BMW M30 M90 Engine Heads Library

This is the reason I have started that topic. The pain is most of the info from Experts like @sfdon, @Markos and Others (sorry for those I missed here) is hidden in many threads and it is extremely difficult to find it in a single place (FAQ section). Don't know how to tidy that up as it would require some effort and time from All.
My knowledge is poor but that motivated me to open that topic.

Just keep dumping the data here. Even if nobody has time to curate a FAQ, at least the info is consolidated. FWIW - you don’t need to be an admin or moderator to put together a FAQ.

Lastly, I’m not an expert on this stuff. All of my info is recycled forum knowledge or phone calls with @sfdon. He and others that actually build these motors are the real experts. I can just as easily recycle bad info but try my best not to.
 
Just keep dumping the data here. Even if nobody has time to curate a FAQ, at least the info is consolidated. FWIW - you don’t need to be an admin or moderator to put together a FAQ.

Lastly, I’m not an expert on this stuff. All of my info is recycled forum knowledge or phone calls with @sfdon. He and others that actually build these motors are the real experts. I can just as easily recycle bad info but try my best not to.
I agree on collecting the data but I think members should ask if a FAQ is warranted or we could be inundated with minor items, just my 2 cents.
 
Thank you @sfdon for your time and involvement in this thread.

I'm far for pushing this to be FAQ. I wrote a question to You All.

For me even this one is enough and valuable to many.

It is great we have person who has practical experience and are open to share it in some extent. I'm grateful anyone.

Someone like me might never witness most of the heads or camshafts.

It is difficult to list each and every part of engine as we somehow know (or at least) feel not only heads were changing, but also tiny parts still important.

The "nuts and bolts" stuff is expected to be - due to cross reference - easier to be clarified with parts catalog while heads and blocks casting numbers are quite often not possible to be identified with BMW Books.

Thanks once again. Let's wait if this thread will grow enough to be reedited into nice and comprehensive form. If that will not be the case it will just stay as it is but still very valuable for some of us.
 
I agree! What a wealth of information has been compiled in a short time period for this post.

SFDON as usual thanks for taking the time to post the pictures and explanations. You helped me properly identify the extra head and cam that has been sitting in my garage just waiting for the day I will need it. Thanks everyone for their contributions to this post. It was an awesome idea.
 
It needs to be organized a little better, right now it is Don’s stream of consciousness approach!

Sure. As each thread need some time and interest of the others.

To All Interested...

What form do you think it should take?

A table?

Which information?
1. Pictures
2. Part Number / casting text
3. Models used/market
4. Years?
5. Possible application to E9 mods?
6. Problems
7. others?
 
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