E21 project thread
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Doesn't feel like I accomplished much but took a lot of time.
Finished up the lower oil cooler mounts and got them tapped and jb welded on. We'll see how it holds. 
Then I went ahead and made the top oil cooler mounts as well out of flat stock aluminum.
I also bolted the front euro bumper to the euro valance with two longer carriage bolts (thanks Kyle for the trick). Since I have to modify it all to for the group 2 flares, it works perfectly.
I then noticed I wanted the two air duct holes in the alpina spoiler to be open, so I cut the lip off the valence.
Much better!
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Powdercoated the upper oil cooler mounts
Degreased, rust blasted & KBS coated the front radiator support
Cut down the braided lines to correct lengths and mounted/installed oil cooler
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the new to me 2.0L to up my displacement and lower my compression. Thanks again Ben (bfinley)!
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is my brain broken or is that mounted sideways on the engine stand?Â
keep at it!
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It sure is mounted sideways on the engine stand
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the new to me 2.0L to up my displacement and lower my compression. Thanks again Ben (bfinley)!
Glad to help ! Thanks for the decals
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Looks decent, but that price, yikes! Thanks for the heads up tho.
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Been working on getting the charge piping cut/ground/welded since realizing that the e30 ellipsoids with HIDs I am running interfere with the SMIC placement. For now I will run it without an IC like I have been in the past. Until I figure something else out that is. Been a slow process which really makes me wish I had a welder and the skills to do it myself. Oh well.
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Got the welded up charge piping back the other day.
The pieces that were made back in the 80s turned out to be mild steel instead of aluminum, so I had to get a coat of paint or powdercoat on them to prevent rusting. So I opted to paint all the piping in cast iron gray color.
I love the color and it goes with the old school theme of the car. Looks brownish gray in the sun but kind of army green in the shade. I still dig! I got it all mounted up and snugged down. Along with the IAC to intake hose as well.
Just need to hook a few more things up and fill with fluids and I should he able to try starting it. Soon!
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Got my new +0.50mm pistons in the mail today for the 2.0 block rebuild side project.
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I'm excited to ride in this!
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I want that charge pipe color for my engine bay that looks so good!
1984 BMW 528e - SETA and manual swapped! M50 to come!!!
1988 BMW 528e - Need parts?
1991 Chevy C1500 (mighty 350 with TBI and Wisconsin weight reduction package)
1996 Mazda Miata (SOLD!!!)
1996 BMW 325i (Donor car)
1998 Chevrolet Corvette (BEAST)
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee (BROKEN)
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That's the color of my engine bay.
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It's a great color!
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Yep! PM me and we can setup a royalty payment schedule.Â
All kidding aside, It looks good on those charge pipes. Bring this thing to work so I can sneak a peek in the parking lot!
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Thanks to kyle (kyletime666) for doing the machine work on my side 2.0L project, I got the cleaned and polished crank back today.
Did a few more things to the car today, but hopefully tomorrow I can crank a lot more of the piddly stuff out.
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