e34 Touring

[Earl]

Car looks great in person Dan;) On style 5's it'll look perfect.

[alexw]

I saw you in Kenosha the other day. I thought, who's that cool dude in a E34 touring... I'd like to be his pal. Little did I know it was you!

You should call me some time when you're in town. I can drool over your car and stuff.

[straight6pwr]

thanks guys.  will do alex, during the summer i get down there often enough.

[KaiserRolls]

lookin' good

[wasnt m3]

Nice pictures! Cant wait to see it on style 5's

[The Full Banana]

Looks awesome. Good work, Dan.

[straight6pwr]

thanks guys.  finally got around to finishing the style 5s.  (5 months later)

they're not perfect, but they are going to be daily driven so that would be a pointless endeavor in the end.

will hopefully get them mounted this week.

[Earl]

Good job Dan:) Those will look great on the touring.

[straight6pwr]

thanks. i decided to not use any fancy products on the lips, just waxed them and they kept the same shine.

[Earl]

Good. Sharkhide is a pain to apply and it still doesn't go on absolutely flawlessly=\

[KaiserRolls]

those are going to look great.

in4morepics

[straight6pwr]

finally mounted.  was 10 min early to work so I stopped and snapped a shot or two:

[Earl]

There you go Dan;) Plan on getting coilovers or h&r's with billy shocks?

[B C]

Looks pretty terrible, bro. you should really consider a 4-lug swap and throw some bottlecaps on it.

.....said no one ever.

[straight6pwr]

Snap said:

Looks pretty terrible, bro. you should really consider a 4-lug swap and throw some bottlecaps on it.

.....said no one ever. 

lol

Earl said:

There you go Dan;) Plan on getting coilovers or h&r's with billy shocks?

my budget for 2013 has gone up in a poof of smoke. definitely next summer though

[B C]

straight6pwr said:

 budget for 2013 has gone up in a poof of smoke.

You should be a politician.

[straight6pwr]

Snap said:

You should be a politician.

only if i keep spending...

[Earl]

Any news Dan?

[straight6pwr]

oh hey..after a minor economic boom..the budget for 2015 is favorable.  going to start updating this thread with the next round of upgrades.

some of you noticed the parts car and the 5 speed that will be put in the touring, so thats the biggest change to come.

lets call it - campaign sticks, grips, and limited slips.

[straight6pwr]

first thing done on the 5 speed front:  LSD

Matt (jawa) was nice enough to scour a yard in his part of the state and by running vins over the phone, we were able to determine that one of the m50 e34s had an LSD, so he grabbed it for me. its a fairly hard to find 3.23LSD. generally, m60b30 manuals are paired with 3.07s, so this should give a nice little bump in acceleration.

I got all the seals replaced (both output seals on each side, cover gasket, and speed sensor o-ring.) I skipped the input shaft seal because it requires preload measuring, although some say you can just score the nut and return it to the exact position, I don't want to risk it for the moment so I left it be. if it leaks I'll pop it back off and do it.  Brian powdercoated the cover for me, I picked blue for shits and gigs. It will be receiving Redline 75w90 right before install.