E30 M50 tear down kinda thing
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Made my way over to TJ's the other night to pick up some timing tools, also drooled over his wagon and m3 a bit while I was at it...
Got the cam lock on, which Im almost certain the cams are set to tdc right now. The valves on cylinder 1 and 6 are all the way closed so I guess it makes sense?
Then more work on the actual car itself. Dropped the control arms to get new inner and outer ball joints pressed in by a friend of mine.
I wasnt planning on doing this, but oh well. Now Im probably going to end up dropping the front subframe and get a new sway bar, bushings, and endlinks and whatnot. Since it all looks terrible. Like, actually fucking disgusting.
On another note, these guys arrived the other day
And how she sits now. Im still disappointed I was sent the wrong finish strut bar.. I might take it to a shop I know to have it chemically stripped to a raw finish how I originally wanted. Its just too much black for me. Awaiting Snap's response to that.
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Glad to see you're taking the time to do things right the first time around.
Yep! I want this rebuild or whatever it's turned into now to last a solid season or two. Might as well take time when its shitty out to get it done! In still aiming within the month to finish it.
However, I'm leave for Texas tomorrow morning and won't be back until next Saturday. So that's a weeks worth of work I won't have. But whatever. Paid vacation in 80+ degree weather? Yes plz.
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Thanks! My best friend lives in Austin, and south by southwest is next week. We're also going to look for a place to live when his current lease is up in July.
so are you moving to texas?
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So I just got back from Texas the other day. Needless to say the weather here still blows lol. While I was gone, my dad brought my strut bar to a customer of his to have it chemically stripped down to a raw finish like it was suppose to be. I thought that was a cool surprise. Should be getting it back this week! Other news is that I got my inner ball joints too, hopefully getting everything pressed in and out this week. Still need to call Andy to have him swing by and time my motor. But it's good to be back, and I'm excited to get going on this car again!
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Anyone know what this part is?
This part, posts no picture.
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very nice progress. one thing that bothers me is that bracket placement for the hydro rear brakes will be very unfortunate to your knee/leg if you were to wreck. it would be terribly ironic if your samurai themed hydro setup actually sliced your leg open...
Dan
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It did not sir.. Haha
I found the part, nevermind
Its just a little beat up.very nice progress. one thing that bothers me is that bracket placement for the hydro rear brakes will be very unfortunate to your knee/leg if you were to wreck. it would be terribly ironic if your samurai themed hydro setup actually sliced your leg open...
I definitely see what you're saying. Keep in mind the blade of the samurai sword is completely removed, but still. I could always put some foam on the brackets too. It wouldn't look as clean but it'd save my knees in the case of me hitting a wall. I will probably do that before bringing it to the track again.
In other news, I contacted the bmw tech, and my motor should be timed sometime this week
I also finished up the lines for the new hydro tonight. I cant wait to test this thing out!
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It's in the hands of the bimmer gods now, Earl.
And Brian I'm going to be driving this thing everywhere once it's done! I have a new goal in mind for when I want it done so we will see.
Elaborate! I'm curious to see what you're planning!
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