N62 Z3 Part 31: The End of the Beginning & Beginning of the 4.8 era
4.4 N62 carnage and it's time for a 4.8
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N62 Z3 Part 30: Power Steering & Other Upgrades
After sorting out the radiator and cooling system stuff I experienced my first notable failure of the car. I had observed the power...
N62 Z3 Part 29: New Garage & New Roads
Fast forward a few months from where the last post left off and at this point the car is mostly just ... finished. I do still plan on...
N62 Z3 Part 28: Even More Driving & Koni/H&R's
With the power steering working it felt like a whole new car... it felt like a real car The color combo matches the tan/green colors of...
N62 Z3 Part 27: The Part Where I Drive It & Power Steering
Now that it's mechanically about where I want it, it's time to get the car all one color and a bit more complete as far as cosmetics go!...
N62 Z3 Part 26: The Part Where I Get To Finally Enjoy It
I started it after all that rear suspension work and let it idle a bit and it started smoking again... so I decided to pull the valve...
N62 Z3 Part 25: Rear End Refresh
Pretty straightforward at this point. I have the DunkelDiff™ draining The subframe dropping ...and dropped Awaiting parts at this point...
N62 Z3 Part 24: Test Drives & CCV Saga
I took the car out today for a long drive, it's so much fun and boy is it fast. On the last stretch headed home I started to floor it for...
N62 Z3 Part 23: First Drive
This is taking forever haha The next time I worked on the car was also two steps forward and one step back. A lot of the final details...
N62 Z3 Part 22: More Reassembly & Pointless Cosmetic Details
Yeesh. I need a bigger DME box Bought this strut bar for a 4 cylinder Z3 on the off chance it would fit, was very happy (and surprised)...
N62 Z3 Part 21: Paint & Reassembly
And finally... the first coat of 2K epoxy primer. I did a light dusting for the first few coats I was pretty happy with how the seams...
N62 Z3 Part 20: Brake Lines & Paint Prep
Before I could start painting I had to double check if there were any more brackets I wanted welded in... and I did want that ABS module...
N62 Z3 Part 19: Steering Shaft & Power Steering
Soo previously I thought I could maybe use the stock shaft. Which was 100% wrong haha With the engine mount in place I started looking at...
N62 Z3 Part 18: Fabrication (Engine & Trans Mounts)
Fabrication (Engine and Transmission Mounts)It's so close now I can almost smell the trunkfloor failing First step of the engine mounts...
N62 Z3 Part 17: Finalizing Fitment (Transmission)
Back to work on the important things of the swap, the next critical step is aligning the driveshaft and get a custom driveshaft made. The...
N62 Z3 Part 16: Test Fit & Dual Intake Install
With the chassis fabrication done it was time to test fit the engine before prettying thing up, just in case things have to be modified...
N62 Z3 Part 15: Fabrication (Chassis)
First up with chassis fabrication was to get the heater core valve in place. I cut the bracket off the firewall ages ago and had it saved...
N62 Z3 Part 14: Engine Refresh (Valve Stem Seals)
And now the moment you've all been waiting for... Valve stem seal tool installed Spark plug removed. Dirty - likely original Bungee cord...
N62 Z3 Part 12: Engine Refresh (Gaskets)
Finally my engine refresh parts showed up! Also, for anyone curious, this is the Uro premium coolant expansion pipe. When installed in...
N62 Z3 Part 11: Fabrication (Subframe)
This is an exciting part of the build to get started. I had measured a long time ago what needed to be cut on the subframe and it's been...
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