My dream iX ^_^ turbo DD to come

[ghatid]

well today i installed a M3 harness cover on the ix. Looks great.

Aww yeah, getting the important stuff done first. I like it. Priorities.

[Bimmer_man]

I had a spare one laying around from my other car. So I figured screw it and threw it on. Tomorrow I'm going to clean up the engine bay it's messy.

[Bimmer_man]

So I was looking at the motronic that I have and my ix has the 351 motronic. I also have a 525 red lable motronic ( no it didn't come out of a 525. That's the last 3 did gets on the motronic). If I decided to switch them for some reason would it do any damage or make the car run wierd? Please don't say throw it in and try it cause the motor I'd being build right now and I can't do that.

[nando]

No. They are the same hardware.

[Bimmer_man]

alright sweet .

SO i have spent the past 4 hrs cleaning my engine bay.........the only thing that sucks about having a white car is it is a bitch to clean cause if you miss one spot its like HELLO IM RIGHT HERE LOOK AT ME!!!!!! But the engine bay is getting cleaned. Under the ABS unit was the dirtiest part, holy crap that spot is a dirt magnet.

[TheTacoMan]

Let me know if you figure out a decent way to clean that, cause mine is a dirty hooker under there.

[Bimmer_man]

I have been doing it by hand with a rag and water ......if i had a tooth brush it would helped a lot. I also removed about everything in the engine bay to get EVERYWHERE i could.

[Bimmer_man]

So today the previous owner found a spare basket weave and rear driveshaft for the car along with the engine main caps. So I'm now that much closer to getting the car on the road so soon the block and head will be off to the machine shop for clearance checks Clea in and decking.

[EyExR]

Take pics! It makes the story better.... :)

[Bimmer_man]

Lol I'll post pics as soon as I can.

[Bimmer_man]

so i got a few things and i am now able to post the pics

Rear driveshaft


The wheel


.......god damn i need to clean that wheel storage bay.

And the rear bumper is trashed i need a new one. Also if you look above the bumper idk who did the work but it looks atrocious. So I need to figure out how to remove that and do it right.






And idk if my ix was stock with plastic bumpers or this was just damaged. If you can give me some insight as to weather the 89 ix got the plastic bumpers or was standard metal.

[Chruby99]

88's got metal bumpers and only coupes. 89 and later were all plastic bumpers.

[Bimmer_man]

sweet thanks.

So I have been cleaning the car more and i installed a rear view mirror with lights. Unfortunatly the light harness was not there so i need to figure out how to get a wire ran to the rear view mirror. But here is what i have been up to.


the rear view mirror


Passenger side engine bay i used an acid that will not harm my paint to clean it further and as you can see i need to do some serious touch up work and im still not done. I may throw down some dynamat where the paint has pealed. I think it may have pealed because of the exhaust.


My valance damage




I also separated the front subframe to clean it

[Bimmer_man]

I am also considering pulling off my rear subframe and cleaning it and painting it.

And i think i need to clean that rear view mirror better that looks horrid.

I also rebuilt the whole top end so its all put back together now i just need the bearings and the gaskets and arp bolts and i have a running motor again.

[cg138]

Congrats on the purchase, you've got a hell of a steal with this iX. I'll be keeping my eye out on your restoration project.