Been busy with little bullshit. Working on friends cars, etc. My biggest hurdle is having a 2nd car right now, so that I can pull the motor from the BMW. I have my eye on a nice automatic ‘98 Legacy Outback Limited with heated leather. I have been spoiled by the creature comforts of the E39.
LS6 Yellow valve springs came in. Need to put these on the heads.
next important step: buy a winter vehicle so the BMW can come off the road!
2000 Subaru Outback 109K miles
2.5 Boxer 4-cyl, 5 speed, AWD
Power and heated cloth seats, heated mirrors, heated windshield
some nearly new Dunlop snow tires on it
taking the BMW off the road and registering the Suby this weekend.
That was my first immediate thought as well. But, since the grille lifts with the hood, it’s not just some flimsy piece clipped into the hood, since it’s designed to withstand owners opening the hood by holding the grille. It’s actually secured to the hood via 9mm studs and bolts which all corroded and froze together a long time ago. I went to remove the first one and it immediately snapped the stud. Rather than deal with a grille flapping around forever, I said fuck it and had fun with tape.
Fuck the turbo dreams, I won’t be going down that road for years. Between buying a house next year and getting married in Fall 2014 I’m sure I’ll have other priorities.
I need to find a T56 now.
For all you F-Body guys…what do you recommend for a clutch/fw setup? I for sure want a light flywheel, not sure what brands are proven out there though. Can I use an aftermarket light flywheel with a stock clutch? What’s a good stock clutch for my application? C6 Z06/LS7 clutch? Or should I just stick with a new LS1/LS2/LS6 clutch? I’m not shooting for any specific power number—just going for a fun street setup. Milled 317 heads, stock LS2 cam, some form of headers (I have a set of shorties to hack up) and a cold air intake. Stock LS1 intake manifold and TB.
good to know LZ. next summer when she’s running and i get bored with the power i plan on going with a big cam and LS6 intake. we’ll see. maybe some spray.
i had initially budgeted (months and months ago) for a monster clutch, not sure why, but i thought i’d need one. nice to know the LS7 will do the job.
Should I go to GMPartsDirect for it or somewhere else? Also, what light flywheel is recommended? I like super quick revs and I’ll be the only one driving the car. If a stock clutch is a 1 on the ease of driving scale and getting moving in an F1 car is a 10, i’d like to be around a 6 or so.
so, i have a dumb question. try to keep the laughter and pointing to a minimum!
i unplugged and labeled most of the BMW harness from the M62. looking at all the plugs, there are many plugs that will no longer be used (for example, cam position sensors, bmw knock sensors, oil level sensor on pan, etc).
what do i do with these plugs? obviously they’ll never be used again, but can i really just cut/remove them? do i trace the wires all the way back to the BMW ECU and de-pin them and completely remove them? How will this affect the BMW ecu, and how much havoc will it cause with trying to get the car inspected (here in NYS, you cannot pass with a CEL on).
maybe someone that has swapped a motor from a different OEM into their vehicle can chime in.
