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ArmyX5 03-30-2015 12:17 PM

Wow! very impressive. Can you tell us how much, including the $2300 you paid for the X5, did you spent in total?

Joshdub 03-30-2015 01:05 PM

Awesome! I'm happy to see someone getting their hands dirty.

squidzilla 03-30-2015 02:17 PM

A second request for how much you are into this....

bcredliner 03-30-2015 02:53 PM

Enjoying following along.

ScoobyDooBMW 03-30-2015 03:25 PM

Very nice work:thumbup::thumbup: That should give the rest of us hope that we can wrench and drive these things for a long time to come.

admranger 03-30-2015 06:39 PM

Love to hear about how you trued the block and heads at home? Did you use a flat surface, like a woodworkers chisel sharpening plate, and move it back and forth with different levels of abrasives or something else?

Thanks for documenting this.

e30cabrio 03-30-2015 06:45 PM

My motor is fine yet this thread makes me want to buy this & rebuild it at my leisure.
2002 bmw 745li parts

SMOKEY53 03-30-2015 06:52 PM

Very impressive job, mate! Well done - that must have been hugely rewarding.

admranger 03-30-2015 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by e30cabrio (Post 1032718)
My motor is fine yet this thread makes me want to buy this & rebuild it at my leisure.
2002 bmw 745li parts

IF you have the space and time, why not?

Drooling over the comfort seats for $150! (one hundred fifty!). Wish they were black...

ants_oz 03-30-2015 07:05 PM

I've hand-lapped plenty of heads, but no vee-blocks. Kudos bro.

Love to see these kinds of builds - they are becoming less and less common in our consumer goods, throw-away society.

Wish you many miles of pleasure.


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