Meet "Blue Nose" M62b44 swap (Pic Heavy)

[2mAn]

You better finish this thing soon, so you can actually drive it

[DIIRTY-30]

wow - I want a ride when its done

Anytime your in town once its running just hit me up. Always more than welcome to drop by Scott.


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One more pic of the almost finished product. I'll snap some of my own pics tomorrow when I have a chance. Just leave this here to marinate, can't wait to drive this car again.

[DIIRTY-30]

Well not much in the way of updates. Won't have the car for another 2 weeks give or take. Gives me time to finish up the motor stuff.

With that being said I'll let the pictures speak for my heightened anxiety for about an hour till I could put things back on flat ground.



Finally swapped the pan on that Matt did for me, the clearance of before and after are crazy.





The pilot bearing I almost completely overlooked and forgot to order. Wondered why something didnt look right...



Slapped together a new thermo & water pump for good measure. Metal impellers all day baby.










This happened the other night outside my work. Definitely a good way to burn 15 mins with my co workers. Check your fuel lines people, seriously.





Also I'll just leave this here for now since it's not my picture. It's far from done but gives you an idea of whats to come...

[animal]

wow - I want a ride when its done

[DIIRTY-30]

NP. Stoked to see it completed!
Ask him about dead-pedals and other trinkets you might like fab'd.
He offered me to make one as well as my delete panels, but I haven't had time to go back and wanted to take a crack at it myself.

I had him cut the circle for my spare wheel well since the person who was supposed to do it for me flaked hardcore. I'll most likely have him finish welding my shifter, carrier, and eventually exhaust. Definitely just became my go-to guy though, going to drop by later tonight and see the finished product.

On a side note, hopefully the hardlines will be started tomorrow and brakes checked and addressed for safety. After that, just a matter of towing it home and getting a driveshaft.

I was hoping to have the flywheel & oil pan swapped out by today but still kinda limited due to the thumb issue lol..

[ak-]

NP. Stoked to see it completed!
Ask him about dead-pedals and other trinkets you might like fab'd.
He offered me to make one as well as my delete panels, but I haven't had time to go back and wanted to take a crack at it myself.

[DIIRTY-30]

Monkey bars incoming is my guess! :D

Nailed it! Its funny, turns out I met Allan like 2 yrs ago; as soon as I saw the touring I was like wait a second.. Anyhow thanks again for the heads up Abbi, appreciate it man!

Thought that too, but most people just cut holes where needed for that.

Nope not me; I like cutting shit up with sawzall's, they should hire me as a spokesperson lol.

Aside from that I've had an idea for the interior that I was tossing around for a while. Just more of an excuse to execute it now. Afterall, this car isn't seeing another owner for a long time if ever. It's not perfect but I spliced, diced, and glued it back together, & I take great pride in it.

Ouch! That thumb! How did you manage to do that?


Looks great! I haven't been here in a while and its coming along fabulously!

Thanks man! Yeah def should have gotten stitches haha. Busted it open atleast twice a day since. But I don't even wanna try and figure out how I did it, sanding the engine bay, slipped and caught myself on the right piece of metal. Wasn't anything a good 6 oz of whiskey couldn't take care of.

[DER E30]

Ouch! That thumb! How did you manage to do that?


Looks great! I haven't been here in a while and its coming along fabulously!

[AwakenNoMore]

Monkey bars incoming is my guess! :D

Thought that too, but most people just cut holes where needed for that.

[ak-]

Maybe I missed it but why cut the rear bulkhead out?

Monkey bars incoming is my guess! :D

[AwakenNoMore]

Maybe I missed it but why cut the rear bulkhead out?

[DIIRTY-30]

Little progress update.. Went ahead and got my cut on.




























And nothings complete without bloodshed, super glue, and whiskey. Stitches would be nice but you cant have everything now can you?

[crzylildude]

[Sh3rpak!ng]

I spent a lot of time staring at JGood's, Gary's M3, & pantelones' supports; this was my best solution considering how limited the access is. Stripping the paint down just to get a good weld would be such a PIA lol. I did the same piece for the outside of the fender for the top section, and made the smaller piece for inside the frame rail. Figured this would be the best solution to distribute any stress from vibrations & also easier to work with than washers ha. I considered doing riv-nuts but figured this would be a bit easier since I've had to remove it atleast 5 times now.

The part looks similar to this : (Stolen from Pantelones thread)

Thanks for the pictures and additional info! Actually I really like this idea, maybe better than riv nuts since like you said it distributes the load over more of the thin sheet metal. Also if I screw it up somehow I can just make another plate. Dammit... ordered the riv nut tool this morning overnighted

[DIIRTY-30]

Thanks, I understand what you're saying, that's smart! It also helped me to remove the bumper shocks and take a look myself. I think you're method would actually be easier than trying to tack nuts inside there, let alone strip the paint, and then reapply rust protection when finished. I decided to just buy a riv-nut tool :D

I spent a lot of time staring at JGood's, Gary's M3, & pantelones' supports; this was my best solution considering how limited the access is. Stripping the paint down just to get a good weld would be such a PIA lol. I did the same piece for the outside of the fender for the top section, and made the smaller piece for inside the frame rail. Figured this would be the best solution to distribute any stress from vibrations & also easier to work with than washers ha. I considered doing riv-nuts but figured this would be a bit easier since I've had to remove it atleast 5 times now.

The part looks similar to this : (Stolen from Pantelones thread)