1988 325is e30 - the "battle" scarred veteran

[crappycoco]

She found a new home.

[crappycoco]

News:
I mis-diagnosed the car with rod knock. Turns out it's piston slap. Car is fine, the ticking goes away after 1min of idling. Been working fine, drove several autocross events and it runs like a champ. No problems whatsoever.

Car is for sale:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=398170

[crappycoco]

I think you answered your question earlier in the thread



;D

You could easily find an eta block, clean it up and prep it and swap the 885 head over. Its a little more complicated than that though... but yea

I decided to tackle it =D Could use some help though, If there's someone who's got some time to spare in the bay area, I buy the beer and the pizzas =D

[2mAn]

Any advice would be greatly appreciated =)

I think you answered your question earlier in the thread

Fuck it, we went full retard on a salvage title:

;D

You could easily find an eta block, clean it up and prep it and swap the 885 head over. Its a little more complicated than that though... but yea

[crappycoco]

Any advice would be greatly appreciated =)
I'm thinking about doing the bearings myself - from what I've read its a fairly complicated task .. and Benteley doesn't cover it - perhaps someone with hands on experience could help? I've read the stroker pages and though it sounds tempting, i think it might be too much for my current knowledge. I could just assemble the parts and send it off to a machine shop, but that can get real pricey, real fast. I was quoted about 2.5k to repair the current problem by a reputable east bay shop. I wouldn't want to go over that.

[crappycoco]

That funny thing I was hearing? Yeah .. Rod knock.
Kind of pissed at the car, the only thing I thought was ok was the engine =D

Given the fact its a salvage ..
1. Get a clean "shell" with a good engine and tranny, use the white bastard as a parts car
2. Get a 2.7 block and make the bastard suffer some more.
3. Drive it into the nearest ditch and preform a viking funeral with lighter fluid and toothpicks.

[crappycoco]

Yeah most probably. Is there any difference if I dont pick the exact same gauge wire as the stock? Like differences in resistance (of the wire) screwing up how the ecu receives the sensors signal? Probably not, but doesn't hurt to ask just in case =)

[ak-]

You know what man, it probably doesn't exist and is part of the harness as a whole.
One of those things you might have to just use new wire for and crimp/solder.

[crappycoco]

Nobody knows the part # for that piece of wire? I really need to change it.

[crappycoco]

Thanks, what about the cable that connects to it? I need to change it and cant find the part number anywhere.

[ak-]

The sensor on the block? Oil pressure sensor for the idiot light on the cluster.

[crappycoco]

Fixed the images above.

Srsly, whats that wire connected to?

[crappycoco]

Amazing, the images died. Damn you google.

Btw guys, anyone knows what this connector is? Mine is all torn up and looks like it'll break soon.

[crappycoco]

Oh, and I just got these:

[crappycoco]

Got my hands on an endoscope and couldn't resist taking a look at the cylinders.
Looks ok i guess, a bit heavy on the carb side, but I've been driving it short distances lately,
so it makes sense. I'll redo the pictures after a long roadtrip to see if that helps anything =D

These are the cylinders 1 to 6: