My Imola Ti...Sport Limited =-)

[MikeDE]

^ Nah...unless I had enough loot to get the rockers redone, and get it at least partly resprayed, I wouldn't put that much into it.

So, made some progress the last week, mostly just 'little' stuff, but there was alot of it.

Here the summary first, from top right:


Pep boys/ebay Depo crystal clear blinkers...put o the originals even though the rubber trim is lacking. Also had to replace all of the orange blinker bulbs in the car as they were white/nearly white.

Those tiny things under the blinkers are blue LED's for the high beam reflector illumination/parking lights. Swapped in favor for standard 5W wedge's.

The PPO GLUED the shift know on and under it, some crappy looking baggy shift boot. In the process he got what looks like crazy glue all over the center console and original boot. Had to cut the old knob, along with the boot.

De-tinted the rear 1/4 window's and the rear hatch...glue removal sucked on the hatch, easy on the sides. The pics from the side/front down below are from before I removed the glue.

Under that, the airbox silencer.....but you can't hear the difference with this thing bolted to it:


Reuter/Eisenmann half-back(from resonator to bumper). Polished the tips a bit as well, and new hangers.

Then the old 91/99c fan switch & plug. Had to swap to the old style plug for this switch. The 16"SPAL from my E30T & E34T made it to this one. The original electric fan still works as designed, lo-speed with AC & hi-speed. Tapped into the hi-speed wire to the original fan, wired in a relay to pull power directly form the (+) when it's triggered. So both run on 100% when needed.


Both ACC belts swapped, the main was really bad, as you can see. That pile of crud to the left is the red and black Folie/Vinyl from the kidneys. And naturally, had to make a clutch-stop. CDV will come out next time i'm under there.

Then there were these:


And what persuaded them out:



Got sucker punched when the jack stand went thru the LR jack point, surprise surprise. Im gonna clean it up, weld a plate over and done. I'll jack it from the diff or the Subframe bushing bolt.

Also threw in some fresh 10mm spring pads, may need more but i'm still deciding on wheels. Leaning towards, BBS RK/RX/RN....

As it sits after the bushings & pads:


And here's the next round:


The LF sway bracket is rusted thru, i'll do both if the other isn't a complete whore. Also on the lookout for an 18.5mm Z3 M Coupe/Roadster rear sway. Mine is 16mm, so I think an extra 2.5mm would be fun...since it's the same rear subframe, it should fit right??

And some quick shot's as of this morning, yeah it's dirty. The Town's getting way lazy, they haven't cleaned any leaves or anything for about a year.










BTW, need help with this mess....anyway to remove maybe just the sub and keep the rest of the setup?? Help, ICE isn't my thing at all.

[M-technik-3]

Here comes the slippery path...S54/6 speed combo.

[MikeDE]

Think I saw this one on Mobile.de (I had layed my eyes on a cheap 323ti, and wanted to check how much 323ti's go these days).

Nice color! And with that engine it's gonna be a nice driver as well.

^Yeah I was looking at cheap Ti's also, BUT they were all beat. I have to do some rust repair on the rear arches & jack points, and a bit on the top corners of the windshield, pretty standard for an E36. But for these options/color, I can't complain.

It also looks as if the motor was done fairly recently, it's damn clean.

[Nai]

Think I saw this one on Mobile.de (I had layed my eyes on a cheap 323ti, and wanted to check how much 323ti's go these days).

Nice color! And with that engine it's gonna be a nice driver as well.

[MikeDE]

I would like to introduce my new daily, '00 323Ti. The E28 was fantastic but i'm getting too old and it was much too nice to use as a DD. The new owner bought it for weekend duty, and he's thrilled with it.

So onto the TI, Imola Red/Black, Sport Limited Edition, built sometime in 2000 it was one of the last one's off the line. The PO was a very good guy, drove it as he bought it from the PPO, who made some of the questionable changes to it. I plan to 'restore' it to it's original condition, with the normal mods on top of it. I have an M50 mani & a SPAL/Low-temp fan switch/fresh t-stat & alu housing sitting around, that'll be first once I start getting bored.

She's dropped on H&R's on the factory M-Tech dampers, rides actually VERY well even on the 225/40-18's, the wheels i'm sure are quite heavy. I'm going to swap on the winter wheels(Style 32, 16") and do a toe adjustment, she's ALL over the place on uneven pavement and there is visible toe-out on the drivers side.

There's a monster stereo in it, I plan to remove the sub-box, and keep the rest. I'm car-audio-retarded so i'll need help from you guys when the time comes.

The PO installed a Reuter/Eisenmann $$ catback, a very nice piece. I think i'll leave it on there. It's boomy, and non-intrusive while cruising above 2500.

Besides that, it goes like stink(compared to the 520i). These guys over here are pushing over 200whp with the M50 mani & a tune. I also have an new m20 clutch & M20 FW lying around, i'll see about throwing those in. the original FW is crazy heavy, and hangs between shifts, no doubt an emissions thing.

These are pice from the FS ad:








More to come soon...after it's reg'd and the Wifey cools down:hitler: