E30 M50 tear down kinda thing
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Bumpin dis thread.
A buddy of mine left his front mount in my shop, so I was just toying with this idea a little bit...
Anyway, here you can see my green motor mounts that is practically tore in half vs a brand new condor speed shop "m50 into e30" mount. Im really excited to run these mounts!
Now lets jump to the m50 itself. I half-ass painted the block just so it wasnt rust color, and also got the right studs in the head.
And the head is back on and torqued down.
Shes getting impatient with how long this reconstructive surgery is taking
I also got my IE strut bar. Unfortunately they sent me the wrong finish... I wanted the raw/stainless finish, not black. But whatever. Also an e36 short shifter.
Thats all for now until I can convince TJ to come by my shop with his timing tools
Im gonna give it a shot timing it myself. -
woot woot! Looking good
Thanks! Once its timed its pretty much ready to be dropped in. Im getting excited! Although Im sure theres a few small things Im going to need as things go back together. I still need to run lines to my hydro, but keep putting that off lol.
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cant wait to see the finished results. I have the same IE brace, it made a notable difference on my car!
Did you have to drop your struts a little to fit? It looks like Im going to have to drop the coils out in order line the holes up. But thats awesome! Im excited to see how it feels! Im actually pretty bummed they sent the wrong one, the brushed finished would have looked so good
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What timing tools do you need?
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Yeah, I was just wondering if that was what you were talking about or not.
You don't REALLY need one, but it is nice to have.
The VANOS rotating tool is awesome, but if he doesn't have one you can get by without.
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Made my way over to TJ's the other night to pick up some timing tools, also drooled over his wagon and m3 a bit while I was at it...
Got the cam lock on, which Im almost certain the cams are set to tdc right now. The valves on cylinder 1 and 6 are all the way closed so I guess it makes sense?
Then more work on the actual car itself. Dropped the control arms to get new inner and outer ball joints pressed in by a friend of mine.
I wasnt planning on doing this, but oh well. Now Im probably going to end up dropping the front subframe and get a new sway bar, bushings, and endlinks and whatnot. Since it all looks terrible. Like, actually fucking disgusting.
On another note, these guys arrived the other day
And how she sits now. Im still disappointed I was sent the wrong finish strut bar.. I might take it to a shop I know to have it chemically stripped to a raw finish how I originally wanted. Its just too much black for me. Awaiting Snap's response to that.
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Glad to see you're taking the time to do things right the first time around.
Yep! I want this rebuild or whatever it's turned into now to last a solid season or two. Might as well take time when its shitty out to get it done! In still aiming within the month to finish it.
However, I'm leave for Texas tomorrow morning and won't be back until next Saturday. So that's a weeks worth of work I won't have. But whatever. Paid vacation in 80+ degree weather? Yes plz.
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Thanks! My best friend lives in Austin, and south by southwest is next week. We're also going to look for a place to live when his current lease is up in July.
so are you moving to texas?
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So I just got back from Texas the other day. Needless to say the weather here still blows lol. While I was gone, my dad brought my strut bar to a customer of his to have it chemically stripped down to a raw finish like it was suppose to be. I thought that was a cool surprise. Should be getting it back this week! Other news is that I got my inner ball joints too, hopefully getting everything pressed in and out this week. Still need to call Andy to have him swing by and time my motor. But it's good to be back, and I'm excited to get going on this car again!
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