1973 BMW 2002 tii - Judge Judy

[ST1G]

Now I feel bad about mocking you for your üro parts. You are going to need to save all the money.

I'm surprised this was such a big deal. I took a 50 cal round to the airport once and they just made me put it in my checked bag. It was in Phenix though.

[ak-]

Clips?? Did not know the Garand was chambered in 9MM.

Shots fired.

Pun intended.

[Brad Sindoni]

my school is in long beach one street down from the airport, on Conant. should of had me come get it!!

[TimeMachinE30]

Shots fired.

Pun intended.

Bullseye!

[roguetoaster]

Clip, Magazine, whatever.

In the backpack, in the pocket, in the briefcase, wherever.

[phreshkid]

Reached out to two criminal defense attorneys.

Current estimates to "make this disappear" are between $7500-$10,000.




I should go to school to be a lawyer. This is some grade-A bullshit.

[2mAn]

Yea I hate lawyers, but they are a necessary evil. I got my license back early from a suspension years ago but still had to pay a $100 renewal when that original suspension was up (which I wasnt aware of). Almost 10 months of driving on a suspended license (because of the failure to pay that $100) and I got pulled over for a taillight bulb being out. That ticket cost me $750 to have a laywer explain what happened, then because I was on probation from that earlier suspension and that almost got violated, I had to pay that same lawyer $1500 to spend 5 minutes in court to get it dismissed...

Another time a lawyer offered to write me an "opinion" letter to help with something and that was going to cost $1200, after I had already paid him $600 to look into something for me.

Fuck lawyers

[phreshkid]

Fuck lawyers

I totally would but I'm picky. At the very least, they need to be female.


edit: this would be so much easier if the next gf was a CD lawyer

[DEV0 E30]

It was in Phenix though.

Phoenix. It's spelled Phoenix. Ya filthy casual. :P

I totally would but I'm picky. At the very least, they need to be female.


edit: this would be so much easier if the next gf was a CD lawyer

Oh, my next girl
Will be nothing like my ex girl
I made mistakes back then
I'll never do it again


Yay, Black Keys.

I'm glad you're keeping your sense of humor about all this.

When you fly INTO an airport, I think the blame lies on the airport that should have found it BEFORE boarding a plane. Sounds like a rather shitty situation.

But without a gun, what could you have had on your person to turn it into a weapon? A hammer,nail, and workbench clamp? You'd need a person to be strapped to a chair to cause any harm.

... Not that I really put any thought into this.

Saw it in a movie...

[ST1G]

1973 BMW 2002 tii - Judge Judy

Reached out to two criminal defense attorneys.

Current estimates to "make this disappear" are between $7500-$10,000.




I should go to school to be a lawyer. This is some grade-A bullshit.

I want to be a lawyer. If I ever am one I'll make sure to give you $7500-$10,000 in free services to make up for it.

Phoenix. It's spelled Phoenix. Ya filthy casual.

Oh. I knew that. I swear.

[phreshkid]

I'm glad you're keeping your sense of humor about all this.

When you fly INTO an airport, I think the blame lies on the airport that should have found it BEFORE boarding a plane. Sounds like a rather shitty situation.

But without a gun, what could you have had on your person to turn it into a weapon? A hammer,nail, and workbench clamp? You'd need a person to be strapped to a chair to cause any harm.

I never actually made it past the TSA checkpoint in Long Beach, as I was flying out of there to Portland. So this whole thing happened in Long Beach.

I still cant wrap my head around how such a petty mistake (and it was a complete mistake) can already cost $7500. There isn't much I could have done with a magazine and bullets, since I didn't have the gun itself. But I don't want to chance it and hope that the court sees this how I see this. They are ruthless.

I want to be a lawyer. If I ever am one I'll make sure to give you $7500-$10,000 in free services to make up for it.

I wish I can summon you now. I need all kinds of services.













Well I flew back last night with no issues.

These were dropped off:




These are 14x5.5" 2000cs steel wheels with all trim rings and caps. Excellent score. I'll either have them widened, or the offsets manipulated to give the deeper look. These will have a home on the florida 1600 car.

[animal]

Love your threads - you are such a good writer.

[phreshkid]

Love your threads - you are such a good writer.

Thanks Scott.
















I did some work to the tii today. It idled fine, but when the engine is cold and you give it gas, sometimes it would choke. I know I have vacuum leaks in the engine bay, but I wanted to first play with the timing, adjust valves, and get new spark plugs in there, since this will create a good baseline for farther tuning.



First, I removed the strut bar. I really like this particular strut bar. So much, that I'm sending it out for powder coating, along with the air box and other things. I didn't get a photo of the strut bar, but I did get photos of the air box. Currently, the airbox is painted with black crinkle coat paint. I want this stripped, and all hardware dipped.



I spent some time cleaning up another valve cover I had. This will do for now, but I intend to pull all aluminum off the motor and have it sent out for tumbling and ceramic clear coat for that perfect aluminum look. This will also allow me to change all seals and gaskets, so it makes sense.




With the valve cover now off, I was able to do some snooping around. I found some goodies under there. From what I was able to see, I verified a Schrick Camshaft and Schrick valve springs. I can't tell which cam is in there, since the important markings are at the end of the cam on the timing chain side. I'm guessing it's a 292 by the way the car idles and my past experiences with the 292.

You can barely make out the word "Schrick" in this photo:


And the valve springs:


Someone really put some love into this motor. The PO says the motor was fully rebuilt, but I don't have documentation since the guy responsible is now mad at me and the seller. Apparently he wanted first right to buy back this tii and "keep it in the family" but when the PO offered it to him, he made a ridiculously low offer for both this tii and a nice 325ix. The seller was offended and two years later, it sold to me. The guy who wanted it owns an indy shop in San Diego and refuses to speak to me about the car. Strange dude. I just want to know it's history. Either way, I'm stoked.


I went ahead and checked valve clearances and all rockers had .006 of clearance, which is a bit tight, but makes sense for a high compression, cammed tii motor. I decided not to adjust anything and button her back up, but not before I changed the plugs to new Bosch units, all gapped to .40, as is suggested with tii motors. I figure that with a hot motor like this, .40 gaps will create a hotter spark. With the current 002 dizzy with pertronix, the motor will be happier. When I pulled the old plugs out, they were actually really nice, but were gapped at about .35, and didn't feel the greatest at idle.

With the new plugs and everything buttoned up (but I left the airbox off), I started the car and let it warm up. The idle steadied out and the lumpy cam was very apparent. I decided to take the car out for a quick drive and get gas. I drove the car fairly spirited and confirmed that 1. the cam really kicks in at about 4k rpms and 2. the LSD unit works very well. The car is fun, and has good power. I believe the rumors from the PO. This car really moves.



Pleased with the engine (for now), I went ahead and replaced the driver's side door stop mechanism and tinkered with the center console. I'll make this one really nice with multiple parts I have set aside. I also added euro turn signals but I forgot to get photos.


I started cleaning the engine bay up even more and noticed that this engine has an upgraded starter as well. It's much smaller than the stock unit.



This tii is so great. I'm more and more into it every time I tinker.

[gwb72tii]

Modifying a tii motor is difficult because of the k-fish. It's hard to alter the k-fish to take advantage of a hot cam etc. I'd be tempted to go back to a stock cam and keep as much OEM as possible.
You have a unique car, a tii. They're becoming increasingly rare. My tii likes it above 4K also and is stock. I'd be really shocked if you're getting anything from the cam except a lumpy idle. Tii's are pretty quick out of the box, noticeably quicker than a stock 2002.

[kronus]

if the valves are too tight you'll burn em..