ClassE 1989 325IS Build Thread

[B C]

Get rid of Brotronic

[Earl]

^That too=)

[ClassE]

I'm thinking I'll order the IC Wideband this week, MS box should be ordered by the end of this month.

[wasnt m3]

ClassE said:

Birthday Money = Trying to figure out what to buy next.

[DrLeadFoot]

Skid plate!!

[DevianceInDark]

This car is gorgeous. I can't believe I never saw it around town!

[ClassE]

Thanks - Are you around Oshkosh?!?

I bought some stuff acouple weeks ago... More to come.

[DevianceInDark]

Yeah I live in Oshkosh, live out on Fond du Lac Rd. Just picked up the E30 and didn't drive it much this summer.

[Rowleym]

Woah! I want that manifold. Would be super easy to build a nice manifold with that. Runners are straight.

So does this mean itb's? Couldn't imagine turbo, I see this as more of a "show" car.

[ClassE]

Rowleym said:

Woah! I want that manifold. Would be super easy to build a nice manifold with that. Runners are straight..

A custom short runner may be in the plans this winter.

[ClassE]

DevianceInDark said:

Yeah I live in Oshkosh, live out on Fond du Lac Rd. Just picked up the E30 and didn't drive it much this summer.

I'm over on the opposite side of town near the 20th St YMCA. Not a lot of E30's in town, we'll have to meet up at some point!

[DevianceInDark]

ClassE said:

I'm over on the opposite side of town near the 20th St YMCA. Not a lot of E30's in town, we'll have to meet up at some point!

I'll be in. I'm already sick of winter.

[ClassE]

I stood and looked longingly at my car as I broke down boxes for recycling pick-up.

Getting excited about digging into the bay after New Years. Gonna be a full winter!

[Rowleym]

ClassE said:

A custom short runner may be in the plans this winter.

A: Words hurt.

B: Not sure exactly what the future holds in the motor department. MS and a fancy SRI will certainly make boost easier tho.

Sorry brotha! Didn't mean for any hurt feelings. Just figured you wouldn't want to step away from the awesome wheel game to go a little fast! I personally couldn't make a car that nice, go fast haha. But I also have never owned an e30 that clean.

[HipMF]

Awesome. Looks like it will be a lot of work to make it fit, but it would allow for some really clean charge piping.

[ClassE]

Rowleym said:

Sorry brotha! Didn't mean for any hurt feelings. Just figured you wouldn't want to step away from the awesome wheel game to go a little fast! I personally couldn't make a car that nice, go fast haha. But I also have never owned an e30 that clean.

I was being sarcastic - no worries.

[ClassE]

I thought about working on my car tonight - so that's *kinda* like working on it right?!?

[Rowleym]

Me too. But its just too damn cold to pursue those thoughts.

[DrLeadFoot]

Interested in knowing what is going on in your head in regard to that manifold!

[ClassE]

Short Version: Taking a stock M20 manifold and the manifold above.... And cutting/welding into a SRI (using flange and injector bunges off M20, and runners/plenum off V12 mani.

Will allow for easy IC piping in future, and even more important to me: get rid if that horrifically ugly crab mani.

In the process I'll be losing the brake booster, abs lines and mani on DS frame extension, ICV, etc, etc... Simplifying and eliminating as much as possible.

Finally have enough saved for MS, so that should be ordered any day so I can get started (I want to install and get a MS running before I tear everything apart and redo.). Which is why a lot hasn't been done so far this winter (that - and this damn weather).