E30 M50 tear down kinda thing
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Rowleym said:
I would love to get that hydro from you good sir. $30 and a couple high fives would be great.
Brian said:
Couple, he said a high five. Hell at this point you might as well give him a hand jibber
Woah Row.. were just friends man relax..
Lol Im kidding, you can have a few.
Rowleym said:
Also, did you have to install another set of calipers in the back or just ran the lines to the oem rear calipers?
You cut the line under the car going to the rear T and double flare your newly cut ends. The hydro has an inlet port and an outlet port. You then make two lines. The line coming from the brake master (from the front of the car) goes in the inlet. Then run a second line from the outlet to the line going to the rear T. Bleed brakes like normal, and you have a working in-line hydro
I'll help if you need it. It real easy. Luckily my car had a union fitting literally right underneath the car so I didnt have to cut anything. Im not sure if yours has that too. Not that it really makes a difference, just saves some flaring time. Because no one likes flaring time.
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Rowleym said:
Yea that seems pretty simple. What year is your car? I have a late model 325i. Did you brakes feel any different after you were done?
Nah, its not hard at all man! Im on the opposite end of the spectrum. Mines an '84. Mine felt different at first but that's because I didn't bleed them enough. That extra line really makes a difference, so bleed them well.
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Brian said:
It's also a 4 door....
Meh, Ive always liked e30 coupes a lot more than sedans. Besides, some retard PO welded the seats to the rails (no sliders), so they cant slide forward or backward, meaning no one gets in back without climbing over the generic bucket seats lol.
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So I havent posted anything for a while, and for good reason. Actually not really, I just havent been doing much. But heres the process for making my new hydro as cool as it is today! So heres some pictures on how I made a samurai sword hydro ebrake. Enjoy!
So talking with my buddy in Texas one night, who is a chef, we thought how cool it would be to use a big chef knife as a shifter or hydro brake. That then lead to a samurai sword. So I checked out ebay and bought a kick ass sword for $40. I also bought a very nice lookin CNC staging break to run as my new hydro ebrake. That was not off ebay, of course. I knew it was meant to be when they both were delivered on the same day. So here it is.
The guinea pigs of this project
The blade removed from the handle, and the handle taken apart
Checking how tall it would be, or something? Im not sure what this picture is for, but its on my phone so it must be important.
Sliced the CNC handle off
And after a lot of dremeling the sword handle and some carefully placed JB-Weld, the sword handle is secured to the brake. Not too shabby, eh?
Now the fun part. I pulled the center console, front carpets, grinded away a lot of gross stuff, smashed the heater core box in a bit, and sanded some bare metal for me to weld to.
I like the make things removable so this was no different. And to mount it I wanted to make a simple L-bracket.
This was the longest part. Trimming the center console to fit around the new hydro. But after that was done, I put the carpet back in and cut a little slit to tuck behind and show off my sweet bracket. The fitment is perfect. Theres about 1/2" between the handle and dash, same with the wiper arm coming off of the steering column, and it doesnt hit when its pulled fully down.
Ill try and get some better pictures in another day or two.
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