Building a Budget 600hp E36 M52 Turbo Engine! Complete Teardown & Rebuild

In this video, we build the newest engine for my E36 convertible. To follow the build visit my Instagram: @mr_amaris

[TheKitt]

it warms my heart seeing this run without any odd noises or smoke.
great job!

[matthewlomelin]

i wonder how he found a mechanic and shop that was cool enough with him being involved in the process and filming

[khemchee]

Such a cool shop to allow you to be present and tape while they work.

[alexanderedvardsen]

There is special tools available for the crank bolt, I used to make them for a Swedish dealer. But bmw has a variant to. You bolt them on in the front of the crank where the belt pulley sits. Works great and you can loosen the crankbolt without help I've done it several times.
Make sure the crank is straight if you have locket the crank with the fly wheel to loosen the bolt.
great video guys 👍

[Shawnoddou]

awesome that it didnt end up causing major damage. Im in the process of turboing my e46 so this is definitely encouraging. gonna double check the vanos bolts when i put the motor back together now lol

[Headsup]

I can offer you a tip that will help you out.. Until last year, I worked for a performance shop that specializes in the GM LS/LT engine platform, the Ford Modular/Coyote platform & I usually ended up building a couple of random late model dohc engine or 2 of something like a BMW N54/N55 throughout the year. Until you aquire a really nice torque wrench that has an internal dynamic angle finder, throw that torque 5o yield gauge away. When you look at the torque to yield spec, round it to the nearest 90 degree value and use that, or use a paint marker to mark the bolt head after your initial snug value is obtained, then mark the block however many degrees from the bolt mark reflected in your tq value and tighten until your marks line up. I've seen many people with inconsistent values or untorqued (missed) bolts altogether due to the clumsiness of those torque angle gauges. Obviously they work better on some applications than others, but mostly just result in increasing the likelihood of error.
Looks like you did a great job though! Congrats!! It's been a while since I've owned a e36 and even longer since I had one that still had a BMW engine in it, but that car looks like it could be a lot of fun!!

[Synatro]

Great Video, love the calm style of this. Cant wait to see the dyno results! Greetings from Germany!

[evanhooper]

Great video. Short and sweet but still in depth enough to be very interesting.

[ljfran]

That oil varnish on the cam trays is easily removed with a soak of some Totally Awesome degreaser diluted 1:1.

Also, bar magnets for the lifters so you don't drop any

[moorehar]

i got lucky with my crank bolt i had the motor sitting on the floor (on a tire) and all i had to use was a impact to break the junk inside the threads loose, and used a pipe wrench and 4 foot breaker bar. came off decently easy

[carloscastillom.]

I'm impressed that you can get 600hp with OEM pistons and connecting rods.

[alicetin]

coincidence or what but this is the 2nd video about rebuilding an m50 engine and also the second video where one of the ARP studs snap. The first one where I saw it was Mat ross’s video.

[StefGio]

Great vid, needed this. 190k on my s52 an I want to refresh it like this man. Good job

[patrickholt]

I have a m52tu b28 E39 turbo built and Im trying to run the same intake plenum, are they vacuum lines on the top and did you run into any issues with them 😅 love the build looks mint

[placeholdername]

I spend maybe 2 hours on that crank bolt, had several people standing on the engine stand, using breaker bars with a 2 meter long pipe etc. Nothing worked. Ended up borrowing a $2000, 3500nm airgun and it was literally out in 2 seconds.

[robertfontaine]

Thanks for the video. I'd love to do this with my 97 M3 (OBDII). What is the intake you are using (haven't scanned through your other videos yet).

[Kenai]

Awesome video! How much was the machining?

[shitikidd]

😭😭 “i gotta do it for like 9 more years for it to pay off” i gotchu ill give u sum support

[audiopower]

You guys are putting lube behind the bearings?

[clutchels]

uhm, may I please ask why did you put assembly lube underneath the bearings ?