FuturisticConcept Art BMW E36 with a V8 on a bottom dollar budget

[Jdesign]

Snap said:

In the apocalypse, valve covers will be whittled from the wood that remains.

Those itb manifolds are priced well considering the price of some of the upgraded single throttle plenums

($600-$800)

I know, its just hard to justify when I paid almost the same amount for the entire car...

HipMF said:

I was actually going to comment earlier that the patina on the valve covers looked really cool. The refinished version looks good too. Just depends what you're going for I guess.

Hmmmm, I guess I really didnt look at it like that because the anodizing/ paint that use to be there was flaking all over the engine bay lol.

[Jdesign]

Pintle caps, orings, and filters came for the injectors. Didnt get around to cleaning, and testing the injectors though. 

What I did do, is remove the throttlebody and spacer and strip the manifold for paint. I only took two pictures as I spend the rest of the time beating the shit out of the TB with a dead blow to get it off. I have never has such a hard time removing a TB in my life. 

I also installed the valve covers and gaskets along with the coolant pipe for the heater core. This resulted in me doing some research about coolant flow and early E36 heater cores because I currently am not getting heat in the cabin. I found my problem as the water pump lines were looped and I just reinstalled them that way when I did the h2o pump when I got the car. I highlighted what they should be:

[YoungCR]

This is looking good!!

[Jdesign]

I will add pictures later, but I did test and rebuild my injectors last night. I used a 9v battery, a can of carb cleaner, hose, hose clamps, and heat shrink to make my own pattern tester to pressurize the injectors. Quite a bunch of black deposits came out of at least 4 of the injectors and now have a perfect spray pattern for all 7 of them. Yeah 7. All of them EXCEPT for one injector, which was obviously leaking. With pressure behind it, it was spraying a stream of fuel without the solenoid being energized. This worries me a little that I might have a slightly washed cylinder. I plan on buying a new injector and continuing along though.

[Jdesign]

Painted the Throttlebody, EGR plate, and Intake manifold and prepped for the new gaskets I picked up, and cut out a new plate out of aluminum for the top of the manifold. Mocked up how they look now, but wont install until I get a new coolant hose and injector. The injector is the bigger problem as there is no way to install them once the upper manifold is bolted down. 

Pics are with and without the plate. I plan on matching the "red metal" look on the valve covers across the top of the intake manifold.

[Jdesign]

The model maker at my work owed me a favor, so I had him paint my overs and my M3 mirrors since I have been too busy to do it myself. I cant wait to bolt them on when I get back to the shop.

[Jdesign]

Here are some pictures of the mirrors and over-fenders installed and painted.

I also created some graphics for the doors that I will have to change as they are impossible to see. Gloss black decal over gloss black paint doesn't read well. I also added graphics to the quarters which did show up; gloss over matte.

If you guys have any suggestions on what I could make for "futuristic" quotes or graphics, I am all ears/eyes.

can you see the decal in the image below??!

Also here are some pics of the injectors and the tester I made. Also note the container I was using to spray into and all of the shit and sediment that came out. 

[B C]

Crazy how all that crap came out. I wonder if it would be even worse if you backflowed them

I like the font,

Heres something I found that I like too

Its futuristic to me since the characters are almost a shorthand/advanced and efficient version of standard characters

[Jdesign]

Snap said:

Crazy how all that crap came out. I wonder if it would be even worse if you backflowed them

I like the font,

Heres something I found that I like too

Its futuristic to me since the characters are almost a shorthand/advanced and efficient version of standard characters

Yeah it was a lot more than I expected. I don't think back flowing would make a difference(but that's an assumption). There were filters on the back side (that I replaced) and the spray pattern was perfect afterwards. all the deposits were on the engine side of them.

Do you know the name of that font by chance?

[B C]

Anurati

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog

[Jdesign]

[B C]

ha! the font is only applicable for upper case

the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy font maker

[Jdesign]

THATS FINE. I BET EVERYONE YELLS IN THE FUTURE ANYWAYS.

[HipMF]

Font are dumb.

more random junk from one of my random junk folders

[HipMF]

Plus, I think you should have a revolver mounted to the dash like this guy:

But maybe my vision of the future is different than yours....

[Daggerty]

HipMF said:

Plus, I think you should have a revolver mounted to the dash like this guy:

But maybe my vision of the future is different than yours....

In the future there is only one gear... forward.

[Jdesign]

@HipMF I have been slowly gathering random shit to put in the interior. Any thing is possible, once its found or donated. Currently on the look out for a speak and spell.

[HipMF]

I once read an article that explained how a speak and spell actually works. Amazing what they were able to given the technology available at the time.

Anyway, found this today. I'll just leave it here:

[B C]

Speak and Spell OR a Chrysler voice alert system

http://m.ebay.com/itm/CHRYSLER-VINTAGE-TALKING-VOICE-ALERT-MODULE-FROM-THE-80S-/332363455227?hash=item4d6267dafb%3Ag%3AMgQAAOSwHLNZVXZi&_trkparms=pageci%253Ae0e6500f-8ebe-11e7-97d2-74dbd1805e6b%257Cparentrq%253A3b4f651e15e0aa11e207838efffa59bc%257Ciid%253A1

[Jdesign]

HipMF said:

I once read an article that explained how a speak and spell actually works. Amazing what they were able to given the technology available at the time.

Anyway, found this today. I'll just leave it here:

Khyzyl Saleem is a talented guy.

Snap said:

Speak and Spell OR a Chrysler voice alert system

http://m.ebay.com/itm/CHRYSLER-VINTAGE-TALKING-VOICE-ALERT-MODULE-FROM-THE-80S-/332363455227?hash=item4d6267dafb%3Ag%3AMgQAAOSwHLNZVXZi&_trkparms=pageci%253Ae0e6500f-8ebe-11e7-97d2-74dbd1805e6b%257Cparentrq%253A3b4f651e15e0aa11e207838efffa59bc%257Ciid%253A1

Damn you. now I am looking up information on doing this.

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Anyways, I got a lot done last night. Pretty much have to install the distributor and time the engine and we should be good for round 2. I really want to get out to at least one event this year with this contraption.

Here is a quick comparison of the old vs. new for the injector seals/pintle caps/filters

And here is a comparison of the injectors all cleaned up inside and out.

All new O-rings, pintle caps, and filters. what a beautiful thing.

I will note that I got 5 total replacement injectors and learned quite a bit more than I expected about ford injectors. Turns out they have many variations due to the application. (EX: trucks were different than the cars)  Each of the 5 injectors I got for replacements (all from different sources) were not the same as what was in the car. Here is a chart for the types of injectors that could be installed:

With that, the ones that are in the car are F1ZE-C2A  which are 208cc/min-19.8lb/hr. The closest, best flowing replacement I had was F0TE-C3A which is 208cc/min-20lb/hr. So slight variation but I highly doubt it will matter. It will certainly be much better than just dumping fuel at all times. LOL

Here are some pics of the intake all back together, painted and completely installed with new hoses, new gaskets, and sub harness. AS I mentioned I still need to install the dizzy which takes some knowledge and a blinking light from what I am told. Silly ford.