E21 project thread

[Bassboy3313]

Oh I will totally take those! (no no really)

[Bassboy3313]

jc43089 said:

Ok good deal, I just thought it looked funny.  Also, this thing is going to be awesome when done, keep up the good work.

Thanks man!

[Bassboy3313]

Went ahead and mounted the fuel rail along with the intake manifold. Snap also came over to help and got a big chunk of the wiring done. Thanks again! Tomorrow I should have pretty much all the wiring done with the exception of a few things like IAT sensor since that hasn't been mounted yet.

[KaiserRolls]

Bassboy3313 said:

Went ahead and mounted the fuel rail along with the intake manifold. Snap also came over to help and got a big chunk of the wiring done. Thanks again! Tomorrow I should have pretty much all the wiring done with the exception of a few things like IAT sensor since that hasn't been mounted yet.

So running by Monday??

**slowly exits thread****

That's nice that things get done when he is over. When I go over there, we just play with UV lights. @__@

Also. I hear with the removal of krap-jet you gained room in the engine bay. Any plans for a nice shiny bay?

[Bassboy3313]

Oh you! (flips the wrist)

Well thats a great thing to play with dye and uv light. We had our rave parties too when I had my coolant leak.

Tons of room on the passenger side of the bay. Eventually when I pull the engine to do the 2.0 crank/rod/piston upgrade I will definitely clean up the bay and paint it nicely. That wont be for awhile tho. I want to enjoy it for awhile before it goes under the knife again.

[Bassboy3313]

Well, haven't done much of any work on the car the past few weeks due to cold ass weather, snow blocking entrance to the work area, work taking up tons of time and now just got an accepted offer on a duplex I am purchasing in Bayview. Busy, busy, busy. Hopefully soon I will muster up the motivation and time to work on that damn wiring again. I did however semi-purchase a set of wheels for when the Groupe 2 flares go on. Expect some pics later tonight if all goes well.

[wasnt m3]

What kind of wheels?

[Bassboy3313]

Picked up some 15x9 et-15 Rota Grid V wheels. They are bronze with black plastidipped centers. The offset and size should be perfect for what my setup will be. I realized that finding the size and offset I need in the bbs style (my first choice) is nearly impossible or down right way too expensive for me. So as these are my first choice, they should do the job well.

[RamRod E28]

Just get some rays white stickers for the spokes and no one will know

[Bassboy3313]

Well it has definitely been a loooong time since I had the chance to work on the car. This weekend was a good start again. I got the wiring figured out after realizing the ignition power switch wire to the starter was on the wrong terminal causes a no crank situation. Also removed some more rats nest wiring from PO. Ran the grounds for megasquirt and wideband & also the switched source for megasquirt.

On top of that I removed the gauge cluster to eliminate more bullcrap wiring from PO.

Installed fan on intercooler for added airflow as well as to blow air over turbo too.

Had to cut the two mount pegs off to get the intercooler to fit better. Here is mockup of location.

Took off the hood latches for sandblasting and powdercoating.

More to come (obviously!)

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[jc43089]

Cool Beans!  Looking great.

[B C]

Look at those 6" charge pipes and 12" thick intercooler.

And you accuse me of overdoing it.

[Bassboy3313]

Took off today and got to work on the car some more. Finished powdercoating the hood hinges.

Connected megasquirt to the laptop and tested a few things to see if wiring was correct. So far everything seems to check out fine which is a relief.

Snugged down the intake manifold.

Bolted down the throttle body.

Ran the fuel hose from the stock hard lines to the fuel rail.

Removed the dented up front US valance.

Old US valance compared to the euro valance I will be modifying (Thanks again Kyle)

Mock fit the oil cooler and ran the lines into engine bay.

Started working on the custom oil cooler mounts and thats where I stopped. I will be doing more work tomorrow as well.

[B C]

You got a lot done!

[RamRod E28]

getting closer to burnouts! now to get bfinley's ass in gear to get his e21 done for some epic tandom e21 burnouts/ragedrifts!

[bfinley]

Excuse me sir my ass is firmly in gear. Im eaiting on parts

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[Bassboy3313]

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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[Bassboy3313]

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

[Bassboy3313]

the new to me 2.0L to up my displacement and lower my compression. Thanks again Ben (bfinley)!

[The Full Banana]

is my brain broken or is that mounted sideways on the engine stand? 

keep at it!