Metallic Blue w/ m50 powaaaa
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Hello everyone!
I joined a while ago and lurked really hard but never posted. Ive been working on this car for the last 6 months or so and its come a looooong way. So here she is! All comment and criticism good or bad are welcome.
First day driving home:
The car was in rough shape. Front passenger wheel bearing was completely shot. Shocks all around were shot. Had trouble idling. The basic bullshit.
I decided to get my suspension knocked out of the way:
Full BC coilovers, weld on style up front with custom spring rates.
Went to adjust the valves in hope of fixing my idle, and found this inside the valvetrain..
Im not sure if the previous owner is on here or what, but theres no excuse for leaving a 2inch hose clamp inside the head.. After removing the clamp and adjusting the valves it sort of fixed my idling issue. Enough to drive it at least.
Next I decided to ditch the 15x6 +38 wheels that came on the car, and got a set of 15x8 +10 xxr 002's:
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One of my favorite pictures of the car to this day:
After a few days of driving, the car kept running worse and worse. I adjusted the valves yet again, new spark plugs/wires, and a new fuel filter. Then one day it started smoking like crazy. Tons of white smoke out the exhaust and just pouring out of the head under the exhaust manifold. Good game m20.
Picked this up from a guy in kenosha who I have since become friends with:
m50b25tu (vanoooos!) w/ chipped ecu and motor mounts
trans + trans mounts
brake master and boost
clutch slave cylinder
radiator
driveshaft
ecu + adapter harness
Literally everything you need for $1200! I couldnt go wrong. Almost exactly 3 weeks from picking the motor up, it was in.
I put the white hood from my parts car on because the blue one was all dented up in the corner and didnt fit real well, so this is how it sits right now until I can get it color matched.
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someone said:
I dig it=) Is that a zender kit or what is that? Can we plan to see you at the Fall meet?
Thanks. Im not sure of the kit to be honest. The previous owner said it was an "unknown kit". The front lip is all fiberglass so someone must have done it themselves? It kind of makes it look like an e28 though, which I like
REKIII said:
Very cool. I like it!
Thanks bud!
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Heres the very first time driving the car! I know its dark, and the video is sideways, but it sounds amazing. I also welded a spare diff that I had to test it out:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3948230098358
(The video is public so everyone should be able to see. Also feel free to add me if you want, I dont care!)
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Ryan... said:
Very nice! Who was the guy in Kenosha? He a member here?
His name is Dan. I know his username over on r3v is straight6pwr, but I havent checked here yet. This is the car my motor came out of:
Edit: I guess he is on here. Turns out he's a super-mod haha
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wsor said:
Glad to see Dan's motor went to a forum member! Sounds great too!!
Yeah! Ironically enough a friend of mine sent me his Craigslist ad at like 3 in the morning one day as a joke telling me to buy it. Had my m20 not blown up I never would have gotten it haha. I've never been in a swapped e30 before and my mind is completely blown. I owned a 320hp evo 8, and this car is more fun than that.
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love the pics, glad to see the motor is going to be put to good use. what diff did you end up using?
Dan
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straight6pwr said:
love the pics, glad to see the motor is going to be put to good use. what diff did you end up using?
Absolutetly man! I used the spare diff that came with the car, which im pretty sure is a 2.79 out of an '84-85. Which I guess makes sense because the car is an 84. But I ended up welding it and it's completely amazing. I didn't bother trying to take the LSD off of the other car haha.
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Snap Understeer said:
Thats not frickin good! spray some Flex Seal on that biznatch, i'd like to check it out on Saturday.
Youll still see it man! I dont think the crack is bad, because I drove about 15 minutes to work from the point that I THINK I hit it, and theres only a few drops. But thats a few drops too many hahaha. Ive never heard of Flex Seal but I'll have to check it out. There may be hope for it! I just dont want to pull the motor so soon, you know?
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