The First Start of The BMW M60B44 'Frankenmotor' V8 | Project BMW E31 840i

In today's rollercoaster of a video we install and go for the first start of the freshly built M60B44 Frankenmotor in my E31 840i. We fight with MULTIPLE issues from forgetting flywheels to timing errors to coolant leaks and more! This was a battle to the end, but we finally got to hear our healthy new V8 at the end, making it all worth it!
Thank you to everyone who has followed along with the series so far!! I appreciate all the comments and engagement!!

[@Striball]

Between you and M539 Restorations, it's making me want a BMW money pit of my own and I don't know how to escape this feeling lmao

[@Pindakaes]

Don’t, embrace the feeling 🤣

[@justfasial01]

Just add the car in your FCP profile, then add all the parts you need to rebuild that car in your cart and look at the rebuild cost... that should answer your question lol

[@m3nameisjosh464]

HAHAHAHHA do as the great REO Speedwagon song “can’t fight this feeling” says and stop fighting it! Just do!! LOL

[@nerkatomkus5639]

As a all lifetime BMW owner - I give you honest advise. Buy Jaguar. XJ 350. XJR. As I did. BMW now looks like 3 time cheaper car to afford.

[@acefreely02]

On a scale of 1 to 10 of if you should. = -.7 ..... As a multiple bmw owner. I'm telling you to just smoke meth instead

[@woocash2139]

Respect for this guy as he is way smarter than the average car youtuber! I enjoy learning from how you walk through solving problems even if some are your mistakes. We all make these mistakes.

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Thank you!!!! I appreciate that!

[@larryjohnson8168]

It’s a lot of work for one guy

[@bricklawson9745]

This guy is not afraid to dig into any BMW project 😅 Respect

[@m3nameisjosh464]

NO SIR! I do em all. Except post 2006, those I am afraid of😅

[@Evthe]

No video is as accurate as this when it comes to expressing the anxiety of starting up a fresh swap or rebuild LOL.

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Hahahah thank you man!! Yeah some of these guys are too confident😩

[@mickeb]

Great work! Educational! Love the E31!

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Thank you!!!

[@joedaniel8503]

Beautiful video Josh. Had me dying with some laughter when you found out what that silly annoying noise was from the PCV😂😂

[@m3nameisjosh464]

I was expecting the worst 😂😂😂 thank you Joe!

[@detailedinnovation4540]

Fabulous work! Amazing content thank you for sharing 👍🏽

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Thank you!

[@66Pipes66]

Those cars look gorgeous in white.

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Agreeed!

[@iantoshkiev]

Great news, very well 👍🏻

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Thank you!

[@juancorrea9037]

Nicely done bro. Cant wait to see how it runs.

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Thank you!!!

[@mikesphoenix_e46m3]

Great job josh im really happy for you cant wait for the next video and every days a learning curve and im loving these detailed longer videos

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Thank you Mike! I appreciate the feedback!

[@nickray1694]

Awesome stuff man. Watched the whole video start to finish, love that you keep the mistakes in the video. Great to learn from. Crushing it with unique, informational and entertaining videos.

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Thank you Nick!!! I prefer for people to learn with me and see the reality of these jobs rather than cutting it out to make myself look better! Lol

[@substitor]

Congrats on getting your first newborn running in the new shop. Doing great Josh, keep it up!!!

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Thank you man!!! You’re right! This is my first creation to be made in the shop!!!

[@clancymcdang]

Kudos, brother! Loved watching the whole build process. Glad I'm not the only one struggling with the M60 ;)

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Thanks man!! M60s are a pain! Haha

[@user-xs1nb9sc3p]

Great video!!

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Thank you!!

[@aminziouii8599]

brave man ! bravo

[@m3nameisjosh464]

🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@NeoAndersonReloaded]

Looking good

[@m3nameisjosh464]

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@Stompychann]

You are an animal! Congratulations and that was a joy to watch. Your determination and love for these cars is inspiring. E31 is my dream car, But at least I got a m60b40/6. Such an amazing engine.. enjoy my friend. You deserve it and earned it. Take Care my friend!

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Thank you Craig! I appreciate that comment!!! M60 with a 6 speed is the way!! I wish I had a 6 for this thing

[@tmutt9er1]

hope the joy of driving it ends up more than worth the wor! great video, i just replaced my pcv valve i wish i had seen this video before i did to install that catch can. when i saw the function of the valve and how gunked up it was when i pulled it off i was amazed. that terrible sound you were getting where it sounded like an alien robot was the exact same sound i had on mine prior to taking it in for a pcv replacement

[@m3nameisjosh464]

The valve still stays in place back there even with catch can so you could always add it!

[@BenHut69]

Ohhhh boy😂 the flex plate realization was too real. Similar issue myself, got new motor running and rear main gave when bleeding coolant. Gotta love cars!

[@m3nameisjosh464]

The absolute worst dude😩

[@dreamsun69]

Profesionalism like M539 Resto

[@m3nameisjosh464]

The best compliment 🙌🏼 thank you

[@JY-vr8ok]

All lovers of older bmws love this car!! If you know you know the F1 of the sharks!! Worth all the blood and tears!!

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Such an awesome looking car!

[@disco_volante1062]

Great job! Now you have one more thing to do. The M60B44 requests, or I should say demands a 6 speed 420G. Go for it!

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Ughhh you’re so right😩😩😩

[@420catson]

gotta love frankenmotors

[@m3nameisjosh464]

True that😂

[@mnz19921]

Mad respect. Keep up the good work. U and M539 2 best bmw channels.

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Thank you man🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@gerrymazon]

You beat me to it. I think Sreten approves. 🙂

[@m3nameisjosh464]

@@gerrymazon i hope so!

[@chrisw554]

Great series on this rebuild! Alot of thorough work! Makes me want to find an e31, hopefully 850i to experience the complicated m70.lol

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Thank you Chris!! Good luck with the search!

[@mikesphoenix_e46m3]

Anytime mate 👍

[@Hosenhoffen]

Oh dude, your E9 is SO gorgeous. An E9 is gonna be my next nightmare, I mean project.

[@m3nameisjosh464]

HAHAHAH my next nightmare too😉

[@tbirdboy]

Jeez...And I thought the timing chain guides was a tough job on my 540i. Good job bud!

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Thank you!!!

[@coldload]

Hello & welcome to Timm’s BEEEEMW repairs and information 😂😂 That guy has some good content I came across when re-gasketing my m60 - where you came across the tech w/ the added washer on the VC grommets for a better seal (in conjunction with old VC gaskets)- Very interesting his in-depth video (and forum posts) discussing the ~55mph shimmy on e31/e32/e34 can ALSO be contributed by under inflated front tires - the solution is to inflate to ~42psi or so

[@m3nameisjosh464]

YES!!! Thats the man!!!! Super helpful content he has! And never heard about that for the shimmy! Might have to try😉

[@JY-vr8ok]

I run that catch can! Works nice!! S50 e30 87 vert with hard top, roll bar coming this spring!!!

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Nice man! Glad to hear that!

[@robsweekendgarage]

Nice work Josh. We all make mistakes and for some reason E31’s seem to like to be difficult to work on. Have been working on my neighbors 850i on my channel and it nearly broke me. Now the trans has shit the bed - no reverse. So that’s gonna be fun. I was bidding on a manual 850i last week. Kinda glad I didn’t win. Sold for $4250 (plus 13% buyer fee) no title no keys. Looked like it needed a lot of work so I bowed out after a long bidding war. Keep up the awesome content!

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Aghh bad transmission, sounds painful. Definitely tricky to work on!! Thats for sure!

[@JUNiORMARiNE232]

Fuck yeah bro. Josh in the V8 31 😏

[@m3nameisjosh464]

YESSSSIRRRR!

[@mikegsg9r]

I did the exact same thing when timing my m62, the crank was at tdc, but the cam numbers weren't showing, luckily I noticed. It's expensive, but I. The future is also recommend German auto solutions timing kit.

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Glad im not the only one!!

[@BEAMERNOOB]

yeah you could hear the "gallop" when it was turning over with the cam timing off and there was lack of compression on some cylinders.

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Yeah once i cranked it with timing correct I could hear the difference!

[@jotighe2]

good video. great content. good to see you wrenching again. gotta order the CHF online only; if you buy it in the store, its 3x the price. I have a slow leak on mine, been buying it for a couple years now (SUPERcheap online). great practice with the flywheel; v8 might be better with an automatic anyway. great diagnostics, this is your element, man. don't get frustrated; it's not the car, you're a little rusty.

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Good to know! Ill check it out! Thanks man!! Definitely a little rusty on this one lol

[@jotighe2]

you got your chops back by the end of the video, looking forward to the test drive!@isjosh464

[@valyora]

Yellowstone episode 2 👍

[@m3nameisjosh464]

I dont get it?🤣

[@user-ky1ds8zh5b]

Building an M62TU as we speak for 2000 540i 6 speed in my garage in Gurnee. Was going to keep all the 62TU components and do M60 intake manifold, big bore TB & 4 inch maf, but after watching your build series I really wanna copy what you did since it takes the best of both worlds. I have 3 m62tu’s but no m60s lol do you know where I could get one locally around Chicagoland I can’t find anything

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Its a better idea! Haha but right now m60s arent popping up often unfortunately

[@dominicledesma6582]

Since you’re upgrading the compression 11 to 1. Is there a tune needed for the computer to know the proper air fuel mixture. Or will it learn as it drives.

[@m3nameisjosh464]

A tune is recommended but no real risk without. Its not that different

[@ianrichani3747]

This vid is the exact representation of BMW ownership and repair😂 sure is fun when it's done but it takes some years off your life to get there.

[@m3nameisjosh464]

HAHAHAHAH literally 😩😩😩

[@viperocco]

Any plans on a q & a or live chat or something? That would be cool but you are prob mad busy.

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Id like to but like you said right now im a little busy hahaha

[@user-ck3xk9mn8n]

No need to chip the ecu ? It works with the old tune for the 4 liters ?

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Yessir, already have a dinan chip. Is the tune optimized for this setup? No. Did I forget to order a chip so this will do for now? Yes

[@nickpaul1938]

Is the oil pump and pcv behind the timing cover m62 or m60? Thank!

[@m3nameisjosh464]

M60!

[@steviestevereno]

Any chance you have some front seats from an e23 or compatible?

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Unfortunately not:/

[@steviestevereno]

Most people who do this often remove their front clip (bumper, radiator and everything in between engine and license plate)

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Almost did that then didn’t want to add the labor!

[@mercedeslab]

I've always believed that you and M539 one day will be tirer and migrate to Benz, has been like this with myself and many of my friends lol

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Ive done a 190e before and it burned me pretty bad in the end so idk if that day will ever come! Haha

[@AlmightyRem]

@m3nameisjosh Are E31's steering box like E34's?

[@m3nameisjosh464]

Yes they are

[@davidt.6415]

They are different. Similar, but the 840ci box is unique to the chasis

[@m3nameisjosh464]

@@davidt.6415 i think he just meant are they a box similar to 5 series, not are they interchangeable. But thank you!

[@AlmightyRem]

That is what I meant but as a car nerd I do love a bit of useless trivia about old BMW's lol 😆

[@grahammj1yt]

180 degree fly wheel sitting on the wrong engine.

[@m3nameisjosh464]

😂😂😂😂😂 lots of 180 off