Ruby's Thread

[sonomabimmers]

No worries. Nice guy takes good photos. I bought it from him with a burned up clutch not drivable.


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[Levy3Poop]

Yup. He's got a thread on here for it. Same user name.


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I'll check it out, thanks!

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[sonomabimmers]

Yup. He's got a thread on here for it. Same user name.


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[Levy3Poop]

It's was dismantled for paint by the PO I would assume it happened then somehow.


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Ahhh I see. Did you buy it from isohi (on reddit)? Just curious. I'm trying to piece together all the previous owners just for fun.

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[sonomabimmers]

It's was dismantled for paint by the PO I would assume it happened then somehow.


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[Levy3Poop]

Always bothered me also. All PO stuff


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I wonder wtf exactly happened to goof up the door card like that. I mean, to rip that leater it had to be pretty forceful.

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[sonomabimmers]

Always bothered me also. All PO stuff


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[Levy3Poop]

I finally got around to installing the driver's door card I got for the junk yard.

The one she came with was torn up by the door lock pole thing, and the lock pole didn't have a bezel around it on the old one. This new one isn't torn up and has the bezel, which will make it feel a lot better to me.

Also, I'm not sure wtf all the tape on the bottom was for, but the new card doesn't have that either.

Hooray! She's becoming beautiful-er!







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[sonomabimmers]

Oh ya I remember seeing that car. Bummer. Ya you're on quite a different path with it lol.


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[Levy3Poop]

yeah man you should be fine with mobil 1 10w40. good call on the door cards. hyped i get to see the old girl getting some love.

I met a guy at AutoZone yesterday who sold this e30 to the guy I know who had it. He was so pissed when I mentioned it burned. I'm glad I give you the opposite of that experience haha

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[sonomabimmers]

I'll probably do another oil change to something thicker when I can afford it because I agree with you. I didn't even think about how it's about 20 degrees hotter than when I got Dave's engine.

I'm glad you like the manifold! I think it turned out great. Next up is to get the new door cards I got at the junk yard all cleaned up and installed [emoji108][emoji106]Particularly the driver's door card haha

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yeah man you should be fine with mobil 1 10w40. good call on the door cards. hyped i get to see the old girl getting some love.

[Levy3Poop]

Manifold looks great levy! but i would definitely have to agree texas heat + old M42 = thicker oil. I would at least do 5W40 if not 10 or 15w40. way to thin for that busy little m42 head.but to each his own i agree every time oil is brought up opinions come from everywhere. Just my $0.02. different motor but i ran 20w50 in my m20 and never had problems. Cars looking beautiful though, glad to see it.

I'll probably do another oil change to something thicker when I can afford it because I agree with you. I didn't even think about how it's about 20 degrees hotter than when I got Dave's engine.

I'm glad you like the manifold! I think it turned out great. Next up is to get the new door cards I got at the junk yard all cleaned up and installed [emoji108][emoji106]Particularly the driver's door card haha

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[sonomabimmers]

Manifold looks great levy! but i would definitely have to agree texas heat + old M42 = thicker oil. I would at least do 5W40 if not 10 or 15w40. way to thin for that busy little m42 head.but to each his own i agree every time oil is brought up opinions come from everywhere. Just my $0.02. different motor but i ran 20w50 in my m20 and never had problems. Cars looking beautiful though, glad to see it.

[Levy3Poop]

I got my intake manifold back from powder coating today, and put it on with the help of a few beers.

I had to take a hose with a jet spray attachment and blast the hell out of the inside with water to remove all the sand from sand blasting, but I got it squeaky clean inside that manifold!

Here's the new vs. old. Never mind the fact that the new is actually my old manifold from the blown engine, that's what we call "overthinking"


I had to label all the hoses as well as take pictures because I always get confused on where stuff goes and how it was originally attached. My lables were good enough that I didn't even need to look at the pics I took though [emoji106]


Got the upper intake manifold off thanks to the help of Mr. Guinness.


I didn't know it, but these are the fuel lines that go to the injectors....which have a pissload of fuel up there. After I took the hoses off, fuel started leaking out, and I realized I should have pulled the fuel pump fuse with the engine running in order to starve the engine of fuel and avoid this problem.


I took a peek at my valves, and they appear to be pretty clean for a 160k mile engine!


Aaaand here's it all back together (minus the throttle body and air intake stuff because I ran out of daylight for pics). I think it looks pretty darn good!


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[Codym42]

Haha, cool sticker!