E30 M50 tear down kinda thing
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Brian said:
Lmao.
Anyway, heres da partz!
Lower timing cover gaskets
Vanos Gasket
E30 M3 engine harness covers (definitely felt like a badass buying m3 parts)
ARP head studs
Couple free calendars sent by Penske and Turner Motorsports
And last but not least, the new core support!
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Snap Understeer said:
Frickin NICE!
I have the Turner calendar too. I bought the E30 calendar from Condor last year, definitely a good purchase/office decoration/conversation piece for all the damn Buick drivers.
How much did the M3 wire cover and new core support cost?
Yeah dude, free calendars rock. Im considering buying the e30 calendar for this year, it looks awesome.
The core support was $100 shipped off ebay and the wire covers were like $22 a piece off Penske.
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Brian said:
Yay, shitty to hear about the bolt snapping off.!
Yeeaah, it is what it is. Ill have to drag myself to the dealership tomorrow or monday.
Update: The core support project is coming along nicely. I took a picture after every step for those considering trying it
Ill upload the process and photos tomorrow, Im passing out for now! -
Okay guys, so I finally got around to uploading all of the pictures for my core support project so here's my little write-up on how to do this. I had already cut the entire middle section out while pulling my motor so that made it a bit easier. Id suggest doing this to clear up a whole bunch of room.
First things first: grinding the paint away on the upper parts to see the factory tack welds and drilling through them. Drill bit size isnt real important, just make sure its big enough to drill out the entire weld. (Each little dimple is a tack weld)
My car, being almost 30 years old, needed a bit of persuading to break free due to some rust
Here are the factory tack weld locations, which are identical for both driver and passenger side.
Top view (5 tack welds)
"Inside" view (Another 5)
So using the mallet and big flat head, I carefully pried between the edges and knocked it free.
For the lower parts Ill admit I cheated a little and used tools that might not be available to everyone. Since my stock core support was very rusty it was near impossible to see where the welds were, so I ended up using a hydraulic chisel to cut through any welds and break it free. You are also taking off the stock tow hooks. So heres after the lower pieces are taken off and most of the rust grinded down.
So now all of the stock core support has been removed
Next was to test fit the new core support, but I found these two little tabs right inside the bumper shock housings wouldnt let it slide into place
Easy fix!
And the new support being fitted
It was a tight fit and needed to be angled at a certain way to get in, but it fits. Keep in mind this is an ebay product, so fitment wont be absolutely perfect. I was able to get it very close with a little bit of pounding from a soft rubber mallet.So this is step 1, which I consider "getting the car ready for the new support". Step two will be the next post.
It was like Christmas though. Soo good!
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