S54 Engine video
- Thread starter PDJ
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If you watch it this engine has been apart before and not re-built as it should have been or not as I would have done it
If anyone has a OEM rod bolt and an ARP rod bolt and can weigh them to 0.1g it would be interesting I did but binned the old bolts last year and the ARP ones are fitted.
If anyone has a OEM rod bolt and an ARP rod bolt and can weigh them to 0.1g it would be interesting I did but binned the old bolts last year and the ARP ones are fitted.
Smartbear said:
From Reol OEM in $ but normally around that price or more in £'s
Crank 2,500
piston kit 2,300 (hope this for all 6)
cams 800 each
rocker arm 35 each times 24 = 840
all the gasket sets
Bolts for the head, rod, main and others
machining head skim and maybe the block
balancing, why wouldn't you do this
cam chain and guides and their accessories
engine components cleaning of the white metal bearing and other foreign bodies
labour
easy over 12K
And people still chance it with the known issues, oil pump relief valve, rod bearings etc.
As they say you pays your money you take your chances
PDJ said:
This is truly appalling. Racing is not cheap, and if you are going to the expense and effort of stripping the eingine down as far as replacing one set of rod botls, you'd to the lot.
The only thing i can think of is it was a quick bodge to replace the one bearing shell, and the crack in the crank wasn't seen, but wtf you'd replace one set of bolts with different ones to the rest of the engine is beyond me, similarly why they didn't replace the oil intake strainer.
Thanks for posting, great vid from the chaps that also worked on the E30 LS conversion with Mighty Car Mods.
Also enjoyed this vid with actual engine weights, in similar states of undress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89HdFg_WHkk
I'm as surprised as they were at how light the S54 is, comparatively. Certainly dispels the myth that was touted by BMW, that the S65 V8 is lighter. All great engines.
Also enjoyed this vid with actual engine weights, in similar states of undress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89HdFg_WHkk
I'm as surprised as they were at how light the S54 is, comparatively. Certainly dispels the myth that was touted by BMW, that the S65 V8 is lighter. All great engines.
DevonPaul said:
Not only different bolts on the #1 rod but also a different piston...
Normally when you build a race engine, you weigh every rod and piston and try and match them with their complementary rod/piston to minimize vibrations (there are always 1 or 2 gram differences). This is pretty much doing the opposite.
I also wonder how you get that oilscreen mashed up like that. Did they drop the oilpump when disassembling it on a car lift?
Some real amateurs were in that engine at one point.....
