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

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

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

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

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

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!!

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 👍

Beautiful build

Excellent video!

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

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

Let's go babyyyy!!!!

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.

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

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

You guys are putting lube behind the bearings?

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

Hey Joshua, Do you mind sharing the name of the machine shop that did your head and block? I have an M52 and it would be worth the drive to get it to a recommended shop.

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

Great build! Curious, M5025 rods are 140mm. 5 mm longer then the stock M52B28 rods. What did you do to compensate for that increased length?

I maybe planning to build an m52b28 too... Did you change the compression ratio or did you keep the stock 10.2:1 ?

Great job! What size intercooler u go with? Link?

piston ring gap?

Dope I feel like ive seen this car before. You in Ontario?

Are you going for over 500whp on original M52 2.8 Pistons? I am on my third engine, have broken Piston all around when going over 470whp… All of mine have broken where the Rings go, not sure how it is called in English

Don't these have an aluminum block? If you have the engine out of the car as it is wouldn't it be wise to swap for an M50 cast iron block and M50 rods? I've always been advised not to run much more than 8PSI of boost on the M52 with the stock bottom end.

What type of pistons did you install?

Use n54 pistons

Glyco bearings will take any abuse 😊

What intake manifold is that?

What pistons are used in this build?

Is this running on a stand alone

A m52 alu block making 600 reliably? Bruh, that makes me want to put a turbo on my m52b20 e36 vert. I would love a 300hp build to have a fun ride.

Did the video skip the part where you guys checked the crank bearing clearances or you just didn't check them?

You wouldn't want lube under the bearings

Hai can you help my to start my car

Budget and turbo build can't go together , epecially while working on an M5x platform 😂 ask me how i know

It bothers me how clean everything is then the crank shaft being dirty as hell

M52b28 aluminum block am i right?

how tf is it possible that it has forged crank. WTF

We are only human. Hand built/ made anything so over rated. Prefer mine robot assembled any day.