1984 318i Build

patsbimmer1

Looks good! I'd love to see some vids of this thing in action!

i_love_cars

i don't know how i missed this thread when it started. Just stumbled on this today. Car looks awesome dude

ThatRatRodProject

i_love_cars said:

i don't know how i missed this thread when it started. Just stumbled on this today. Car looks awesome dude

Same

Jdesign

Looks great! I dig the color combo. What are you doing as far as cooling and radiator fans?

SamHolzmann

Aluminum radiator with a slim puller fan. Keeps everything cool even on hot days at the track.

SamHolzmann

Got a hold of some footage. Still in my break in period at 7 psi.

KaiserRolls

Sounds so good. Shawano is an awesome track as well

SamHolzmann

Drift day 59 is done and over without a hiccup all day. Feels really good and is a blast driving the car to its full potential.

B C

Just saw the video clip, stellar car and driving!

SamHolzmann

Need ideas for rerouting my oil feed line in a cleaner fashion.

GunMetalGrey

I had tucked mine under the motor lift point in the front and snaked it around the outer edge of the valve cover. I heat wrapped it in the areas that were near the turbo.
Worked fine, looked alright.

SteelBlue

This car is sick.

Great work man.

SamHolzmann

Been awhile since ive made an update but have done a few things here and there with the car.

After getting caught in the rain a few time i decided to finally make my sunroof brackets and got a hood for the car. Neither stayed on very long but at least i can use them. Ironically i had to leave The Brew Haus car show early because i decided to drive out their without the sunroof and hood when it started raining.

Locally i found someone selling an SLR angle kit for my car and picked that up. Was imaging it was going to be a simple install, I was wrong. The SLR arms are much longer so I had to find extended brake lines. Turns out I could only find them from WiseFab (another steering angle company) and that was out of the UK so i went off on my own. A couple fitting and some steel braked line later everything was great. Then the kit creates a stupid amount of angle and before full lock the inside of the wheel hit the control arms so i had to make rack shims. After it all i am extremely pleased with the kit just wasn't expecting so many unseen issues.

SamHolzmann

Motor started knocking last week and came out. Turns out rod bearing #6 spun but once we started grinding the crank down the journal on #6 was cracked which we believe to be the culprit. Motor should of been rebuilt and back in the car in less than a week but was sent rod bearing for a euro s50 not us. Motor got all new bearings, rings, new gaskets, new oilpump, one rod, dual valve springs and titanium retainers and keepers, and a whole lot of cleaning. Timing was very inconvenient but shit happens.

B C

Nice to see you are able to get it handled so fast

I am lazy and broke so it took me a year and a half to get my crap back together

SamHolzmann

Finished assembling the motor and got it back in the car this weekend. Drives perfect just doesn't idle and wants to shut itself off when coming to a stop.

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SamHolzmann

Been awhile since I have updated here but this is the direction the car is going. Front fenders should be here sometime in February. Some people like where it is going, other people hate it. Trying to set myself apart from the rest of the e30 community. Also doing more upgrades to the motor again to make the sure it is bulletproof for this next upcoming season.