Hi guys,
I'll start off with introducing mySelf ;
I'm Tom,
Mechanical engineer by trade mainly being hands on in a toolroom, as a bit of a side hobby I rebuild engines and I'm now planning to use my engine and transplant it into my current car, I'll discuss this later with the 'plan'

This is my First ever post on any forum, IV always been the one to view everyone else amazing work but thought it was time to give something back and hopefully learn something along the way, after all that's what it's all about.

So recently I bought the m54 b30 engine with 102,000 miles on, the engine came with all ancillaries, wiring loom, ecu, intake and exhaust manifold, and even with a gear box and clutch, the engine looked fairly clean from the outside and the bit of oil that was left in the engine looked nice and clean. Here's a pic of when I took delivery.

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The plan is to strip the engine so every last bolt is taken out and rebuild it with the majority of the parts replaced with new or upgraded bits, with this being a turbo build I won't be doing the band aid of just fitting a thicker head gasket, I'll be going down the road of properly lower the cr with the pistons, I have a few ideas for the stock mahle pistons but may scrap that idea after I have developed them.
Once the engine is built I will be transplanting it into my current car... A 1999 bmw e46 318i (yes a four cylinder)
There will be other mods to support the power of the engine and also uprating the suspension and brakes (obviously) and also fitting a lsd (possibly the m3 rear end swap)
I'll be fabricating my own exhaust manifold and I will give a step by step guide on that when it comes to it as it's a rhd car it's quite difficult to source a decent manifold.
I'm also looking into the idea of a water meth system that activates at a certain amount of boost or rpm.
I'll also be taking the oil filter housing and be fitting a oil distribution block similar to the vac distribution block. This will be to run a external oil filter and oil cooler as with the turbo things will get hot Click here to enlarge
I'll be uploading pictures tomorrow morning to show where I'm upto as I'm starting this post just as IV finished tearing the block apart.