My slow e30 project.
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Alex hasn’t sent his yearly feeler ads to me yet, I’ll have to bug him too. Glad to see you back in a proper BMW!
What a jerk... I'm gonna message him on the old Facebook..
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3. Girlfriend accepted a job at UW Hospital here in Madison and has decided she's buying herself an M2
Good for her! Good thing there is adequate public transportation in Madison to accommodate her M2 ownership.
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Good for her! Good thing there is adequate public transportation in Madison to accommodate her M2 ownership.
I'm very excited for her! It's been a long journey, she's worked harder than anyone I've ever met to get where she is, and she was the first person in her class to get a job offer, and at her 1st choice as well. Once she's out of school I don't know what we'll do, she's been a student our entire relationship lol
We had a lot of fun looking at cars, haven't test driven anything yet, but it came down to a Jaguar F Type (400 series), Porsche Cayman, and the M2. From the looks of it the Jag was going to be too long and she doesn't need that much power (even though I believe it's the slowest of the 3), she really only likes Porsche because I picked her up in the 911 on our first date, but the M2 kind of hits everything she liked (helps that she knows I like BMWs, so she's started to appreciate them as well).
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I'm glad to see you piloting another E30!
If you ever need a competent shop in Appleton let me know, I know this super legit crew that runs on taco bell and detached oil drain lines! -
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I'm glad to see you piloting another E30!
If you ever need a competent shop in Appleton let me know, I know this super legit crew that runs on taco bell and detached oil drain lines!God.... I should have driven up for this project.... Replaced the plugs and valve cover gasket, as well as the little rubber plugs on the front and back (no idea what they're called). Upon initial start up it ran a little rough, took it for a spin and it still seems to be idling oddly, nothing leaking from what I can see.
Had some high temp paint left over so I did the intake manifold and valve cover.
Also found some VHT red translucent paint from a long forgotten project, and decided to do my tails.
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tails turned out great!
I'm quite pleased with them to be honest! For $6 and about 20 minutes of work it's well worth it to get rid of that hideous orange...
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While I'm in here, anyone know exactly how to remove this Zender front valence?
I can see where it's screwed to the original Valance, but there's no way to get a socket or an open-end wrench up there to loosen them. I also can't figure out how to get the original plastic bumper off, I believe I have to remove those two long bolts, which are blocked by the Zender Valance....
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Bumper is removed by removing the two large torx bolts on the bottom of the bumper, then by unclipping the side marker and turn signal wiring connectors.
The valence is attached to:
-the fender, just behind the side markers
-the fender, at the bottom left and bottom right corners of the grille
-2 screws above the bumper supports
-2 screws behind the fog lights -
Bumper is removed by removing the two large torx bolts on the bottom of the bumper, then by unclipping the side marker and turn signal wiring connectors.
The valence is attached to:
-the fender, just behind the side markers
-the fender, at the bottom left and bottom right corners of the grille
-2 screws above the bumper supports
-2 screws behind the fog lightsSo those two gigantic bolts in the 3rd/4th pics are the torx bits you speak of? I'm not sure how the heck I'm gonna get them out with the Zender in the way. I'll probably have to try to remove them with a pliers, I can push the valance back a little bit, but not enough to get get a torx bit in there to loosen them.
*** Got it off, bumper will be listed for sale as soon as I figure out what the heck to ask for it. #TakingOffers
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Motivation
Hnnnng
Before I die, I will put ITB's on an m20. And then drive the piss out of it.
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Motivation
Motivation
I started putting together a list, with costs, of stuff I want to do to this car. Needless to say I shouldn't have done that in front of the girlfriend because now she thinks I'm insane..
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They run sales sometimes. I have their aluminum flywheel/ E34 M5 clutch combo on the engine that is going into the van, best upgrade I ever did on that car. It is so much better to drive. If they weren't so expensive and a bunch of work to install I would put one in my high mileage beater.
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Race car stuff...
Installed the new catback, thinking I'll be due up for a new universal catalytic converter, my try my luck with some long time headers at the same time.
Installed strut bar, stayed process of removing extra weight from the car. Eventually a passenger seat will be reinstalled, looking at aftermarket options for seats.
Also realized my car has an open 4.10 rear diff according to the tag.. mitac hasn't worked the entire time I've owned the car, but it did always feel like it was revving quite high at 65/70..
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Even with that relatively small amount of weight removed (going to attempt to weigh what's removed so far), the car does feel "better" which may all just be in my head, maybe not
Next up I'll be removing the sound deadening material from the rear seat area, re-taping the wires to make it look cleaner, removing carpeting and sound deadening material from the trunk, and removing the AC components as they don't work anyway. Once the interior stuff is removed I'll likely be repainting it red when I repaint the car.
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