Decided it was time to replace the original heater core, heater valve and radiator.
Bavarian Autosport is about 40min from my house, so one day while sitting at sonic eating a chicago style hot dog I decided to cross state lines and pick it up right from their showroom.
Shiny new radiator! Engine bay could use some cleaning love from sitting all winter.
In other news, I have cupholders!
I also have some rust/rot along the driver side rocker and above the rear arch... and driver side floorboard. The New England E30 club I started partnered with a Boston body shop that seems to do excellent work, and they said that if I picked up the sheetmetal they would take care of the mig welding for me, and may even paint it.
I didn't hesitate, I already have the sheetmetal for the floorboards, but picked up some panels for the rockers and wheel arch.
Right now, the interior is all torn apart - pulling up the carpet to inspect for rust spots, and rebuilding both door locks to get the doors to open/lock/shut properly.
Bought one lock rebuild kit for the driver's side since it gets lots of use, and greased the passenger side. I messed around with it for far too long and my dad actually stepped in and had the patience to reassemble the passenger side. I fucking hate the latch mechanisms.
and finally, how the ole girl sits until I get over to the body shop
In other news, I have an electrical engineering friend assembling a megasquirt2 v3 board for the turbo part of this build - I considered stroking it to a 3.0L first, but everything I've read suggests that it will be detrimental to a turbo application. 2.5L it is.
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