too though making less power than before.

[nsogiba]

some little things here and there

had the car tuned at New Era Performance, with a focus on driveability- pretty happy with the result.

Picking up the car - some nice machinery out front (check out the sick drug dealer SUV)

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Finally had an alignment done - ironically this is the first one I have done in the 4 years and 43K miles I've owned the car for. Rear camber was about a degree too negative, and front toe needed work too.

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As usual, passed inspection without a hitch - just plug and play

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Next up: installing this

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so i can stop doing this

[#MrBenz]

some little things here and there

had the car tuned at New Era Performance, with a focus on driveability- pretty happy with the result.

Picking up the car - some nice machinery out front (check out the sick drug dealer SUV)

IMG_0169 by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

IMG_0170 by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

IMG_0171 by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

Finally had an alignment done - ironically this is the first one I have done in the 4 years and 43K miles I've owned the car for. Rear camber was about a degree too negative, and front toe needed work too.

IMG_0184 by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

IMG_0182 by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

As usual, passed inspection without a hitch - just plug and play

IMG_0185 by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

Next up: installing this

IMG_0192 by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

IMG_0200 by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

so i can stop doing this

Keep up the good work sir!

[nsogiba]

Small update.

It is hot.

Inside the garage, no airflow will do this
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Got my hands on HPTuners, working on perfecting the driveability. Did I mention that it's hot?
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Restored the headlights. I need to get some "after" pics, they came out looking brand new. This picture is after a pass with the 3000 grit, just before compounding and polishing.
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Took a break from the car to work on the garage. The old "to-do" list, with chalkboard paint:
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I was always running out of room, so I expanded it
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and added tool storage to free up room in the toolbox:
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Got the IHKA apart and soldered so that it would trigger the GM PCM for AC using the OEM BMW snowflake button.
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[0_0Paulk]

Great build!

Man I love what you've done here, and I got mad respect for your elf taught ingenuity! I'm also an engineer, I finding my fellow professionals who also crunch numbers and read diagrams by day, and let of steam with fabrication and construction/destruction by night.

Keep it up!

Were you really taught by elves?

How do i get into that training program?

[nsogiba]

some crappy pictures in my driveway. I highly recommend Brian with Sheer Luxe Detailing, the experience and results were great.*

Quick Before:

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Restoring Bumper Trim:
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Quick shot of compounding, before and after.
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Final Results

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The car will be featured on his blog in the next few weeks, will post a link when it's available.*

[royalife]

OMG! i just fell in love!

[loekaaz]

Dayum... That detailing got me speechless

[NotSoDirtyF30]

@nsogiba

I had to register just so I could commend you on this build. It is by all means, incredible. I have to assume she's all up and running now, yes?

Anyway, because I'm a shameless BMW whore and have an undying love for this platform, I wanted to make a suggestion for you to check this out.

I have this NBT Navigation/Infotainment system in my car from the factory, having an F30 but now that there's retrofit kits available for the older E-Chassis lovers among us, I just think it might be an amazing finishing touch on your build.

I'm in no way affiliated with the companies or people that push these by the way, the ADD meds are just hitting me particularly hard at work today, and I'm bored.

So, check this out!

http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?2153382-NBT-CIC-CCC-retrofit-in-E39-E38-E53

[nsogiba]

^ thanks for the link.

The car is now for sale!

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1489744&posted=1#post1489744

[nsogiba]

I apologize to all for taking so long to get engine bay pictures, but I wanted to give it a good cleaning first. Here we go:

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My favorite feature:
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Power is estimated at 380whp/380 ft lbs.

It can easily be bumped up 50+whp with some better heads and less restrictive exhaust.

[Lukey]

naice