Bringing the drifting 335i back to life!

[dude8383]

Some serious progress right there man! Glad you're back in the E30 game.

What have you been up to before you started this up again?? Also, on that e46 rack again, did you use that whole column that it came with or was that modified at some point to fit the e30?

I fucking love engine builds...I really can't wait to build another one.

[Jonny Cash]

Nice seat John!

Plenty of room in that shop, good deal. The car looks awsome. I cant wait till the weather cools down, it should be an eventful season for all of us. The other night carlos, john and I were talking about how insane that thing sounded with open exhaust. Looking foward to seeing it in action!

-Jay

[Erick]

Mike! Good to see you're still around. Hope all is good with Tanja and Emily (I'm assuming she's grown quite a bit since '06). I've been undercover during the World Cup, hidden away in California :p I did get to at least see Mariano and Adrian while I was out there!

As for the crank nut, it wasn't bad at all. We removed the spark plugs to remove the compression in the motor and we basically didn't touch it after setting it to TDC.

By the way, I want to smack the person who made the TDC marking in the back of the cylinder head. It's a straight line..... and not vertical to the pulley.... definitely horizontal.

[mikeedler]

nice to see it got all back together so fast. looking good too.

the world cup came and went this year, but no sign of Erick???

[Wh33lhop]

Excellent. Glad to see it back on the.... track.

I've been wondering about the E46M rack since it was mentioned by SA E30 like 6 months ago. Wonder how it compares to the Z3.

[bataangpinoy]

this car is what made me want to get shit rollin on my car.


how much of a bitch was that crank nut?

[machined]

Just here to reiterate what everyone else has said. I loved the white four door, and am absolutely in love with the coupe. Can't wait to see her back in action!

Yep.

[Jean]

vroom!

[Erick]

So today there was a crapload of stuff to be done. We were so focused into it that I really didn't bother taking any pics (I think like 3 total). But if a picture is worth 1000 words, I think this little video sums up our progress today.

[Erick]

Nope, not turkish. Definitely Brazilian, possibly white.

I do have swedish friends though.

As for rocker locks, I never even heard of them until you mentioned it and I googled it. I never heard of M30 folks running them while on boost, so a low pressure setup (my goal) probably wouldn't suffer much.

- E

[selturk]

Kebab Traktor

are you Turkish dude..?

[browntown]

why no rocker locks? those springs look like they would allow to much lateral play when you booost

[widebodye30]

I think its time we send you some widebody flares;) call me at the shop when you get a chance!

[Lof8]

Glad you're back! I'm looking forward to catching one of your drift events someday.

[Ray Smoodiver]

"This sticker is dangerous and inconvenient, but I do love Fig Newtons."