SIDE DRAFT SIX

1977 BMW 630csi: H&B
build

air dam installed

got the air dam back from paint.looks badass!

oil cooler and filter

got a remote mount adapter from the power plant. running inline peterson oil filter with mocal tstat. along with an earls cooler.

accessories all mounted up.

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battery

a free redtop. added me some fancy terminals too.

Battery_term,

wrong valve cover…………….

pics speak volumes.

motor in!

big step, the down hill race to cranking has started.

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engine on the way in.

goingin

headers!

got these from Paul Ladue in California

headertest

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longblock

had the powerplant do my long assembly.

i painted her cummins beige.

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headwork

some porting porn. (b35 head : 90 casting)

alternator

the original was far gone.. all new.

radiator saddle

the saddle was looking rough. primed

gold

after pulling the motor and accessories i por-15’d the engine bay and gave it the royal treatment.

freshened up the pulleys

yea thats pontiac blue.

pulleys

power steering pump

didnt have any luck buying a rebuilt unit so i rebuilt this on myself.

resurfaced flywheel

flywheel

balancer

in order to run EMS i converted to a toothed 60-2 balancer.

balancer

a little powder

topc

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Internals

10.8 ratio wisecos –

308 dbilas camshaft –

 Duration:  : 308  Peak timing:  : 105  Valve lift:  : 12,2  Lift at TDC:  : 3,9  Valve timing:  : 49/79 – 79/49  Valve clearence:  : 25/25 “

 

death_dome 308cam

 

 

MS springs installed.

along with new lower arms up front. (racing dynamic springs are green the MS are black)

SS braided brake lines

found a set of NOS SS lines on ebay, pretty rare. precision was the brand i believe.

front_bil

rebuilt master cylinder

i rebuilt  and painted the master cylinder, along with new BMW braided blue lines. the whole system also got ATE super blue fluid.

Booster installed

Tii_booster_mounted Tii_booster_mounted2

Brake Booster

in order run a m30 sidedraft, you have to remove the OE brake booster and go with a smaller one. otherwise the housing will not allow for you to run trumpets… i went with a tii booster.

heres the oe vs the tii. also the modified tii linkage & the tii booster alone