1989 e30 Touring... this is Betty

[MC Hammered]

Car is getting rewired for OBD2. But first some good cleaning to get the grime off of it.



Interior cleaned out.

I wish I could have done this before I did the Dynamat installation as it would have made things so much easier.



Relocating battery from engine bay to rear



Rewiring fuse box for ac

[MC Hammered]

Engine out most of it stripped ready for cleanup



Old Subframe Waiting for AKG Subframe, IE Sways and AKG Swap Mounts



One small area of rust



Some creative washer use by previous owner

[cbouchez]

Nice man!

[MC Hammered]

Cleaning the engine bay

[MC Hammered]

The car came with a OBD2 harness from an Auto, had been cut up pretty bad to convert to OBD1. We just got in the fresh manual OBD2 harness we will use to start over.

[Roysneon]

Updates?

[MC Hammered]

I haven't received any updates from Gutenparts :(

[eight~deuce]

Betty is one sexy machine!

[MC Hammered]

Engine Accessories Install - Rogue Pulleys and Rogue Hoses



Engine block cleaned up




Heat shield blasted and coated with ceramic



Wires rewrapped



AKG reinforced and powdercoated subframe ready for reinstall.

[bradnic]

Nice.

[MC Hammered]

Heat shield before and after




Subframe back on



Small rust spot fixed, engine bay view



wheel well view



rewrapping all wires in the trunk

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Engine ready to be installed



New black carpet being installed



New trans tunnel insulation finally arrived!



New OEM heat shields in place. Looks a lot better than the Dynamat that was there before.

Before...




After!



Engine and transmission back in place

[MC Hammered]

Replaced the rusting brake and fuel lines



Removing the old underhood insulation and washer fluid hose







This girl can't have yellow teeth!



And it is the little details that matter

[bmwandhonda]

Absolutely love your work mate, love the attention to detail. Looking great :)

[MC Hammered]

I can not take any credit for the work being performed right now as it being done by the boys at Gutenparts.