So it looks like the motor is going to have to be completely rebuilt now since it's run with no oil pressure 2x in a month. There is no point pulling the head to replace the head gasket (that's what happened today) and risk the bottom end having problems and then having to pull it out again and do it a second time. So $6000 later, I'll have a bad ass motor, and that sounds all cool and everything... but that's cool if $6000 was burning a hole in my pocket. Such is life with beating the shit out of a car for fun, but just not expected.

To make the day even worse, I sat on I-95 for 3.5 hours tonight, and everytime I looked in the mirror I saw my broken car sitting on the trailer. 3.5 hours and pissing in a big Gatorade bottle wasn't fun either. It's not 9:30 and I literly just got home. I'm going to eat my salad and go to bed.

Ok, rant over.

Damn dude, sorry to hear that. :(

Yeah, I think it is a good idea to do the rebuild right the first time or don't do it at all. Not sure of what your daily driver car situation is, but if you have another car to drive and you don't have the cash to do the rebuild correctly right now, I would let the M3 sit until you save up the $$.

I had the motor that is in my car now for 9 months. I wanted to do it right the first time. It was a hard wait...but it was worth it.

Good luck!!

Actually, it's really easy to wait... it can't be fixed if it can't be paid for. :( :biglaughb

Once it's done though it should have much more power. :evil2

So until the tax refund shows up, it'll be sitting outside the garage. :(

Yeah, sorry to see that happen to you man, but look at the bright side... it died at the very end of the season. Also, when you get it rebuilt, it'll be better than ever.

Sorry to hear about your crappy day. On my way back from western Maryland, I sat on I-70 for a while with a fatal accident. People just can't drive anymore.

Good luck with your engine rebuilt.

Yeah John. Kind of a bad way to end the season. At least it is the end of the season and you don't necessarily need the car for autoxing and you can start to plan for the next one.

Sorry it happened, dude.

Good luck with the motor man, I know you kinda wanted to push this off and not really do it this year. But at least you can get it done right and have a solid motor.

Hey John, sorry to hear about that.

Gotta put some positive spin on it and think of it as new, more powerful motor time!

Blame it on megatron, he started the demise of the silver M3s! :confused

LS1 swap?
:devillook



Sorry to hear about your misfortune man. How'd it happen?

damn john that sucks

i wish you the best man

The way it all turns out, if it had to happen, now was the time.

Here's to better than new next spring!

Very sorry to hear John, but like you said, it's the price we're paying for running hard I guess. I have to figure out what's the problem with my prop shaft or diff :rolleyes

Whoa, that sucks John :( I hope everything with the rebuild goes smoothly.


Were you stuck on i-95 during the huge pile ups??? Man, it looked horrible on tv, glad to hear you made it through i-95 safely today.

I'm sorry that about your engine. On the bright side, you'll end up with a MUCH stronger engine. The timing was at least better than if you broke in the middle of say July.

It will turn out in the end,


Pete

Too bad about your engine but if you intend to rebuild it yourself I would be glad to help....Not financially but physically.

Thanks, but a local guy is going to be doing the technical stuff. I'll be pulling the motor and trany out and taking it to him. I also happen to need a new clutch. The car will be a new car after all is said and done, which is cool.

Thanks guys.

Sorry to hear about this :/

sucks man. :( Pete's right tho... better now than in July.

At least you can show up next season with some new tricks up your sleeve. :D

good luck with everything, hope everything works out :(

The car will be a new car after all is said and done, which is cool.That is the cool part. Sorry about the other, more sucktastic aspects.

Any chance of covering the process and posting it on the teambar site? What's the plan for the new motor? Inquiring minds...

Depends on the amount of money I can save/make between now and Jan/Feb.

I doubt there will be too many pictures either. ;)

I'm going to eat my salad

:(

sorry, man.

Winter slumber mode. :(

at least your brakes didn't fail going into turn 1...

Dude...at least your insurance is going to cover that probably..

Doby's thing is going to mucho $$....

Sorry John...Jed told me today... :(

At least the car is still all show...but no go...

Jeff

My insurance is not going to hear about my bumpers. It'd cost me more than replacing the bumpers would cost AND it would mean they'd never cover me again at a track event. :p

My insurance is not going to hear about my bumpers. It'd cost me more than replacing the bumpers would cost AND it would mean they'd never cover me again at a track event. :p

Got pics?

Alex

Oh come'on...

you were driving on a back road and west virginia, a deer ran out you turned off to avoid and went off...

now go drive your car through some muddy grass....

jeff

Got pics?

Alex

Sorry about that Nick. That's my, "Oooh, look at that wreck on the highway", side coming out.

Glad you're okay. Bumpers can be replaced.

Alex

John,


Forgot to ask you if you received the headlights.

Oh come'on...

you were driving on a back road and west virginia, a deer ran out you turned off to avoid and went off...

now go drive your car through some muddy grass....

jeff

p.s. you need blood and fur to make it believeable. :devillook

John,


Forgot to ask you if you received the headlights.

Yeah, thanks again.

Yeah it was a crazy weekend for some of the cars. Worst was John's motor, then Nick going off T1, Mark cracking a rotor, Bud and Austin's rear left wheel bearing going, James losing a side gill, and Andy driving a Prelude :( .

...and Andy driving a Prelude :( .

:laugh

..............Andy driving a Prelude :( .


:laugh

Don't encourage him. :nono :rolleyes


:laugh

doby, sorry to hear about the motor dude...big Jeddy told me about it on Sunday...I had engine problems last year and luckily it ended up being a warped head and blown head gasket...it sucks :( !

look at it on the bright side, once a certain Parkville native is done with it, you'll have a helluva motor...I took a ride with Bud on his orientation session at Summit and that car is FAST!!!

Don't know what the plans are now. Brant thinks I should just buy a new motor from BMW because of the possible problems with the bottom end. The good thing with that is that it's under $6k, and the car will be a good as new. The bad thing is that it won't be a B-Spec motor like Bud and Austin's. I'd like to have the extra power, but it may not work out. It does look like it will be fixed sooner then later though... I just have 32 more car payments to add to my current 28. :(

Brant thinks I should just buy a new S54 motor from BMW


:buttrock

seriously...why wouldn't you just get a euro motor or the new S54 motor ?? :confused

I mean for an extra few grand...its worth the ponies and a real M engine ?? :)

So you'll be making car payments for the rest of your life...its all worth it :stickoutt

Just make sure you get the one after the two bearings recalls

Oh, and I think a new S54 is more like 16k

Euro motor will cost around $8-9K. Then, to get it to work, you need to spend an add'l $2-3K.

A used M3 motor would cost around $3500 ... if you keep your eyes peeled open w/around 50K on it. Would that be an option JD? What I would do is email marshall -- he's got good leads on everything.

p.s. -- JV -- you need to bring me some of that brewski things and I can drop it off to marshall :)

Don't know what the plans are now. Brant thinks I should just buy a new motor from BMW because of the possible problems with the bottom end. The good thing with that is that it's under $6k, and the car will be a good as new. The bad thing is that it won't be a B-Spec motor like Bud and Austin's. I'd like to have the extra power, but it may not work out. It does look like it will be fixed sooner then later though... I just have 32 more car payments to add to my current 28. :(

Did you ultimately decide that you were gong to go back to SP? Why not rebuild, or just buy a block and build it to an inch within SP rules. If you're going to stay in SM, why even bother with the "correct" engine at all?

Or cut your losses and start over with something that will be easier to work into the class you want to run.

a new s52 is less than $6k? Hmmm :devillook

Euro motor wouldn't be emissions legal, and getting an S54 to work would cost a ton because I'd have to find a totalled S54 M Coupe/Roadster as a donor car.

I'm working on getting things the way I like them...ya'll know me. ;)

Euro motor wouldn't be emissions legal, and getting an S54 to work would cost a ton because I'd have to find a totalled S54 M Coupe/Roadster as a donor car.

I'm working on getting things the way I like them...ya'll know me. ;)

S50s are cheaper still, and you could go forced induction that way.

John

Yeah, but the S50's won't hook up to the OBD-II stuff. :(

Yeah, but the S50's won't hook up to the OBD-II stuff. :(

Do you really need OBDII to pass emissions? Might want to talk to James about this as he ditched all his crap, still has a cat, and still drives it everyday in MD..

I'm convinced you could get away with ditchin it.

James is going to have to put everything back in to pass emissions. They plug into the OBD-II port now for 96+ cars. If they don't get a reading, you automatically fail. I talked to him Saturday about it and told him to find an aftermarket RIEGER bumper and lower the front end all the way. They might waive his off if the car is too low to fit over the rollers. (The rollers are still there for the OBD-I cars)

Depends upon whether the particular jurisdiction performing the inspection *merely* sniffs the tailpipe or instead plugs (or scans) the OBD-II port to read the codes.

DC and an increasing number of other areas no longer check tailipipe emissions on '96 and later models and depend on the codes.

Neil

My port was used 5 months ago. And now that I have 60 more months of payments, I can't take the car off the street, and I wouldn't want to either.

James is going to have to put everything back in to pass emissions. They plug into the OBD-II port now for 96+ cars. If they don't get a reading, you automatically fail. I talked to him Saturday about it and told him to find an aftermarket RIEGER bumper and lower the front end all the way. They might waive his off if the car is too low to fit over the rollers. (The rollers are still there for the OBD-I cars)

The emissions inspection station in Columbia waived tests for my old GTI and also the M3 because they felt both cars were too low. I'd get the car inspected there when the time comes.

I looked into this quite a bit because of the new car. And I haven't heard of any MD emissions stations that don't check via the port first. A non-functioning check engine light or port as well as a lit check engine light or any codes and you fail before you even get to the rollers.

Well it has been decided, and my plans are set. What all that's being done is another "Secret Weapon," but I can tell you that Brant is involved and it will be faster then before. :evil2 Other then that, my lips are sealed... talk amongst yourselves. :biglaughb

Cliff knows.

But he won't tell me. :cry

James is going to have to put everything back in to pass emissions. They plug into the OBD-II port now for 96+ cars. If they don't get a reading, you automatically fail. I talked to him Saturday about it and told him to find an aftermarket RIEGER bumper and lower the front end all the way. They might waive his off if the car is too low to fit over the rollers. (The rollers are still there for the OBD-I cars)

Yup. That's how I got an exemption on my emissions testing. They stopped me from going onto the rollers, had me pull over to the side and they examined my car and deemed it too low and gave me a 2 year exemption.

This is one of those times where ricer-slamming your shyt to the point you can't drive it comes in handy.

Nos???

Yep, I just blew up one motor, and I'm going for a second with N2O

Ls1?

If it was legal in SM, but it's not.

Well it has been decided, and my plans are set. What all that's being done is another "Secret Weapon," but I can tell you that Brant is involved and it will be faster then before. :evil2 Other then that, my lips are sealed... talk amongst yourselves. :biglaughb


John,

At the risk of sounding like a moron, who is Brant? Is he some kind of BMW guru available to us Marylanders and I'm not aware of it? Please explain....I need to do something with my tax return for next year. I have to plan ahead so the wife doesn't get any ideas :shifty

Brant is a mythical BMW Tech that is a known by a few, but has touched many. If you want your car to go faster, live longer, handle better, and just all around rock, let your car be graced by his presence. ;)

...known by a few, but has touched many.

Sounds like a substitute teacher I had back in grade school. :shifty

Sounds like a substitute teacher I had back in grade school. :shifty

:lol :lol

JV

:lol :lol

JV

:lol I second that...f'in hilarious :D ... :lol

Brandt is a guy that does great work on BMWs...he really knows his stuff and when he works on your car, it'll be done right the first time.

http://members.cox.net/revhigh/profilev8.JPG

You know I can get the hook-up on the V8's with OBD-II DME and harness. Nothing that a large hammer and a heat wrench can't fix to make it fit just like Dinan. :D

:lol I second that...f'in hilarious :D ... :lol

Brandt is a guy that does great work on BMWs...he really knows his stuff and when he works on your car, it'll be done right the first time.

And tell him ///Arman sent you.

Sounds like a substitute teacher I had back in grade school. :shifty

did you ever sue him?

did you ever sue him?

No. I'm afraid that his posse of NAMBLA (http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/comment/nambla.htm) thugs might come after me.

doby, sorry to hear about the motor dude...big Jeddy told me about it on Sunday...I had engine problems last year and luckily it ended up being a warped head and blown head gasket...it sucks :( !

look at it on the bright side, once a certain Parkville native is done with it, you'll have a helluva motor...I took a ride with Bud on his orientation session at Summit and that car is FAST!!!

Sunir,

Thanks for the orientation ride along last weekend...unfortunately after the 1st lap I was so focused on that vibration that I really wasn't paying to much attention to the proper line to run...then after the 2nd lap I was like WTF is going on here.... and am I going to run over the guy in front of me or is the
M. 55 behind me going to run over me. :eek:

I did like the power of the motor going down the straights and it had plenty of low end torque in the turns. :)

Anyway thanks for the tips...hopefully next time out we will have the new suspension in and roll cage....then I can really stretch it's legs a little. :D

What all that's being done is another "Secret Weapon," but I can tell you that Brant is involved and it will be faster then before.

VTEC, shyt dat's fast!!! :eek:

VTEC, shyt dat's fast!!! :eek:
Every time I see you post this, I keep thinking the smilie ( :eek: ) is a copyright symbol. :stickoutt

Scott

VTEC, shyt dat's fast!!! :eek:

I TOLD YOU TO KEEP IT A SECRET!!! :mad

I TOLD YOU TO KEEP IT A SECRET!!! :mad

:lol

*John walks into Brant's garage and sees his car under a cover*

"John, here is the secret weapon I promised you!" *pulls over cover and opens hood*

"Here's your new H22 VTEC engine!!!!!"

"WTF!!!!!" :eek:

:lol

*John walks into Brant's garage and sees his car under a cover*

"John, here is the secret weapon I promised you!" *pulls over cover and opens hood*

"Here's your new H22 VTEC engine!!!!!"

"WTF!!!!!" :eek:
*Just then, Andy comes out of the back room laughing like a madman!*

*Then, like Luke Skywalker, John screams*

"Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!"





:D
Scott

Brant is a mythical BMW Tech that is a known by a few, but has touched many. If you want your car to go faster, live longer, handle better, and just all around rock, let your car be graced by his presence. ;)
...and I was thinking you were the "Answer" !!!
Hmmmmm

*Just then, Andy comes out of the back room laughing like a madman!*

*Then, like Luke Skywalker, John screams*

"Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!"





:D
Scott
Jed !!!!! rofl

:lol

*John walks into Brant's garage and sees his car under a cover*

"John, here is the secret weapon I promised you!" *pulls over cover and opens hood*

"Here's your new H22 VTEC engine!!!!!"

"WTF!!!!!" :eek:


*Just then, Andy comes out of the back room laughing like a madman!*

*Then, like Luke Skywalker, John screams*

"Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!"

:lol

I just took the 12" Honda sticker off my back window from Nationals. Chris Travis tagged me on the first night. :D

Sorry to bring back an old thread, but i saw this and thought of your project:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33615&item=7930153112&rd=1

:lol wouldn't be legal...

legal for what? It's gotta be legal in some class...

Yeah, a Mod or Prep class. So I'd have to gut the interior, get a full widebody, etc etc etc to be competitive... it's still my daily driver though.

Yeah, but it would be sweet to put this on your car

... it's still my daily driver though.
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3078477&postcount=31

:confused

What is SM? street modified?

SM is Street Modified or otherwise known as $M.

Not too $hitty out side today.. so when is the next photo shoot guys..

StreetZZZZ Modified.

Not too $hitty out side today.. so when is the next photo shoot guys..


Let me know, but I need a couple of days in advance since my car is now my daily driver. POOR!! :(

:lol wouldn't be legal...
even better:
http://www.munropi.com/singleview.asp?itemID=436

even better:
http://www.munropi.com/singleview.asp?itemID=436


that viper got owned

even better:
http://www.munropi.com/singleview.asp?itemID=436

Now it looks like a cobra. :confused

Now it looks like a cobra. :confused
:dunno

Alright I have to come down and gather everyone together and drink John's sorrows away. Nov 13 good for everyone ? Has to be around OwingsMills or Balt. though.

NSFW


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/babyblue2/Britainbabe/cc_BritainsBadGirl_30_Jordan.jpg

Does Ginny know you're posting topless pics of her on the internet?
:dunno

they're from her photobucket ! I'll remove it just wanted a response and a theme.

they're from her photobucket ! I'll remove it just wanted a response and a theme.


don't remove on my account ..... :D

your going to be up for a beer right ? Watch this is going to escalate and get out of hand and all I want is to meet John and drink a case of beer with da crew.

your going to be up for a beer right ?


Probably --

It's hard to make plans in advance ... I live my life one 1/4 mile at a time.



:D

Still running from that state trooper eh !

Alright I have to come down and gather everyone together and drink John's sorrows away. Nov 13 good for everyone ? Has to be around OwingsMills or Balt. though.

NSFW


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/babyblue2/Britainbabe/cc_BritainsBadGirl_30_Jordan.jpg

I hate girls with FAKE TT.. they fall of f and sag later on in life.. Dum as hoe.. what a waste

silly man it's a beer commercial, my wife's are real but I can't post them here.

silly man it's a beer commercial, my wife's are real but I can't post them here.


I thought that was your wife ? :dunno




:D

silly man it's a beer commercial, my wife's are real but I can't post them here.

Can you email them to me?? dhillon1977@yahoo.com. :D

Can you email them to me?? dhillon1977@yahoo.com. :D


{signing up for every free promotion pop up ad that comes up on my computer with andy's email address}
:alright

{signing up for every free promotion pop up ad that comes up on my computer with andy's email address}
:alright

:nono

Only nekkid pictures of hott girls please. :)

:D

We'll be down the weekend of the 13th and could use a night out, now that the racing season is over I don't think you guys hibernate so maybe we'll see you.

today is really a shity day

Hey John sorry to hear about your car, my car is at the "local guy's" too :( But he's doing a GREAT job so far! :D :alright :redspot

Yeah, but the S50's won't hook up to the OBD-II stuff. :(

as long as your head is alive it will... ;)

seriously...why wouldn't you just get a euro motor or the new S54 motor ?? :confused

I mean for an extra few grand...its worth the ponies and a real M engine ?? :)

what he said, euro has no obd2 unless you are lucky enough to find an 99.

as for the s54, you'll need a parts car to make it work with full REAL diagnostics. have looked through the etm, and it's pretty horrible the amount of crap that has to be on the can ring to make the ecm happy. :(

the other approach is downright-illegal, very expensive, requires training, but will pass any and all interogation on the plug. basically you wire the diagnostics plug to a KVaser card in a laptop, (http://www.kvaser.com) then run emulation software. this will definitely work (don't ask), but i'm not going to take that approach.

whatever it is john, can't wait to see it run again! :)

megatron:
what kind of wheels do you have in your sig?

lots of people have been asking that. :dunno

they are 17x9 forgeline rs competition. my buddy and i painted the centers black one day while we were waiting for some peeps to roll through for a lil barbecue. they came out aight.

they look sweet!