I had an e39, infact this engine and box which we brought in from Melbourne, was for my e39. Found this sale, and decided not to affect the beautiful drive of the 39, and build a lightweight Monster.!!
That's with me and around half a tank of gas, and some weight in the boot. Power to weight is Awesome man!! So effortless to accelerate...in any gear. That torque just pulls. . What a car ay. P!!!
L98 in a BMW e36
Long tube 45mm headers, free flow Cat, resonators, twin rear muffler.
Cold air 4 inch Intake, fed by 2 3inch ducts.
So Impressed.
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The 3 core radiator sucks in coolant from the overflow. I've checked that on numerous occasions. I ran a 22psi cap, and on the motorway was fine, 98-107 deg in traffic
Hi, the engine was running fine when I first did the conversion.
I fitted a 4 inch Intake, having to lower the radiator. The recovery type cap ended up being lower than the steam vent, so I decided to fit an expansion tank. I was assuming air pockets were being trapped in the heads. Being...
L98 pushing out steam/coolant out of overflow. The radiator,cap, water pump, low temp thermostat has been replaced. Over flow and vent hose correctly fitted.
Did a teekay test. All good.
Remove plugs, inspected, all the same.
Hi,
I'm trying to get the max hp before I save up for the complete cam kit.
I have a 105 00 km L98 with long tube headers, dual 3 inch all the way, cold air pod 4 inch intake, and ready for a tune.
I was just wondering any thoughts on just doing a kelford cam only swop for now before the tune...
Hi fellow part Holdeners.
Whats thr best oil for a Tr6060...Research showed Redline D4 Atf...any better or nah.
Also did a compression test the other day . Engine was warm ish. 140 and 135 on 3 and 5......is that normal..?
And does porting the throttle body really help with and induction...
Hi. I have a L98 swop into a Bmw with long tube headers, dual 3 inch, free flowing cats, bullets intoa dual muffler, pod air filter with an adjustable fuel reg set at 57 psi. What would cause crazy rev hang..?
Thanks guys. So...guy I work with...Phil, owner of this soon to be Monster..had some bad words come to his ears...and decided for me not to port and polish the heads. I will do it on my L98 in my Bmw and see the results. Annnnyway...WHAT A FREAKIN JOB!!!! Stage 2 cam kit from Franklin Cams, Dod...
For now, just a switch for the oil pressure light on speedo cluster. Managed to find a 0.3 bar 1/4npt switch and and adapter...would .3 be fine or do i need 0.25...
Oh car L98 runs more smoother in the lighweight beema after hooking up the breather ...thanks man
Hi brrus...
Hard respect to thee Ls engines.
We run an Automotive repair shop here in Auckland Nz and we've brought in 2 V8s engines and trans from Aus.
One went into a Ve ute after removing the V6 and the other was fitted into a 1200 kg 1993 Bmw coupe. Custom mounts as well as 45mm long tube...