My 1988 e30 325ix - Garage'd

[jeenyus]

Got everything mounted for the oil filter relocation. Seam sealed the areas I ground down for welding. Basically I just drilled holes and welded in my old exhaust studs manifold studs for the filter location. I am waiting for 10an lines to show, but feeling good it's out from under the manifold.

[jeenyus]

Is this some universal clamp to be welded? can you tell me where you bought it ? nice work !

Yea this is a 3" vband flange. Welded them on and then they clamp down. I think I posted a final somewhere.

[jeenyus]

Finally got some 10AN lines are n the mail today. Anything from Canada seems to take forever right now. They were much long than I anticipated, but I was able to make it work. If I need to I can always cut them shorter in the future. I routed them under and through the hole where the AC used to fit. Underneath I used a little hose separator to keep them from rubbing on each other and then a rubber seam weld for the hole.

[jeenyus]

I got some items in the mail today! Time to learn some things.

[jeenyus]

Got the goods back from the ceramic coater today! They look great! I gotta wait a min to install them because they said they are "still soft". Here are some pictures to give an idea though.

[D.Martijn]

That does look very nice!

[rzerob]

That looks good. I like the color.

[jeenyus]

Thank you, thank you! Not much of an update. I installed the exhaust and fed all the new wiring through the firewall. (feeding things through the firewall is a total pain in the ass) cleaned some things, looked at some things. I am a little unsure how to connect the signal wire to the zeitronix zt-3. My guess is the 4 wires on the old narrowband o2 connect to the 4 signal wires on the zeitronix zt-3. MS gets the information from there and they all play nicely. If anyone has used this setup any advice would be much appreciated. It's MSPNP2 (EMS) and Zeitronix ZT-3 (wideband).

[kid325e]

Is there any better "cherry on top" then brand new exhaust manifold nuts? The manifolds turned out clean, I really love the color.

[jeenyus]

Is there any better "cherry on top" then brand new exhaust manifold nuts? The manifolds turned out clean, I really love the color.

You're so right! Thank you.

[jeenyus]

Am I supposed to have 12v at my o2 sensor? I think it's pin 4, the green wire. I have no voltage even at the relay and I'm confused.

[jeenyus]

Thanks for all the help everyone... LoL. I got it started and I am slowly figuring this out. The afr gauge makes it easier for sure. Hopefully I'll be driving soon, but I gotta bleed the brakes and don't want to do it twice and I'm waiting for some crows feet to actually be able to get in there. I worked on my idle yesterday and today and finally feels like it's smooth and my afr gauge is sitting around 13. The odd thing is I had to trim fuel a lot and I went from 70 to around 35 atm. Maybe the whole time is overly rich in general? I will have to learn.

[dadsbmw]

Good luck man. I dealt with MS for along time on my other project and found it to be such a PITA. I feel like I just never knew if my problems were related to the MS base settings, fuel map, spark map, mechanical issues, wiring issues, component issues... just so many variables! I think my MS days may be over with, but maybe you have aptitude and patience I dont! Keep up the good work!

[jeenyus]

Good luck man. I dealt with MS for along time on my other project and found it to be such a PITA. I feel like I just never knew if my problems were related to the MS base settings, fuel map, spark map, mechanical issues, wiring issues, component issues... just so many variables! I think my MS days may be over with, but maybe you have aptitude and patience I dont! Keep up the good work!

Thanks man! I appreciate the encouragement. "Everyone starts out a beginner." Is one of my favorite phrases. It keeps me motivated in tough times.

[jeenyus]

So I found that my Y collector was leaking. I couldn't get my AFR readings correct without completely cutting fuel down, which wasn't good. So I checked the physical connection and the clamp style connection was clearly leaking. I had a feeling when i made this setup... So here I am welding on v-bands to make this connection solid af. My welds are getting mildly better, so that's good. I also installed the rear brake lines from Chase Bays. That was fun...