Lifted E30 V2

[Jdesign]

GunMetalGrey said:

Yeah there is a lot of conflicting info on the interwebs about what is needed. 
The early clusters do not have coding plugs, so either the ECU is putting out a preconditioned signal, or it is just a pass-through. 

Going to try the more complicated way first just to see if I can use the E46 flywheel, because the tach used to work just fine. 
I can also find what type of signal the ECU is putting out. 

No monster tach through the cluster?

 

[YoungCR]

Are you treating your fuel? Diesel 911 would have done its magic but warming it up inside is better.

[GunMetalGrey]

YoungCR said:

Are you treating your fuel? Diesel 911 would have done its magic but warming it up inside is better. 

I had anti gel additive in the winterized diesel, as well as a standard additive.

Both of them are from the Diesel 911 mfg.

[GunMetalGrey]

I'm ready for the WIBimmers ice meet!

Cardboard was largely clean before sliding it under the car, and this is what it looks like after 3-4 days. 

Looks like I've got some leaks to track down...

[B C]

[Earl]

That whole ordeal was such BS....damn impala

[Jdesign]

Do I even want to know what thats about? LOL

[HipMF]

^^^ All you need to know. Ice races MR2s and thinks he's a badass cause he's faster than a FWD Impala.

[B C]

Understandable point of pride. Impalas go faster when they dont have all that pesky coolant to haul around and pump

[GunMetalGrey]

I want to lower the front subframe a good bit (1" or more) but am sitting here debating what to do about the control arm bushing brackets, do I bring those down with? I don't enjoy the idea of that too much as their positioning is key to other geometry things, but I don't know if leaving them in the stock spot would be a good idea either...
Opinions?
Pic for reference (looks like they modified theirs to accept the e46 bushings)

In attempt to not disappoint 

[GunMetalGrey]

I finally have a fully functional blower motor! Replaced the resistor for it last night and now I have all fan speeds!

Got a cheap intercooler

Tried to track down my coolant leak, but I had waited too long so everything appeared to be dry. Judging by where it had drained I am kind of wondering if the heater core itself is leaking. Going to spend a bit more time on that one. 

I had been getting a fair bit of oil leaking when parked, from weird areas, and yesterday realized why. 
The crankcase vent has some sort of oil separator and I underestimated how much oil that would move. The stock setup has the oil drain line going into the oil pan below oil level, and I think I'm going to take that hose and feed it into the dipstick tube (add a tube) or see if there is somewhere on the e30 pan I can plumb it into. 

Large hose feeds over to the air filter as there is plenty of smoke that comes off that. 

I don't know if this has been seen in any of my pictures before. It's an Factory Five cobra rep. It's been amusing watching it go from a bare frame to where it is now.

[jc43089]

That Cobra looks fun!

[stealthbimmer]

Get that cobra out on the ice and see what she can do.

[Jdesign]

That Cobra is cool. IDK if that would be my choice if I was going to build a F5 car, but all those kits are sweet no matter what they are. Its so temping too as you can build one for roughly$10K starting. 

I was able to clean that fan switch on my car. But I am cheap so im sure it will fail again.

[GunMetalGrey]

I'm leaking fluids like they are going out of style.....

It looks like the heater core is leaking, and it is leaking enough to drain the expansion tank in a day or two. Gotta replace that.

I increased the fuel amount, and now the low pressure return on injector 6 is leaking a lot more than before. Gotta fix that.

I'm leaking oil out of the crankcase breather/separator. Gonna tap the return from that into the pan (like OE setup)

Adding more fuel was very amusing. Simple turn of a screw and now it is substantially faster. It also makes me want a different/new/bigger turbo knowing that the current one has compressor wheel wear and is likely less efficient than it should be.  
I took it out for a hot second last night, and I have more torque than traction down low, which is kind of a fun problem to have.

[Jdesign]

GunMetalGrey said:

I'm leaking fluids like they are going out of style.....

It looks like the heater core is leaking, and it is leaking enough to drain the expansion tank in a day or two. Gotta replace that.

I increased the fuel amount, and now the low pressure return on injector 6 is leaking a lot more than before. Gotta fix that.

I'm leaking oil out of the crankcase breather/separator. Gonna tap the return from that into the pan (like OE setup)

Adding more fuel was very amusing. Simple turn of a screw and now it is substantially faster. It also makes me want a different/new/bigger turbo knowing that the current one has compressor wheel wear and is likely less efficient than it should be.  
I took it out for a hot second last night, and I have more torque than traction down low, which is kind of a fun problem to have.

I wish it was always that easy.

[GunMetalGrey]

Tried removing the #6 injector. 
27mm deep 1/2 drive with a 2.5 foot breaker bar. 
I got concerned as to what was going to give due to the amount of force I was applying, and nothing was moving. 

Yay stuck things!

[straight6pwr]

those oversized vintage-styled wheels on the cobra are fricken amazing.

[YoungCR]

GunMetalGrey said:

Tried removing the #6 injector. 
27mm deep 1/2 drive with a 2.5 foot breaker bar. 
I got concerned as to what was going to give due to the amount of force I was applying, and nothing was moving. 

Yay stuck things!

Soaked with PB blaster for a few days? The injectors on my truck take a 30mm socket and had a 3ft pipe on a 1/2in Craftsman breaker bar and it still took force to break 'em all loose.

[Daggerty]

Try to take it out when the engine is at operating temp.