Good man Dave, I'm just itching to do something like that. Just get the hands dirty and get to know the inner workings of it all.

If you are indeed going to take on apart, give us a shout and I will be happy to spin down and give a hand

Was doing some googling earlier and ended up reading a full thread on e30owners on an e30 with an M52b28, he didn't rebuild the engine but it was an interesting read nonetheless it was username 327i's build.