so i have been putting this motor for a little while to thow in the x3, it started a just a bare block with 9k miles according to a prevous member... i found a rebuild head done by napa to oem specs except an xd intake cam



i was also lucky enought to buy tanc's intake manifold with the 70mm tb



so far car has been running great ive been daily driving it and its a blast...



future plans are gonna be to turbo it once i gather more parts



PICS



THE MOTOR









THE BUILD









GETTING THE MOTOR/TRANS TOGETHER











MOTOR DROPPED IN THE CAR









MOTOR WIRED AND READY

 

Wow man! Nice job cleaning up the block and the engine bay. I bet it goes much better with the bigger IM and throttle body.





Is this a GSi?

 

what IM and TB is that

 

Well done sir!

 

 

Intake manifold is a stock manifold but has been ported and has a 70mm flange welded on it to fit the ford racing tb , helps out a lot in top end

 

Good job. Seeing this makes me wish I had painted my transaxle before installing it in the car (vs. leaving it looking like old iron)

 

Man, that engine looks perfect and right at home in that engine bay. Great job!

 

thanks guys