SLC: 1989 Zinno coupe. Superlight, Super Functional *6spd swap inside*

[mitchlikesbikes]

Nice work and all the pics are helpful. What was your thinking on the heater box mods?

well i am replacing the center dash vent with a gauge pod. so i figured i would delete the dash vents altogether. then i realized if i got rid of the foot vents i could entirely remove all the stuff that actuates all the vents open and closed. so just for the sake of weight savings and one more thing to have deleted from the hvac panel i went for it. plus with the carpet out the main floor vent things had to go anyway.

[Dakotademon7]

Welcome to the forum. I see your like me. If there's no blood, your not doing it right. Lol.

[torreira]

I dream every night of starting a build like this. Down to the bare., Wire tuck, re sealing everything. Sub'd

[mitchlikesbikes]

Welcome to the forum. I see your like me. If there's no blood, your not doing it right. Lol.

that's the truth

I dream every night of starting a build like this. Down to the bare., Wire tuck, re sealing everything. Sub'd

i dreamt of it for almost 2 years before i finally had an opportunity to get it rolling. thanks for the sub!


so against my better judgement i decided to buy some wheels yesterday. they were for sale locally and i just couldn't pass them up since there's hardly ever anything i like for sale locally. the wheels are Borbet Rs. 16x7.5, +35. right now they are a god awful teal color. i am thinking i want to remove the stupid fake bolt heads and fill the holes, then just paint them a nice satin black. i'm also probably going to get some 10mm or 15mm spacers to run all around, which will put me at or near the same fitment as the other 7.5 wide borbets (+20). and i'm probably going to go with dunlop ZII in 225/50/16 (i like me some meat)

[AWDBOB]

Sweet build! I'm in the process of gutting my car in a similar manner, so I'll check back for updates.

You're ballsy for wanting to DD this.

[mitchlikesbikes]

Sweet build! I'm in the process of gutting my car in a similar manner, so I'll check back for updates.

You're ballsy for wanting to DD this.

well to be fair i won't be driving it at all in the winter. and if i need four doors and something more civilized in the summer i have a 96 cherokee as well.

[totheredline]

pretty much doing the same thing with my 318is. keep it up! You gotta do a weigh in when you finish.

[mitchlikesbikes]

pretty much doing the same thing with my 318is. keep it up! You gotta do a weigh in when you finish.

that'll be one of the first places i go when i get the car on the road again!

i ordered some apex wheel studs today. kinda wanted some anyway and they'll be way safer when i'm using spacers on these new wheels.

[mitchlikesbikes]

wheel studs are here! apex messed up and sent me the 5 lug kit so i have 4 extra studs and lugs which is cool. that's what they get for charging me $25 to ship a VHS tape sized box across 2 states -__-

today i ordered my oil pressure and oil temp senders, as well as a filter sandwich plate. the sandwich plate is kind of a half assed way to do things but for $25 it'll get me by for now. sometime down the road when i rebuild the m20 or swap i'll actually drill and tap some stuff for the senders.

here's a pic of the wheel stud/lug setup:

[mitchlikesbikes]

got some more parts in the mail today. as you can see, they were nice enough to leave the sandwich adapter untouched after casting, so there were some nice chunks of aluminum ready to fall off into my poor engine. probably going to sand blast the whole thing for peace of mind. also got my senders for my gauges, which means they'll be fully functional right when the car is ready to go.

still waiting on my rollbar right now, its been 3 weeks since i ordered it and i have yet to receive a shipment notification. probably going to call them at the beginning of next week to figure out what's up.

[mitchlikesbikes]

picked up a seat for a really good deal today. wish i could have bought a pair but the guy only had one:( either way i'm still stoked. it fits me perfectly and is almost new. its a slightly older model cobra suzuka







currently waiting on paint supplies and my roll bar. big updates coming hopefully in the next week or two

[Danny915]

Sun's, liking the progress

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[MyE30]

I might have missed it, but did you get a before weight prior to the start of your slimafication?

[mitchlikesbikes]

I might have missed it, but did you get a before weight prior to the start of your slimafication?

i didn't unfortunately. drove the car home from the PO's house and immediately ripped into it. most sources say that a 1989 325i weighed around 2700-2800lbs from the factory. when i got the car it had a bunch of weight in garbage and random tools in the back, but aside from that it was pretty much stock. i'm assuming with everything i'm taking out, with the added weight of larger wheels/tires and the rollbar i'll probably be somewhere in the neighborhood of 2500lbs with a full tank of gas. any less than that would be a pleasant surprise though. weight will vary depending on necessity as well. street ready will be with a spare tire, jack, tools, and extra fluids. track ready won't have any of that, which should be an extra 50lbs off for those days

[Its_that_e30]

I would like to get 1 of those shift knob if you can get more