Ravs "NEW" Old Chromie E30 M30 Supercharged

[rav320uk]

Today, I started on giving the block a good clean with degreaser and a wire brush attachment onto an electric drill.
All the surface rust and 20 year oil was removed, then washed down with warm soapy water and left out in the sun to dry off.
Then, sprayed Black, covered up all the water inlets, oil inlets, and masked off the block face with masking tape.
The eagle eyes ones will notice the core plugs painted too, don't worry, they;re getting replaced too, just didn't want to replace them sooner, then have to mask them up while spraying the block.



Also, on Monday, i'm going back to work on the head, polishing the inlet and exhaust ports, so any advice on that would be helpful.

[rav320uk]

Well, finally decided on the Colour for the Chromie.
What ya think.

[CorvallisBMW]

^great choice! That car's owner is a member on here. Can't recall his name though.

[rav320uk]

Does anyone know the correct paint code for this colour?

[CorvallisBMW]

The name is in this thread somewhere:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=225093

[Jozi]

Marakesh brown ;)

[PeturW]

Subscribed! This car is going to be awesome!

[rav320uk]

Started to clean up the ports yeasterday, and the Bluepoint(Snap On) dremel gave up the ghost.

Bought a new proper Dremel 300 this morning as I wanted to polish the ports.
Thought about it last night and for the hassle, I thought it was worth a bit of effort.
Pics below of the inlet ports, before and after.
Pics aren't the best though.



After

[slammin.e28]

^great choice! That car's owner is a member on here. Can't recall his name though.

The name is in this thread somewhere:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=225093

That's not Justin's car. His is a sedan.

Marakesh cars are becoming all the rage now....

[rav320uk]

These turned up today too.
Adaptors for the ITB's :D

[rav320uk]

One thing I did pick up on, the last inlet valve giude won't accept the valve.
The valve was difficult to remove, so after a bit of digging around, it needs to have a reamer sent down o get rid of the slight burring inside.
I've checked the valve, and all is good with that.
But it's seeming more and more likely this head has been rebuilt at some point.
So i'll be reaming the guide tomorrow too.
Ordered some more bits today, looks like they should turn up on Monday now, so weekend will be free to strip the ITB's and clean them, or have them soda blasted.

[Erik]

I love how this is turning out! Looks awesome, and I bet it will drive even better! I love the Hartge wheels.

[Thizzelle]

Well, finally decided on the Colour for the Chromie.
What ya think.

paint code is DOO DOO BROWN

[rav320uk]

Oh dear, not like that colour then:finger:

[iamsam]

where in England are you?

Didn't read the whole thread, sorry if you already mentioned it.