e34 Touring
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So you buy a gallon on the Internet for $23, distilled water for $1. It costs like $12 a gallon, (makes two gallons) what does the green stuff cost? $8 a gallon? Spend your remaining $8 on more crack.
Dan, car looks great as always. I don't think I'd have the patience to do what you've done outside in the rain. You're more manly than I
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thanks, mitch, although i don't know if its patience or stubbornness.
and amen to green. have never seen any harmful effects from not using the BMW gold-impregnated stuff. i think brian hit the nail on the head. you have to order online, go buy distilled water, get a container to mix it in, blah blah blah what a bunch of time wasted when you can just go to the store down the street, grab the bottle and pour it in.
Dan
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so if I leave the hood open and cap off the expansion tank, how much free snow can I get into the system instead of water?
Dan
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You can buy BMW coolant at Oreilly's. It's Pentosin NF.
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I had no idea there was so much dislike for coolant lol.
What's next on the to do list Dan?
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Curious what the B40 intake will do to the power band, nice work as always Dan!
drove it 80 miles today, no leaks and runs like a top. it definitely moved the power band and i love it already. a little less low-end (the low-end only helps people who never rev it up with their automatics) but the power doesnt fall off till 5500-6000 which is perfect since redline is 6500.
Dan
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Dan
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Way to put a damper on things
that joke was shockingly good
Dan
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Way to rebound after the rain and still want to work on your car
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the next project lurks in the closet...
White plastic round thinga-majig mod?
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when i took off my stock intake manifold, i heard a rattle inside so i had to investigate.
found out that the early m60b30 intake manifold has individual velocity stacks inside, just like the early m60b40 manifold. BMW later did away with them and did a simple curved mouth integrated into the manifold molding, obviously to reduce cost. the later b30 manifold i pulled off the parts car did not have the stacks.
Dan
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took advantage of the perfect day today as much as I could, and prepped the car for the suspension refresh. hopefully i can get to it next weekend.
for the touring, basically the entire rear interior has to come out. rear door seals, c-pillar trim, all rear carpeting panels, jack storage tray, rear seat bottom and bolsters, etc.. its an easy job but lots of effort to just to get to the rear strut mounts.
found this greasy gunk between the carpet panel and the sound deadening. no idea how it got there, there's not a single thing around there that could have leaked it. mystery. ???
here are all the goodies. went with vogtland 40/20 springs, koni sport adjustables, new strut mounts/spring pads/bump stops all around. car will be also be getting rear dog-bone links and a manual trans fluid change. i dont think the zf likes the royal purple.
also had time to modify my LKM finally. for the e34, this module handles all the check controls for the lights. i have had the 'LOW BEAM' warning since i did the bixenon retrofits headlights. the module is just checking for voltage draw, so you just jump the headlight and foglight pins to a ground and it bypasses the check. some guy in japan figured this all out, but i made an easier to use diagram than the verbal instructions out there. its possible that 'Chip A' could be low beam and 'Chip B' could be fogs, it was hard to tell from what i read online, so i did both in case and my headlight warning is gone.
Dan
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