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M42 Swap First Start


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Pretty exciting. Nuff said!!!

76 BMW 2002 Arktisblau M42 5 spd - Born 5.21.76 - daily money pit

06 Aston Martin V8 Vantage 6 spd - garage queen *  73 Mustang Convertible 351C 

15 VW Touareg V6 Executive - daily driver * 23 Audi e-tron SUV (wife's)

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Yes I believe so. There is just te manifold with no pipe or exhaust on it so the noise is pretty high.

76 BMW 2002 Arktisblau M42 5 spd - Born 5.21.76 - daily money pit

06 Aston Martin V8 Vantage 6 spd - garage queen *  73 Mustang Convertible 351C 

15 VW Touareg V6 Executive - daily driver * 23 Audi e-tron SUV (wife's)

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Congrats!  I wish my M42 would have fired up right away but it didn't.  Took all summer of fiddling to find that the refurbished injectors I bought off ebay would not spray fuel through them.  Now it runs sort of.  Just have to dial in the megasquirt.

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Well I must admit a cheated a little.  The video was actually the fourth try.  The first and second was used to get all fluids settled and fuel lines primed, so it really did not start right away.  The third try it ran and I shut it off after about 30 seconds to check that there was no smoke or anything unusual.  The fourth try was the one we recorded, but had it running flawlessly for about 10 minutes, and even without the fan being connected, the temp gauge only went up to less than 3/4.  Overall I am stoked that it was pretty painless!

76 BMW 2002 Arktisblau M42 5 spd - Born 5.21.76 - daily money pit

06 Aston Martin V8 Vantage 6 spd - garage queen *  73 Mustang Convertible 351C 

15 VW Touareg V6 Executive - daily driver * 23 Audi e-tron SUV (wife's)

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