Slammin_e28's M60 swap. Annual update.

[slammin.e28]

Okay guys.

I took the motor back out to weld up the engine bay and what not. Went to sort out the heater hoses.

PROBLEM.

My coolant crossover pipe (accumulator) only has two places to connect hoses. Two.





So I guess I'll be drilling/tapping the one blank and thread a barbed connector in there.

Side note, threw the harness on the engine and hooked everything up. I have no idea where several of these plugs go, lol. I had them labeled, but I guess two years and moving from garage to garage some of my blue painters tape fell off.

Also got my fuel hose run with a new filter. Got a good condition MT1 wheel to replace the one I took off this car and sold. LOL parts car. Realized I cannot find the fuel sending units, so a WTB is out for both in-tank sending units for a late car.

Then Sunday I got sucked into helping Inufaye with e36 bullshittery. ;) Not that I had anything else to do.

18 days left.

[poopin04]

uwwww....

[slammin.e28]

Your boosterless brake bracket has been shipped!

YAY! Cannot wait to receive it!

Hopefully will have this thing running, that's right, RUNNING, next weekend. Then one more weekend to chase bugs and the weekend after that, daaaa VINTAGEEEE!

[garagistic]

Your boosterless brake bracket has been shipped!

[slammin.e28]

NC is the Vintage. Trying to hard to get it driving for the show, lol. Even thought about dropping it off the lift and working on it in my driveway at my house, but haven't gotten to that point yet.

Z4 rack will go in later. I have one in my e36 M3 and it is the beez kneez!

Also, MORE PARTS!

Small update, but pertinent.

71692 hose and Dayco 80422 hose connector.



Should have all my heater hoses squared away now. Time to see about routing my radiator/expansion tank hoses.

[Vtec?lol]

I was considering running without power steering but I'm not too sure.
You have to move to NC? I'm excited to see you try and complete this before then. If you do, you are the F******* man!

Have you considered the z4 steering rack for more clearance? Imagine your current rack minus that big glob on top of it where the hoses hook into. Makes great access to the shaft and header.

[slammin.e28]

Believe me, I'm going full blast on this thing. 23 days until I have to drive it to NC.

Glob of parts for today. Heater hoses and belt for power steering delete routing.

[rev3030]

massive

[Garageaholic]

Wow. Just wow. The progress on this build has been amazing. Great job! That wilwood setup will be pretty slick when it's done.

By the way, I stopped fooling around on my M60 and just got the SGI-8 Dakota Digital. Wired it up and i was DONE. It was good to have the peace of mind. Just saying.

[slammin.e28]

More pahrts!!



In other words, I got nothing accomplished this weekend. Buh.

[slammin.e28]

WOAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Many thanks for Ryan (Dirty30)!

[slammin.e28]

....let the games begin....

[slammin.e28]

Talk to Ryan, I think he got his put together for $100 or so at a local shop.

We've been talking the past couple of days. He shot me his drawing to go on when I get my v8 shaft (probably Thursday). I think there is a place in Harrisonburg that can do it (built a shaft for dad's Dodge Dakota) but I'm not 100%. Tons of dirt track and drag racing shops down here with Eastside Speedway. Has to be some place that can do it reasonably.

[JGood]

Lol, IDK. I got a V8 DS on the way for $99. Going to have to dig up an e30 shaft from the parts hoard and compare the two when the V8 one gets here.

I have a feeling it's going to get all kindsa expensive. -_-

Talk to Ryan, I think he got his put together for $100 or so at a local shop.

[slammin.e28]

lol, good stuff man.

How much is the driveshaft going to run you? Make me one too!
I just got both pieces of mine back from the shop since they said they can't get U-joints for it.

Lol, IDK. I got a V8 DS on the way for $99. Going to have to dig up an e30 shaft from the parts hoard and compare the two when the V8 one gets here.

I have a feeling it's going to get all kindsa expensive. -_-