M5 revitalized

[G535]

Sick skills right there man! Gotta love a 39 M5 - wish I owned one at some point in my life!

[Buick40]

Great to see progress on this. Looking so good.

[EasySpeed*Inc]

Oh man, the fab work in this thread is amazing! Subbed.

It is going pretty smooth so far, thanks!

I logged into SW for the first time in over 9 years, and this is the first thread I see. I purchased a 2002 M5 in May, and I cannot express enough how much ass these cars kick. Very cool what you got going on here.

They are amazing machines, nothing like a fast 4 door!

The E39 M5 is probably one of the best cars ever made, and you have serious skills. This build will be epic.

I may be biased but yes, its just the perfect everyday vehicle, Thanks for compliments!

[EasySpeed*Inc]

Header time continued!


Tape, Tack, Weld, repeat


These two runners are critical, I lowered the body back onto the sub-frame to check the fit before tacking


A little close for comfort,need to rework this one a little bit






Checking clearance on the collectors, everything looks pretty good


Sub-frame out again, rinse repeat


Fixed the runner nearest the steering shaft


Moved to the second runner




Tack em


3 fully tacked and set, just 5 more to go!


That is all I got for this update

[Aasan]

The E39 M5 is probably one of the best cars ever made, and you have serious skills. This build will be epic.

[StraightDeezin]

I logged into SW for the first time in over 9 years, and this is the first thread I see. I purchased a 2002 M5 in May, and I cannot express enough how much ass these cars kick. Very cool what you got going on here.

[SebastienPeek]

Oh man, the fab work in this thread is amazing! Subbed.

[EasySpeed*Inc]

Awesome. In for updates!

A million thanks!

Wow looking foward to seeing more

There will be so much more!

Man.. those headers are out of this world! Very nice build thread man!

John

Supersprints I always thought looked the coolest with those old school spring collectors

[EasySpeed*Inc]

Update time



Headers continued


More chop


More tape


Test fit of first runner, driver side is most difficult as the steering shaft/box is within a few inches of the engine block in areas


Me pretending to be the body of the car


The thing to keep in mind is that you have to be able to get to the fasteners for attaching the headers once its all welded together


Now that the first runner is mostly located I could move to the collector


You want to make sure you have "place holders" in during the build as this fit into the collector should be very tight, bundle a few short sections of straight tube together




Now your ready to continue with the runners






After dropping the body back down onto the engine/sub-frame and bolting all back together, it was evident I needed to do a few more tweeks




Its getting closer


And its tacked together


1st runner is tacked, only 7 more!


This first runner is the most important one, everything else will be built off this, it pays dividends to get it right now rather than later

Till next time

[2dye4]

Awesome. In for updates!

[HolmarE34]

Wow looking foward to seeing more

[doubleJC]

Man.. those headers are out of this world! Very nice build thread man!

John

[EasySpeed*Inc]

Love the fab work

Thank you, its a blast to do!

Great work!!! One of the best engines ever!!!

The S62 is one of my all time favs for sure

Had a buddy with one of these in that green color they are pretty badass! Plan on building a full exhaust or just the headers?

Green you never see, super cool color.

Yes making the entire exhaust, from block to tips all hand made stainless, going to be a good time

in for fab porn

Thanks man, your RX (and fab work) is an absolute legend!

Amazing work put into the parts making man. I wish i had all those machines. Luckily for me my dad have most of em on his work and some smaller drillers and machines in his garage. Buying a aftermarket header is $$$ as hell...

Agree, you can make these for 1/5th of the cost of those "name brand".

Sidenote SuperSprints look like absolute s*** (as far as the build quality) to be honest

Also learn as much as you can from your pops, if he has all that equipment. I wish I had learned more from my gramps when he was alive.

Love this

Appreciate the kind words my friend

[shortair44]

Great work!!! One of the best engines ever!!!

[Graphitemk6]

Had a buddy with one of these in that green color they are pretty badass! Plan on building a full exhaust or just the headers?