Really like the space I've got lucky to get as much for the money tbhYou've only gone and made me jealous now, "you won't like me when I'm jealous..." [to paraphrase Dr David Banner ]
Lovin those manifolds, equal length I assume?
Beware of catcams I bought a set for my bmw m3 and they Would not time in correctly to the timing setting on the timing card provided. It was horrible dealing with them and refused to refund me took me 6 months with credit card company to get my money back horrible horrible horrible customer service.
Schrick cams are tried and tested
Not sure if your engine has vanos it’s worth putting the bmw diagnostic on it to perform a vanos test to see if it can hold the timing angle.
Mine couldn’t hold the timing so I bought a rebuild kit for £100 from Besian systems it’s a high quality well put together kit after i retested and it held timing so it works.
So as usual slow progress
But after a long wait the special order is in Rods have arrived
And a few small bits
Swirl pot - lift pump
6 pot hi specs
Bmw timing tools
Starting on chassis relay box too
Porting tooling has now arrived so the engine will be stripped in the near future to start progressing with that
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Those rods looks very similar to the k1 and manley rods. Have they got the arp2000 series big end bolts in them? As that is usually a weak spot for high performance engine.
Which timing tools did you go with? Most that I have seem expensive.