Alberto, I think these assembly videos are some of your best content! You do a fantastic job explaining exactly what you're doing while rebuilding the engine. I would suggest doing more of these! Really awesome stuff! Keep it up!
Can we just appreciate hpw far bigboost💪🏻 has come from video and audio quality to just speaking to te camera and explaining everything unlike some youtubers,much love Alberto
Alberto BIGBOOST ooo my bad big boost I just heard thatdudeinblue say it was in fair because y'all had 2 step. Either way sounds amazing can't wait for it to be done on the channel and drifting again I'm currently looking for a drift car. Friend has an fc rx7 for sale for 1700
I may be mistaken but it looks like you locked one cam gear the opposite way even though you said "look I got it right the first time!" From what I can see you locked the gears differently on the secondary cam chain even though the gears spin the same way. It may have been intentional but it looks like the exhaust cam gear can still slip. Just looking out.
as I explained in the video, the chain rotates the cam gear, the bolts transfer the rotation to the cam, spinning right it puts the load towards the left side. then the other cam gear is moved to the right by the bolts so it has to go all the way to the right side so it doesnt move with the rotarion, then the intake gear moved by the chain has to go in holding the cam to the left side so it doesnt move. everything was done right. in the video. no mistakes
Run your mic cable on the inside of your shirt and you won't have to worry about it getting hung on things or being in the way. Something we used to do skateboarding with our headphone cables (before bluetooth)
This was helpful I'm also deleting vanos on mine right now.... you made it look alot easier than it is but it's worth removing. Good job Alberto ! I feel better doing this since I tore it down! ✌🏽
An easy trick to keep a gasket from falling off when installing something like the timing cover, is to simply put a bolt in one of the cover holes. It acts like the alignment dowel and keeps it in place until it's all lined up and on the motor. Beautifully clean motor. Just the way it should be when doing assembly.
Okay Alberto, I’m refreshing a jz right now and have arp head studs ready to go in but I can’t figure out which way to install them. I’ve heard that you put them in the block hand tight and then torque them down in the proper order, and that you hand tighten them in, put everything on, and then put the head on and torque the nuts down. I’m confused and I figured you and/or this video could help me
Very entertaining man love these types of videos! Keep it up !! Very jealous of your mechanical ability I haven’t gotten anywhere close to where you’re at lol.
Yo! Bigboost! Love your videos man, keep up the good work. You sgould show us what tools you are working with, ive noticed some harbor freight but that torque wrench of yours is nice af! Also it would be cool to see some wiring videos related to 2j or sr. Thanks bigboost! Ps. Wheres kiki? More kiki!!
Looks great live and learn though, this build will be amazing because everything is done to like a professional standard imagine the potential your S52 would've had if this what the full process at the time of that build, Quality of the video is alot better too Mic is great aswell for a second I thought you did commentary over the vid
For PC watercooling applications, you generally avoid mixing up copper and aluminimum, because this tends to lead to corrosion. Wouldn't the copper gasket thing do the same to the engineblock?
automotive coolant contains corrosion inhibitors, as do products like "water wetter" I wonder why they dont add corrosion inhibitors to the coolant for PC setups? ill have to research that, i was about to order waterblocks for my cpu and gpu...
Nice video :) It could be divided in 10 minutes parts and published each part one day.. It would be more beneficial to you in terms of views and more frequently published videos..
In one day you can produce material for few videos, that way you can have more consistent uploads. In this case you can have more time to do next video :) Either way, you did great job :)
When you forgot to add the oil pick up tube bracket, did you simply loosen the 2 crankshaft bolts and retighten them over the bracket or loosen ALL the bolts and start over again?
When installing the sprocket for the primary timing chain on the exhaust cam, is it not suppose to be that the arrow is pointing to the top of the engine block towards the exhaust? Great video by the way.
I see on the piston rings you went 2 steps on first one and 3 steps on second one….if I’m not immediately going turbo and just want to be NA for awhile would it be acceptable for me to only do 1 step on the first and 2 steps on the second? And tune accordingly
Important question, are the little dowel pins that go between the block and head important?? As in are they just guides or do they carry pressure that the head gasket wont hold? My reconditioner left them in a bag for me and i forgot about them
1 suggestion, instead of saying this way or that way when talking about the rotation, say clockwise or counterclockwise to whatever your referring to in regards to the timing.
I’ve seen your channel since I was 17 bro I’m 23 now and I always come back to this series when I get an urge to start a build like this! Question tho how long did this engine end up lasting?
Alberto BIGBOOST I totally agree, I love your vids btw. You have really great knowledge and info and I learned a few things from you and I've built my cars for a decade now
nice video as always Alberto! just one thing: it'd be nice if you'd leveled all the audio levels equally so that we won't have to constantly turn the volume up or down!
I'm 2.5 years into designing, machining, building and working out the bugs on my custom cylinder head for an M52 in my 99' 328iS. It uses rotating tubes to let the air in and out of the engine. I wish I had seen his series of videos before I did my project. I once had to to take my front cover off while the head was on the car and the whole engine was in the car... it took a very long time for a whole bunch of reasons. Nice job on the videos! You can check mine out on my channel.
Can anyone tell me what the difference between a built bottom end of an engine and built top end? Is the bottom, all the crankshaft and pistons ect, and top end is valvetrain and camshafts ect
Please don't do 10 minute segments. These long videos are perfect to follow along and learn. If you ever do an ls build series like these, I'd happy donate to the cause
The whole bottom end is built with a stock crank forged rods and forged pistons, the valve train is all stock with stock cams. My question is how much boost is the stock crank and stock head going to be able to handle reliably especially with running big boost?
there are folks making 800-900hp with stock crank (internet claims stock m52 crank is forged). the head being "stock" doesnt really matter, cams/springs/retainers dont affect the stability of the head casting and there are no "aftermarket" heads (like for a LS or Hemi) just ported stock ones. as for the valve train being stock, the limiting factor for hp would be rpm or very high boost causing valve float, but should still be capable of 7500+rpm
Nice solution to the oil pump pulley nut issue there. Did you drill/tap the hole for the nut yourself? Not so sure about the colour of that valve cover though!
![แข่งเพิ่มน้ำหนักใน 24 ชั่วโมง!! [Ver 2025]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/20xn0g6k-ec/mqdefault.jpg)
Alberto, I think these assembly videos are some of your best content! You do a fantastic job explaining exactly what you're doing while rebuilding the engine. I would suggest doing more of these! Really awesome stuff! Keep it up!
You really should try out a new tuner. Dont get me wrong, i like to see you build engines, but would be nice to see one still intact after the dyno.
Riku Heinonen lol tru
Damn that block soooo clean. Love the flat finish
Can we just appreciate hpw far bigboost💪🏻 has come from video and audio quality to just speaking to te camera and explaining everything unlike some youtubers,much love Alberto
Please continue. I have an m50 and this helps a lot.
The effort on these last videos are amazing. Sound is crisp and the knowledge you have makes everything look so easy. Keep it up Alberto :D
Alberto posted new video? Homework can wait
Alberto your videos have taught me a lot about engines. I now feel confident that I could build one my self
that's awesome!
Alberto BIGBOOST thank you keep up the good work!
Gotta love permatex
I really enjoy that you actually explain what you do and why
Hope this one can handle the BIGBOOST
"break in" hits 2 step for a rev off this thing sounds amazing i love it
false, that was my regular limiter. 2 step is disabled. 2 step sounds like the skyline I was battling. I am not retarding ignition
Alberto BIGBOOST ooo my bad big boost I just heard thatdudeinblue say it was in fair because y'all had 2 step. Either way sounds amazing can't wait for it to be done on the channel and drifting again I'm currently looking for a drift car. Friend has an fc rx7 for sale for 1700
The blue on the valve cover looks good Alberto!
I may be mistaken but it looks like you locked one cam gear the opposite way even though you said "look I got it right the first time!" From what I can see you locked the gears differently on the secondary cam chain even though the gears spin the same way. It may have been intentional but it looks like the exhaust cam gear can still slip. Just looking out.
i had to go back to check that and i see it too Alberto please check this to we dont want a timing issue on your new engine :/
Phork702 bump
Nope, i believe he did them right. The engine spins to the right, so it would push on both of the bolts and hold it in place.
Brendan Phipps Check the exhaust cam gear. I'm pretty sure bolt pressure is the only thing keeping it from slipping.
as I explained in the video, the chain rotates the cam gear, the bolts transfer the rotation to the cam, spinning right it puts the load towards the left side. then the other cam gear is moved to the right by the bolts so it has to go all the way to the right side so it doesnt move with the rotarion, then the intake gear moved by the chain has to go in holding the cam to the left side so it doesnt move. everything was done right. in the video. no mistakes
Run your mic cable on the inside of your shirt and you won't have to worry about it getting hung on things or being in the way. Something we used to do skateboarding with our headphone cables (before bluetooth)
I have to remove it between shots. it would make it way more time consuming to do it that way. but I could try it out
YES, I was waiting for this big boost always on top of it.
Bravo Alberto, that you check comments and take the good advices !
I wanna be like you when I grow up! Lol I’m 19 and I’m getting my AA degree in automotive technology this spring. Keep up the great videos!
Yup audio is way better buddy 👍👌
This was helpful I'm also deleting vanos on mine right now.... you made it look alot easier than it is but it's worth removing. Good job Alberto ! I feel better doing this since I tore it down! ✌🏽
please make a vid like this for every engine variant you ever assemble. great work brudda boooost
I love all the close up shots Alberto
Nice job Alberto. Also great solution for the oilpump nut!
you make this shit look easy. this channel is fucking dope
These detailed videos are the best, keep it going :D
you've got it!
Lol let's hope not let's hope this engine doesn't blow up
I love these videos!! Learned so much! Your very educational
dont feel rushed. do things at your own pace and make it as good as it can be
I love your work and this motivate me to overhall my M50b25NV before Turbobuild
An easy trick to keep a gasket from falling off when installing something like the timing cover, is to simply put a bolt in one of the cover holes. It acts like the alignment dowel and keeps it in place until it's all lined up and on the motor.
Beautifully clean motor. Just the way it should be when doing assembly.
I hope it's 3rd time lucky for this engine build!
Looks clean!
Nice Build. Keep op the good work BigBoost
Loving it BigBoost! Great editing, great camera angles and as always, great content! Thank you
Love it! We are very similar in the way we work. Keep it up BIG BOOOOOST!!👍
Best quality video yet good job!! @bigboost
Big Boost skillz!!!!
I enjoyed it, I did see that the cam caps were off. It is so hard to build and engine and Remeber everything.
My dad bmw has been at the mechanic for 7 weeks for a timing chain and it's still there.
You rebuilt a whole engine in less than a week.
why arent you using any thread locker on the hardware?
Okay Alberto, I’m refreshing a jz right now and have arp head studs ready to go in but I can’t figure out which way to install them. I’ve heard that you put them in the block hand tight and then torque them down in the proper order, and that you hand tighten them in, put everything on, and then put the head on and torque the nuts down. I’m confused and I figured you and/or this video could help me
Looks awesome dude. Can't wait to see it at the track!
I like the rock music, keep using it.
Very entertaining man love these types of videos! Keep it up !! Very jealous of your mechanical ability I haven’t gotten anywhere close to where you’re at lol.
engine looks so nice & clean 👌 love the blue valve vover 😍
Damm great video, you are a great instructor!
great videos alberto.. what a nice tutorial.. i love your videos.. huge fan from Portugal :=
Sweet
nice work bro
Yo! Bigboost! Love your videos man, keep up the good work. You sgould show us what tools you are working with, ive noticed some harbor freight but that torque wrench of yours is nice af! Also it would be cool to see some wiring videos related to 2j or sr. Thanks bigboost! Ps. Wheres kiki? More kiki!!
Any tips on keeping the crank woodruff key in while putting the crank pulley on. Keep up the great content
Why didnt you go with the cut ring gasket again, that seemed like a good idea.
I like cometic better
Looks great live and learn though, this build will be amazing because everything is done to like a professional standard imagine the potential your S52 would've had if this what the full process at the time of that build, Quality of the video is alot better too Mic is great aswell for a second I thought you did commentary over the vid
For PC watercooling applications, you generally avoid mixing up copper and aluminimum, because this tends to lead to corrosion. Wouldn't the copper gasket thing do the same to the engineblock?
automotive coolant contains corrosion inhibitors, as do products like "water wetter"
I wonder why they dont add corrosion inhibitors to the coolant for PC setups? ill have to research that, i was about to order waterblocks for my cpu and gpu...
Nice video :)
It could be divided in 10 minutes parts and published each part one day..
It would be more beneficial to you in terms of views and more frequently published videos..
didnt record it that way even though that would had been a lot easier
In one day you can produce material for few videos, that way you can have more consistent uploads. In this case you can have more time to do next video :)
Either way, you did great job :)
Then people would bitch that he couldve done in it 3 vids and hes money hungry lol
yep, but also people may not have time to watch 35 min video, but 10 min it's a different story.
Bartosz Marciniak that’s a tough one lmao better for him but worse for us
I saturated my shorts when you unveiled your engine. Thanks.
Wicked very informative video thanks Alberto.
When you forgot to add the oil pick up tube bracket, did you simply loosen the 2 crankshaft bolts and retighten them over the bracket or loosen ALL the bolts and start over again?
oh i almost followed your way to set the vanos sprocets. And i am gonna be using my vanos system :D god lord i notised that :D
When installing the sprocket for the primary timing chain on the exhaust cam, is it not suppose to be that the arrow is pointing to the top of the engine block towards the exhaust? Great video by the way.
I see on the piston rings you went 2 steps on first one and 3 steps on second one….if I’m not immediately going turbo and just want to be NA for awhile would it be acceptable for me to only do 1 step on the first and 2 steps on the second? And tune accordingly
i wonder if that oil pump bolt idea would work on an e46
Important question, are the little dowel pins that go between the block and head important?? As in are they just guides or do they carry pressure that the head gasket wont hold? My reconditioner left them in a bag for me and i forgot about them
I have to get a new head on my m52tub28. Exhaust studs are corroded. Maybe this can help me a little.
Congrats man! Looks great!
Great video Alberto!
Nice work, FYI what you are calling a baffle is actually a crank scraper / windage tray.
the squirrel randomness @6:48 😂😂😂😂
hi. I wonder
what the volume was before you stroket it Alberto, am about to make my M52TUB25 to B30
1 suggestion, instead of saying this way or that way when talking about the rotation, say clockwise or counterclockwise to whatever your referring to in regards to the timing.
agreed it would sound better. thanks hopefully I can use this in another video
I’ve seen your channel since I was 17 bro I’m 23 now and I always come back to this series when I get an urge to start a build like this! Question tho how long did this engine end up lasting?
love your work can you show us the intake manifold hoses diagram plz
I simplified my lines, just one vaccum going to the fuel pressure regulator, and then another one with a t going to the bov and one for the map sensor
my friend,,,big boostt,,, run more #bigboost now my froend
Who in your family is a Marine? I keep seeing U.S.M.C. stickers. Semper Fi
roomate
Alberto BIGBOOST Oh sweet I thought so. Btw, your car sounded way better than the R34...
haha thankyou. 2step was cheating lol
Alberto BIGBOOST I totally agree, I love your vids btw. You have really great knowledge and info and I learned a few things from you and I've built my cars for a decade now
nice video as always Alberto! just one thing: it'd be nice if you'd leveled all the audio levels equally so that we won't have to constantly turn the volume up or down!
how about using torque during assembly of valetrain?
I'm 2.5 years into designing, machining, building and working out the bugs on my custom cylinder head for an M52 in my 99' 328iS. It uses rotating tubes to let the air in and out of the engine. I wish I had seen his series of videos before I did my project. I once had to to take my front cover off while the head was on the car and the whole engine was in the car... it took a very long time for a whole bunch of reasons.
Nice job on the videos! You can check mine out on my channel.
Can anyone tell me what the difference between a built bottom end of an engine and built top end? Is the bottom, all the crankshaft and pistons ect, and top end is valvetrain and camshafts ect
Love your videos the attention to detail is awesome.... now all u need is a camera man to film and help you out a little bit
could you do a video where you show the cost of machine work and parts you use?
Please don't do 10 minute segments. These long videos are perfect to follow along and learn. If you ever do an ls build series like these, I'd happy donate to the cause
Old Thread but did you consider boring to 86.5 for 3.2l , 9.0:1 and turbo or were you focused on NA?
Good job
nice build!
Wow very good job💪
Where can I find a valve cover that’s not plastic.... I have a 01 e46.. what year did bmw Change from the plastic
The whole bottom end is built with a stock crank forged rods and forged pistons, the valve train is all stock with stock cams. My question is how much boost is the stock crank and stock head going to be able to handle reliably especially with running big boost?
there are folks making 800-900hp with stock crank (internet claims stock m52 crank is forged).
the head being "stock" doesnt really matter, cams/springs/retainers dont affect the stability of the head casting and there are no "aftermarket" heads (like for a LS or Hemi) just ported stock ones.
as for the valve train being stock, the limiting factor for hp would be rpm or very high boost causing valve float, but should still be capable of 7500+rpm
I am using a S52 forged crankshaft. the m50 ones are cast. this is a stroked m52 using s52 crank, m54b30 spec pistons and stock lenght rods
Nice solution to the oil pump pulley nut issue there. Did you drill/tap the hole for the nut yourself? Not so sure about the colour of that valve cover though!
Loving the build. I'm learning alot. Also I think that's probably a bird my friend 😂
OMG I love the torque wrench.. where'd you get it and how much was that baby!
I can say it’s like 500 bucks.. those are expensive as gold
its $600 from snapon
Damn 600 for a torque wrench? That a fucking lot.
The torque wrench parts of his videos are my favorite lmao
What’s the significant difference between m52 and s52 cams other then price?
Nice alberto dale duro
Do you use ARP studs for the head?
What engine oil do you personally use in a built engine? Ex. Brand and weight
Gatta love snap on.
Snap away 😎
this mic helps :) booost
BIG BOOST
How to insert the span, without the tool that rotates the escapement shaft while inserting it?
I mean I enter you alone, how can it be?
How come the cam sprockets dont have a specific torque? paint mark them or something?
Hello , wich pistons do you have used
Good stuff bro. Keep it up 💪