Euro 528i back from the dead!
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Chris,
Let me know if you need some parts as I believe that is an M30 engine. I have or will have plenty of random parts from under the hood.
I will! Lots of random stuff missing from the car, but I got myself into this mess lol. Might be able to use my super eta harness on this bad boy also need a radiator and distributor. I'll have a better idea of what I need when the engine is in.
Can't wait to see this beast again! Loving my euro comfort interior btw. :3
Chris won't be running an M30, he's got allll M20's!
FU Brian I want the interior back and my M20 will kick your M30's ass any day
9.3:1 compression ratio ... it makes some power for sure
Yup and the hottest factory cam!
FYI I took a quick peek at this thing during lunchtime, im excited to see it take shape
"I bet at some point a German sat in that car and said sheista" lol quote from snap via rampelsauce
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Now to the pictures! Didnt get it welded up last night as I realized I was kinda unprepared
I will bring in the hood and fenders tomorrow so I can make sure the core support is in the right position because I didn't want to guess and be wrong! It wasn't as ready to be welded in as I thought, as you can see from the pic below I had some overlapping metal.Took me about 45 minutes to load this thing onto a trailer by myself in the pouring rain
Didn't realize the parking break was on too lol, would have spead up the loading process!
Earl and Brian will be jealous of my mad tuck! Might even be the lowest on the forum
lol this is my "static" 2x4 suspension setup from when we trailered the car the first time. Still need to transfer the rear suspension from my parts car.
So the work begins! Mounted up the core support for the first time and realized that the body needed some trimming for fitment on the driver's side. These are the cut lines I drew out.
Test fitment after cutting. Much better but I still had no way of telling if it would be accurate or not. I will be mocking up the front end tomorrow with the fenders and hood so I know exactly where the core support should sit.
Figured since the welding wasn't gonna happen, I'd remounted the driver's door. Its not on perfect but it shuts.
So we'll see where we get tomorrow night! I'm loving working on my own projects again
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Still bragging about your cut springs? Haha sorry, I had to.
LOL, sorry boy.
I'm not spending shit ton of money, on coil overs that are complete trash, and don't get you low enough. Also, just about every E28 on S|W that isn't bagged, is on cut coils of some sort. So, while everyone else might think your comment is, cheeky and funny.
It's actually a pretty fuckin' common thing among E28 owners. Sorry we don't have a plethora of coil over options.
And I love the ride of my car. It's the same as it was prior to cutting it, comfy. Only time I notice a difference is when I'm cornering.
Don't worry though TJ, I got plans up my sleeve once I get my bills paid off, and can spend the extra cash flow. -
Still bragging about your cut springs? Haha sorry, I had to.
We'll I got no springs lol, stepping up the game!
I'm still lower. unless those are 14" rims. My rim sits dead even with my fender.
14" wheels
I'll have to measure how low the fram sits for bragging rights lol -
We'll I got no springs lol, stepping up the game!
14" wheels
I'll have to measure how low the fram sits for bragging rights lolI have no idea how low my fram is but I am pretty sure its nothing worth bragging about.
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Why does it look like there are two locks on the door? Keep up the good work Chris.
Sorry I didn't see this before Earl! The second key hole is for the Euro Alarm System. I hope to get it working down the road. For those of you that have seen Chuck's E30 touring he has the same thing.
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Finally getting around to my update from Saturday. So to make sure I had the core support lined up in the right spot I mocked up the front end by attaching the fenders to the body and then attaching the core support to the fenders.
I had a little bit more cutting to do and turns out I trimmed out too much on the drivers side. Since none of this is structural and the only purpose of the core support is to hold the radiator in place along with the headlights, strength is not needed. Done the road this body work will be taken care of properly but for now its minimal effort where needed to get this on the road.
Driver's Side
Passenger Side
Passenger side Seam between the frame and core support matching up perfectly
This is with the hood mocked up. She looks like a car again!
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What are your plans for the M30 in the euro?
Get it running! Down the road I definantly wanna do meqasquirt seeing all the cool things you can do with it. Idk otherwise as to engine mods. This is my first "performance" car and having never done any enigne work except the timing belt on the m20, not really sure where to start. Figure I'll drive it unitl it gets boring then figure out ways to go faster.
Once I get this thing into a garage work will start!
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Today was a good day as I pulled the euro out of storage!
Here is where she has been sitting since July. Glad it was a nice, warm sunny day today as I spent about 1.5 hours loading it on the trailer by myself (no rear suspension makes it a lot of fun
)Hauled up to the new shop in Port Washington, even got to unload it all inside
Cleaned off the snow and now its time to start wrenching!
List of to do's to get this driving:
- Reseal motor (if needed, hasn't run in almost 7 years not sure on condition)
- Upgrade to Motronic 1.3 (in preparation for megasquirt down the road)
- Install new clutch
- Put in complete drivetrain/exhaust
- Probably will install new suspension components
- Put interior back in
- Buy/Install euro headlights
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