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Edit from the future: I've done valve stem seal jobs since writing this below blog and I've had several people ask me about doing this...

Finally my engine refresh parts showed up! Also, for anyone curious, this is the Uro premium coolant expansion pipe. When installed in...

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...

Welcome to part 10... it's been a long time coming! So the first thing to do was to get the the fuel pump in the car working. This is how...

So, further diagnostics of the no-start condition This is a bad signal. So I need a crankshaft sensor... which is in the mail to me now...

So, it is time to try to start the car... Before I could even attempt to start it though I had to align the EWS and DME (5 seconds later)...

At this point I was pretty focused on the test start - although I did get a little sidetracked when I discovered that auxiliary fusebox I...

The first part of this update was spent digging through wiring diagrams to ensure all my wire gauge was appropriate. In doing so I also...

I wanted to make sure all the wiring I am doing is reversible in the future - so instead of cutting and splicing anything, I want to...

Okay, so I have gone from thinking I will need to change under 15 pins to having now changed over 45... earlier at the shop I laid out...

After a couple weeks of research, today I started work on some of the wiring Here is the very beginning of the process. Honestly this...

Okay, time for part 2. There were some really big steps forward ...and a small step back. Lets pick up right where we left off - talking...

I am a big fan of convertibles, especially the BMW Z3 roadster. I have owned this 2.3 exactly a year as I write this on September 2nd. I...

Every time I mention I am doing a V8 swap into a Z3, I get the same responses... "LS? Cool, I love those!" or "M62/S62? Cool, I love...