Post your CUT CORNERS hackjob on your E30

[MoreMayhem]

My cut-corner move: was going to buy a super low-mileage, pristine condition one-owner Mtech convertible, but it was a 30 minute drive away from my house. Instead I bought a salvage title 15 owner bailing wire assembled model instead.

[Exodus_2pt0]

The less to break, the better. Plus I love clean engine bays that are easy to work on.

When I got my car it came with a snapped timing belt, and I had a running m20 to drop in when she was delivered to me.

A/C, Power steering, engine driven fan, all came out and did not go back in.

[SilentJon]

I couldn't get the CAB in the lollipops all the way so they are about a half inch forward on the controls arms, I finally decided to just buy the m3 cabs already pushed into the lollipops

you had that problem too? i got one in all the way, and the other one just refused. so i put it on like that and said fuck it

[F34R]

Are those zip ties on the front of your car in your sig?

No sir, that is a perfect late model lip off my brothers old vert. Bolted up using stock retaining clips and screws.

I know the paint is ugly, but I did not half ass anything on it. I take great joy is building her, I am a perfectionist and cannot see the logic in new paint over performance parts.

[kway]

Oil cooler on my current DD was bent before I bought it, but not leaking so I left it alone. One of the hoses started leaking over the past few months though, so I did an oil cooler delete. $4 my cost for the fitting in the block, and for the type of driving I do with this car the cooler won't be missed.

Only drawback is now at oil change time when I remove the filter, oil dribbles down the side of the block and I have to brake kleen it off afterwards. No more drips on the garage floor though, so I can live with that extra step.

[gtdragon980]

HA i'm a sound engineer, its a very narrow field of expertise, i was given the job, so i could ask for more money :P i'm still making 5x less than my dad...o.O

Wow, interesting...I'm assuming you were brought into the field by someone? But hey! That's awesome though, wish someone would take me into a field that pays well! haha

[Roysneon]

My electric fan is wired into my fuse panel so it comes on when the ignition is on. I have no aux. Fan wiring or relays from the factory.

[lowsodium]

I took the wiper fluid bottle off mine, and just removed the AC. Those two things are the least of my concern getting this car running. Power steering is next.

The less to break, the better. Plus I love clean engine bays that are easy to work on.

[dougie30]

I couldn't get the CAB in the lollipops all the way so they are about a half inch forward on the controls arms, I finally decided to just buy the m3 cabs already pushed into the lollipops

[Mr. Burns]

Are those zip ties on the front of your car in your sig?

stickerzzzz

[10Toes]

Cutting corners is dumb, I save and get the best parts and research to do it right the first time.

Are those zip ties on the front of your car in your sig?

[enigmaticdream]

Usually reusing locking nuts, but I'll throw on loctite if I do. Ziptied the reverse light cable to the shifter carrier because the oem metal clamps didn't work well. I was too lazy to grab my jack when replacing the lower oil pan gasket. Oil pan didn't seal so I had to redo it...wiring job on my smilies.

[Vivek]

20 bucks an hour at 16? Lucky waffleswaffleswaffleswaffles...

My thoughts exactly.


One of my exhaust hangers is a hose clamp because I needed the adjustability to get it to fit right, not sure if that's cutting a corner. Another is on a hose clamp because it's a fucking bitch to get on. I'd consider that one cutting a corner. Other than that I haven't really done anything bad. No zip ties on my car (other than where they should be on boots and such).

[Oly_Schmidt]

Is this what u mean?



Not my work. I guess this ended up being me un-cutting a corner.

[gr8skyr]

Running the m20 death gauntlet with my 6.5 year old timing belt still spinning in there. But it ONLY has 32,000 on it. Ha. Like that matters with rubber.

But its parked until new T-Belt, tensioner, cam seals, water pump, themostat, radiator, lower hose, new alt/AC belts next week. PO treated my car too well to let me blow the thing up now.