My long finished e30 project

[KIRIEIW]

Well I installed a Ireland Engineering strut bar a couple days ago,

[Reichart12]

Clean looking engine bay! :up:

[KIRIEIW]

Clean looking engine bay! :up:

Thank you! Cleaning all those parts before reassembling really payed off.

[Old city bimmer]

very nice work done.

[KIRIEIW]

^Thanks! Well I figured I'd post up some pics of my ride height, plus I'm running my Mtechs white basketweaves now. The front is about 90% down, while the rear is about 65%. I'd like to lower the rear a tad more but the cambers just going to kill tires. The ride quality is awesome,

[KIRIEIW]

Oh, I also picked up a set of OEM e30 floor mats on Craigslist for $50! You can Kinda see them in this Interior shot

[GnarShark]

The houndstooth door cards look great. gotta find me some of those Great build your car looks clean!!

[KIRIEIW]

^Thanks man! I looked a hell of a long time for black door panels in any type of cloth... months!

So today I decided to figure out my driveshaft vibration (it's gotten so bad I get a vibration in 1st and 2nd gear when accelerating from a stop) and I think I found the problem ;D I put on the new bearing on the driveshaft now, but sadly the flex disc pelican sold me is for a 528e Automatic... not sure how they screwed that up but I bought everything so long ago there's no way I'll be able to return it. Cars on jacks for the night, I need to get the correct flex disc in the mail/ or from a parts store ASAP to get the car on the road again!

[CRBR30]

Great progress!

[Haystack]

Looking good. My 87 AW originally had a Pacific Blue comfort interior. Wish I had scooped up those seats. Mine are torn to hell. I suspect I'll end up getting sport seats recovered in the blue though.

[KIRIEIW]

Looking good. My 87 AW originally had a Pacific Blue comfort interior. Wish I had scooped up those seats. Mine are torn to hell. I suspect I'll end up getting sport seats recovered in the blue though.

What a shame! In the end I think you'll enjoy the sports a ton more. Blue ones are going to be though to find though, you may want to look into black or tan.

Great progress!

Thanks!


Ok, So I got the Guibo today. I ordered it from NAPA auto parts yesterday, and the best part is its a Febi-Bilstein. Made in Germany :D

Sadly they didn't get it in until 3.30pm, and I got business to take care of at 5pm so there's no time to get it in. Thankfully I bought this convertible or I'd be on my second day with no car. Tomorrow the work begins!


IMG_2086 by Kevin O'Brien, on Flickr

[KIRIEIW]

Well everything's back together! I have to say hanging the Cat by yourself is pretty challenging but it was doable.

[KIRIEIW]

I had to take EVERYTHING back out because the little dust cover on that goes behind the bearing was out of round, making contact with the rubber on the center support bearing causing an awful awful squeak. I wish this would be the last time I'll have to take the driveshaft out, but sadly the output shaft seal is leaking and I couldn't break that back nut off with an air impact gun. Looks like I'll have to tackle that issue some other day but for now its all back together!

Pic with the Euroweaves back on and fresh wash..

[KIRIEIW]

Went for a little drive in the hills today and snapped a couple photos. Not much has been going on with the car. I've cracked my fog lights twice now and there so damn expensive for OEM replacements! I'm just going to keep an eye out on the forums and the wrecking yards. I'm also really bummed now that I surrendered my old Cali plates to the DMV, I should have kept them and sent them off to be restored to have more of a period correct look on the car.

Besides that I've been dealing with a hard starting issue which I'm really stumped on. The car runs great when it's warmed up, but if you try starting it when its cold, or has been sitting after a drive for 30min you'll have to crank it for maybe 5-6 seconds. Has never left me stranded but I'd like to figure it out. So far I've replaced the fuel pressure regulator, OEM Fuel pump (about $200 for that sucker), rebuilt fuel injectors, replacement ECU, Blue temp sensor, CPS sensor, Fuel pump and ECU relay, and I'm sure I'm missing a few other things. I've also checked resistance on the Coil, and the cap and rotor only have 30,000 miles.. However I'm leaning towards this being a spark issue. You can smell what I'd describe as a raw fuel smell on warm up, specifically right after it turns over on a long crank and the smell will go away. I wouldn't call it rough, but the idle on my convertible was smother once fully warmed compared to the coupe.

Anyways, on to some pics:

[iwantspeed]

nice car