Alex's 360 build thread

ALVO360 · 2018-03-01T00:23:50+00:00

This is where it all began. only 12 days ago on the 24/02/2018. Its had all oils changed, coolant flush leads, plugs, air filter, dizzy cap and rotor, thr...

pigdog

Schoonerman
Newby to this forum so just to say hallo to what seems to be a very knowledgeable mob of rollers - what a pleasure! Recently became the happy owner of an '86 350GLT with the B200E motor. I look forward to learning more from you all before I start messing about with it.

One of us,one of us, one of us!!!!!

the 360s are fun little nuggets ive had a mad love/hate relationship with mine but am currently on love and have been for awhile, if you don't like spending money you will never see again then you should probably run now as alex said parts are scarce and ordering from the uk gets pricey..

if you want a little more power but dont want to commit to the level of insanity alex has the B230F is plug and play, it bolts straight in and runs off the 2.0l system with no problems and its decently better but theres not much room left in it to keep playing with the stock system im running the B230f with K cam in mine and i would be close to its limits next step is a LH2.4 or aftermarket ecu conversion

im always happy to help where i can just msg me if need be ..

welcome to the 360 life

Raebird

pigdog
Schoonerman
Newby to this forum so just to say hallo to what seems to be a very knowledgeable mob of rollers - what a pleasure! Recently became the happy owner of an '86 350GLT with the B200E motor. I look forward to learning more from you all before I start messing about with it.
One of us,one of us, one of us!!!!!
the 360s are fun little nuggets ive had a mad love/hate relationship with mine but am currently on love and have been for awhile, if you don't like spending money you will never see again then you should probably run now as alex said parts are scarce and ordering from the uk gets pricey..
if you want a little more power but dont want to commit to the level of insanity alex has the B230F is plug and play, it bolts straight in and runs off the 2.0l system with no problems and its decently better but theres not much room left in it to keep playing with the stock system im running the B230f with K cam in mine and i would be close to its limits next step is a LH2.4 or aftermarket ecu conversion
im always happy to help where i can just msg me if need be ..
welcome to the 360 life

Mine is really just a shed ornament at present 😔, but it will hit the road again, hopefully sooner rather than later. Welcome to 360 ownership!

Laurie

@Scoonerman welcome to the 360 tribe. You should have a lot of fun owning and driving a 360. Treat them correctly and they seem to go on forever.

ALVO360

Genuine bosch green giants arrived today. I have some plans.

ALVO360

Ordered this "Stage 3" camshaft from Classicswede. Keen to see how it performs.

ALVO360

Decided to go with a 19t turbo.

jamesinc

@ALVO360 I run that cam in an NA application, it's nice

ALVO360

jamesinc
@ALVO360 I run that cam in an NA application, it's nice

That's really great to know. I was a bit worried it may not be the best option for me, but I'm keen to try it out. My poor 9mm rods will be put to the ultimate test.

jamesinc

ALVO360
jamesinc
@ALVO360 I run that cam in an NA application, it's nice
That's really great to know. I was a bit worried it may not be the best option for me, but I'm keen to try it out. My poor 9mm rods will be put to the ultimate test.

Did you buy the 3mm lash caps that go with it?

ALVO360

@jamesinc yeah, I have some coming. I actually forgot, but dai had added them into the order for me. Wise fella that Dai. He does a lot of the thinking for me at times.

ALVO360

Exciting news, I've just put a deposit on a FT squirter motor from a 95 940se - Thanks to Mark at Berries Motor Group @iceton1975 . It's all happening now!

ALVO360

Went for a drive out to uriarra this evening. I was hesitant because it was nearly dusk and there is a huge amount of wildlife out there. My concerns were validated when one of the biggest grey kangaroos I've ever seen jumped almost 2 metres in the air, over a guard rail and was about to land on the left side of my windscreen with his legs and body! He was so close I could see the whiskers on his face and the shock in his eyes, as I turned that wheel faster than I ever had before and SOMEHOW managed to avoid him?!?!

Not quite the adrenaline packed drive I was hoping for, but satisfying to come out of it unscathed none-the-less.

Raebird

All the POWAHH!

ALVO360

Raebird
All the POWAHH!

Sideways G's

ALVO360

The things you can do with a cricut machine and (apparantely) too much spare time:

ALVO360

Adjustable cam gear installed. 19t arrived and I have a new harmonic balancer. Turned out that the harmonic balancer sheared off the locating tab from the crank gear. Thanks to @timbo for being legendary and helping me out with a new gear.

ALVO360

One benefit of not having the factory CPS bracket installed, is that you can use the port In the bellhousing to lock the flywheel and tighten the crank and cam bolt.

Vee_Que

On the clutches, one trick Ive read from Swedish forums that can make it survive at higher power is to machine the mounting surface down a little more than stock tolerance, it effectively ours more pressure on the clutch disc and compensates for the wear.

Or, a flat drilled flywheel with a 240mm disc or the TTV option, but the only pressure plate option I'd use is the BMW plate which I hope is shorter than the 850r pressure plate that will probably cause clearance issues much like with an m46 240/740 bellhousing.

While you have the new motor, chuck some rods in and even a stock 531 head on. Worth it.

ALVO360

@Vee_Que thanks for the info. The motor I intend to buy from Berries is a squirter block and it just so happens to have the 531 head. I was planning to put in some H beam rods, double valve springs and either get some valve cutouts on the factory pistons or just go with some aftermarket option with the cutouts.

I have a cam and gold ezk unit on the way and stage 3 chips for both ecus from ClassicSwede (unsure of where/who Classicswede gets their chips from). I'll be getting the TTV flywheel and clutch combo from Classicswede later On, but I'm interested in the BMW pressure plate? Dai mentioned something about getting TTV to install different locating pins and bolt holes to use a specific pressure plate for clearance. Unsure of which one it is exactly, but I'll find out next time I speak with him.

Also, maybe you can help me with info about the cam. I was wanting to put it in with my b230et with the 9mm rods for now. I've been reading about breaking in the cam and was wondering if the break in process will need to be done again if I decide to put it into another cylinder head? And would it cause it to wear prematurely? Would it ultimately be worthwhile waiting until I have the other engine before I install it? I really want to enjoy it asap, but not at the expense of wearing out the cam unnecessarily.

ALVO360

Finally fixed the oil leak. It was coming from my oil return pipe and was leaking because I have a flexible braided return hose, which flexed when the engine would vibrate, leading to oil seeping out of the return port in the block.

It was hard to discover where the leak was coming from because the air turbulence was spraying oil a lot higher than the return port.

I fixed it by loading up the retun pipe end with orings. I first fit the two orings which came with the hose and then squeezed on two oil pump orings. This prevents the hose from flexing and keeps the port nice and sealed. Very happy.

Alternatively, you could put a hose clamp over the retun pipe and fix a spring to the hose clamp and the drill holes below the return line in the block.

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