E30 M52
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I got everything back together, charged the battery and went for a half-hour long test drive. The engine ran perfect despite the O2 still not being connected and now I have a different problem. The temp gauge reads too low
It sat steady at a tick under 180 or at 180 for the entire drive regardless of electrical load. FWIW I rewired so it no longer shares a power or ground with the other gauges.
if the mighty temp gun is to be trusted its about 15 degrees off. The top radiator hose reads 195 F.
I sat idling in the driveway for 5 minutes or so and the gauge only climbed to the 190 mark.
I will just play it safe and assume the gauge reads 20F too low and anything right of the 12:00 position will be the “shut er down” temperature. Consistently wrong is better than consistently moving around and I will see if I can make it more accurate another day.
See you at the picnic!
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See, you are crazy. Next time save the theatrics and listen to us!
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noice!
just apply tape with corrected numbers.
some of us would be tempted to let it reach jessica alba just to see what happens
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some of us would be tempted to let it reach jessica alba just to see what happens
I think you know what would happen, you would crack just like your cylinder head.
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Commuting in it again.
Im pretty happy with the acceleration. Its faster than any NA E36 M I have been in but thats not saying a lot in this era of hoverboards and fidget spinners. its easy to drive/forgiving off the line when you are wearing dress shoes or are clumsy with the clutch.
These cars look tiny. Doesnt help that im a ‘squatch
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love the sig.
i believe i heard this uttered at the picnic: "hey! don't touch the fuzzy mat!"
Dan
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More-so trusting the the car, happy with the car.
I wont be totally happy until the exhaust is tucked better. A new welder was ready to work on this 2 saturdays ago, but me and my car weren't ready since I had it in pieces replacing the starter and alternator.
Now that im ready, the welder isn't.Im willing to try MIdas or some other muffler shop at this point. it is a bit frustrating in the meantime trying to get this resolved.
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Dont trust the Midas touch when it comes to Stainless exhausts.
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Dont trust the Midas touch when it comes to Stainless exhausts.
I dont give two hecks about stainless wire at this point
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Hecks are reserved for stainless filler rod.
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Rock solid coolant temperatures in the stop and go on the commute home, as I expected. I do find the urethane engine mounts to be quite a bit more harsh than the UHMW mounts I had on the M20. The next time I tinker with it im going to re-set my engine and trans and see if its just not sitting exactly where it would like to.
The brakes are the next item I need to address and the next chunk of change will be going there
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