E30 Again!

[e30lov]

did he cut the rear springs? not possible

Its possible, stupid but entirely possible. My H&r rear springs were chopped for awhile, very stiff until the shocks blew. Since been replaced with jom coils which will probably last a year

[bmwcalvin]

There is a distributor.. I couldn't find anyway to adjust it, so I will have to adjust the timing.. They are chopped, hence the reason I need to replace them all, not sure what to do yet since I don't have any money.. The tires and suspension won't last long and the power steering rack is all messed up since the car is too low. We'll see what happens..

[elmercc]

Enjoy the convertible!!

[go_topless]

I wish I had found a black one!

The rear looks like there are no springs!

[bmwcalvin]

Here's a pic of the rear springs next to some stock ones...
Also a pic of the rear diff with the broken bracket that has been causing me issues...

[bmwcalvin]

New pics...

So after everything the car is back to stock height, got all new tires and now has a 3.73 LSD. Not exactly what I wanted, but should be fairly reliable for a while... I attached some new pics: (I know my iphone camera sucks)

[Kershaw]

good job!

[scabzzzz]

Nice work. Keep it up.

Now the wheels need to get back to silver and you'll be lookin good!

[Cptcarisma]

Pot holes in Cali... HA.. come to Chicago, Holmes.. I'll show ya some CRATERS.. You're roads are PRIMO compared to ours.

CAPP

[Brandon12V]

WTF you don't have a dis..

[bmwcalvin]

Decided to finally start work on changing out the timing belt, Water pump, thermostat, Water temp sensor. I pulled the thermostat housing to find an empty thermostat.. Do you think this might have created some problems? I was getting a temp on the gauges but it was usually in between the blue and 1/4 mark, sometimes it would go higher. When I drained the coolant I found it to be mostly (95%) water. The timing belt was old and cracking. I only worked on it for just under 2 hours today and got everything off, made sure TDC was already lined up. I'm going to wake up early tomorrow and clean up everything and put it all back together..

[bmwcalvin]

So Yeah since the next day after I made my last post I have been having some issues. I broke a bolt when replacing the water pump. So I decided to drill it out with an ez-out and it broke off. So I went and got a new one and took and angle grinder to the end of the bolt to make it smooth again. Since then I haven't been able to get a new ez-out in to the bolt. (been 3 days of drilling it) I am thinking about pushing it down the street to an auto shop and see what they can do tomorrow... I need my car up for bimmerfest..

[bmwcalvin]

Now the car is in a machine shop since the auto repair places couldn't get it out.. We'll see what happens tomorrow. What's going to be interesting is how I am going to pay for it, since I don't have money..

[kalib0y]

Yeah I got it in Whittier, how'd you know??

Ive seen it at my work, QVE. who did you buy it from?

[bmwcalvin]

Got it from a Guy named hernan arellas, I think.. Spelling might be a bit off..