So much for not spending so much time wrenching on cars ;) It must feel pretty nice on that suspension setup. What does the family think so far?
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phenryiv1's 1989 325iC Project - SETA 2.7i Swap Complete and Running!
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2014 WDCR Rally-X MR Season Champion, 2014 NE Div. Challenge MR Winner
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Originally posted by 95maxrider View PostSo much for not spending so much time wrenching on cars ;) It must feel pretty nice on that suspension setup. What does the family think so far?
Hopefully after a couple weekends wrenching the hard stuff will be done.Last edited by phenryiv1; 03-25-2014, 08:38 AM.
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Exhaust install:
Nothing better to do than to paint, so I shot the Walker 46748 muffler with some high-temp exhaust paint. This was not as much for vanity as for rust prevention. Plus I thought that the dual tips would look better in black.
Next I cleaned up the mating surface for the donut gasket. A few seconds with a wire wheel removed all of the surface rust from the angled mating surface.
Next I cleaned up the outlet pipes form the cat:
Since I was working solo I used a large HVAC zip-tie to hold the muffler up while I positioned the pipes at the cat end.
Lined up the pipes at the cat and eased them together, installing the donut gasket on the right-hand pipe when the flares were close enough to hod it in place.
Installed the BavAuto muffler clamps/hangers:
Tightened up the flanges at the cat junction. I had to add some washers, as the BavAuto fasteners would (probably) have held at the flanges but I was uncomfortable with the size of the holes on the diamond-shaped plates that came on the Walker pipes.
Finished:
Fired it up and the sound is, well, stock. No more open pipe annoyance. For about $240 total this was a pretty easy step.
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Also got my first look at the "battery box" (misnomer, as the vert battery is in the front) rust.
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Need 25111220600, 25117519669, 25111434194
Need (13x) 11127593376Last edited by phenryiv1; 03-19-2014, 07:50 AM.
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Originally posted by N2MYE30 View PostLots of potential. Keep it up! :up:
Ordered a DSSR to complete the shifter refresh and sent payment for an M-Tech I steering wheel.
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Big news for me- I ordered a new top today. EZ On WC 613HR top with a charcoal tinted rear window. I also ordered a ton of other parts but I will get those listed later. For now I am just reeling from the $550 for the top.
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Some detail on the front coilovers (I suppose I could have posted all of that in one post but I took the pictures at different times):
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And now some actual fun...
I installed my TRM C1 wheels this weekend. I had purchased them last August for my 1987 325 rallyX car in hopes of doing HPDE events in it bu tplans changed. I was going to sell them if I sold the '87 but since I picked up the '89 I decided to put them to good use.
Wheels are 15x7 ET25 in black. Tires are Dunlop Direzza ZII (Star Spec II) in 205/50/R15.
Tire Rack claimed that the center caps would not work in the rear with the hubs on the e30 but I had no issues.
Had I bought the wheels now I think I would have bought them in silver but when I bought them I had plans for them to go on a different car. I don't think that they look terrible on Bronzit so I can live with them. I also need to get new lugs or wheel studs. I was hoping to not spend the money on Motorsports Hardware studs but the chrome on the lug bolts makes me a little sick to my stomach.
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More parts.
MTech I wheel arrived. Good condition and a nice OEM feel. I considered aftermarket but I like the understated look of the OEM upgrade and it was about 40% the cost of the aftermarket setup that I'd want.
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Originally posted by White325is View Postrear sway bar links need to be flipped to the other side of the bar.
other than that.. looking forward to the rest of it!
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Parking this cupholder idea here for myself...http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=292015
Also, battery relocation info:
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Last edited by phenryiv1; 03-31-2014, 09:25 AM.
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