Lifted E30 V2

[GunMetalGrey]

suspenceful said:

Is the car maintaining proper temperature yet?

It's not overheating, but is shy of cluster temp, but frankly that's fine by me. It did make a taco run and sat in traffic a bit and wasn't gumpy about it so I'll call it good.
I should check the thermostat housing temp to see if the temp gauge is still reading about right.

[B C]

GunMetalGrey said:

It's not overheating, but is shy of cluster temp, but frankly that's fine by me. It did make a taco run and sat in traffic a bit and wasn't gumpy about it so I'll call it good.
I should check the thermostat housing temp to see if the temp gauge is still reading about right.

nope, gotta test it at a chick-fil-a drive thru or it doesnt count.

are you checking it with a temp gun?

[GunMetalGrey]

Chick-fil-a would be a long trip for sure!

I didn't check actual with a temp gun, but the lower hose is hot as well as the whole radiator. Will verify exact temps

[Jdesign]

Thats good news! Burnout videos for proof?

[GunMetalGrey]

Jdesign said:

Thats good news! Burnout videos for proof?

There is a video of it spinning tires somewhere on the internet from a couple years ago when I was trying to get it on a trailer without ramps, but I may have to update that. 

It sounds like a truck when the tires spin, it's hilarious.

[Jdesign]

GunMetalGrey said:

There is a video from a couple years ago

NO. I want one now, currently. K thx.

[GunMetalGrey]

Jdesign said:

NO. I want one now, currently. K thx.

Tell ya what, I'll do a good ( @suspenceful would be great to have do it) burnout video after the supercharger goes on.

[Jdesign]

GunMetalGrey said:

Tell ya what, I'll do a good ( @suspenceful would be great to have do it) burnout video after the supercharger goes on. 

Thats a great idea. But I feel like im going to be waiting awhile.

[GunMetalGrey]

Jdesign said:

Thats a great idea. But I feel like im going to be waiting awhile.

Some things are worth waiting for though!

[GunMetalGrey]

I finally took care of something that sucked about this car, the blower only working on high, and sounding like death while doing so. 
Pulled the old blower motor out and I don't think there was anything left that could be considered a bearing, the shaft through the motor was able to move around about 1/4" in any direction. Had a spare motor that I threw in there and buttoned it up.
Old motor

Aaannndd it all buttoned back up.
 

Picture after having washed it, don't mind the door cards on the shelf. Those have since been tossed!

The exhaust took a bit of a hit from high centering the car, 

I also did a few other things, but we shall get to that a bit later

[B C]

GunMetalGrey said:

I finally took care of something that sucked about this car....

I thought this sentence was going elsewhere.

[GunMetalGrey]

HipMF said:

Regardless, I think you should challenge yourself to actually find the problem here and fix it instead of throwing your hands in the air and giving up.

Well @HipMF now that I've completed my problem solving of the M20's running issues I'm free to do as I please again, right?

Welcome ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the next chapter of this cars existence. 

[GunMetalGrey]

Also, what's up with all of the lifted cars having mouse nests in them?

When changing the blower motor I had to vacuum out a small city that mice had lived in. 
The red one came with free mouse nests and always smelled bad because of it.

[YoungCR]

M21 manifold?

[GunMetalGrey]

YoungCR said:

M21 manifold?

Far better my friend. 

[Earl]

Pull that out of a lincoln?

[YoungCR]

Lol the Bosch sticker is worn out, didn't see that was the dme! That's awesome!

[Jdesign]

Soooo.. This took an excellent turn. Where did you find the motor?

[GunMetalGrey]

I went to a friend's place who is always building crazy stuff and he had it sitting in an E46 that he was working on making his commuter but ended up buying an e90 335d instead. 

He knew of the lifted E30 and offered me what I feel like was a good deal on the motor along with his assistance and knowledge if needed. 

From what I'm learning, these motors are not common stateside and finding parts for them is even trickier, especially if I'm looking for E30 diesel specific parts. 

The block is based on an M20 so the large items are simple, motor mounts from the E motor bolted right up, oil pan swaps right over, transmission works, but it's all the little stuff that will be work. The cooling system being the primary difference. 

Luckily this example is a fully mechanical injection setup and doesn't need any wiring other than a starter to run, so that helps me out a lot. I will be building a small harness (or modifying an old E30 one) to get coolant temp, engine RPM and other associated things. 

I want to make sure this thing runs before I start spending too much money on it, so I ordered a new timing belt along with an oil filter and will be starting the motor out of the car to ensure it's good to go, and then it will be a free for all to stuff it in the car and get it running as quickly as possible.

[HipMF]

GunMetalGrey said:

Also, what's up with all of the lifted cars having mouse nests in them?

Outdoor storage?

So, now instead of calling it "The E", will it be "the D"?