Hello everyone my name is Tyler with CM Performance in Bessemer City, NC. I know this is an E30 page primarily but I know most will appreciate this. Here is a personal build I am doing for myself during the time we are not working on customer cars, I hope you enjoy.
Let me catch you up to speed:
12/29
The car was bought as known project sight unseen from Chicago, IL as a "rust free" type of project just to assemble and be a driver. Upon arrival of the car we noticed that was not entirely the case and realized this car will go under almost a full nut/bolt refurbish/restoration with a touch of our own outlaw flare while maintaining true to BMW heritage. Once we received the car it was immediately placed onto the lift to inspect and see where to go with the project. The car was about 80% rust free other than the absolute known common areas- pedal box as well as driver side rocker panel towards the rear. Thankfully this car is a non sunroof car and also a blue plate California car so while there was some rust it was in fact minimal in all cases.
front 3-4 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
front by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
rear 3-4 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
rear by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
rear3-4 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
Once the body was assessed we jumped straight to the mechanicals- engine compression test was in order because of the way the engine felt after a drive upon delivery. As suspected the compression was not where we would have liked for it to be for the plans that we have for the car. A full engine teardown and rebuild was in the very very near future for this car.
bay by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
bay2 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
With the motor on the stand and contemplating what to do considering I had just purchased an virtually 0 mile S14 engine the same day a tough decision was made but we decided it was best to keep the numbers matching engine to the numbers matching car and save the S14 for a rainy day.
Engine Parts list:
10:1 Tii pistons
IE 292 Billet Cam
Coated Rod Bearings .25MM
Coated Main Bearings .25MM
HD Rocker Arms
39MM Exhaust Valves
47MM Intake Valves
HD Valve Springs
Chromoly Retainers
ARP main studs
ARP head studs
ARP Rod Bolt/Nut
MLS Head Gasket
Oil pan baffle/windage tray
Dual DCOE 40MM Weber Carburators
Water divider
Silicone hose kit
Water bypass pipe
New Intake Studs
New Exhaust Studs
Ireland Engineering Tri "Y" Exhaust Header
Ireland Engineering Stainless Exhaust
Other misc parts - gasket sets, rocker hardware, timing components, freeze plugs etc etc
Cylinder Head is receiving the supporting treatments:
port
polish
3 angle valve job all by former engine builder for Penske Racing.
Ignition Setup:
MSD Ignition box
Pertronix Electronic Ignition
Tach Adapter
Bosche Red Coil
8mm plug wires
Plugs-BP6ES - we will see how these work, I ran Brisk plugs in my E-Prod race car
Now that the engine has been planned out it was time to think about the suspension, we cannot build one thing without the other(and you guessed it) the slippery slope has commenced. Everything must be supporting or "congruent".
Suspension parts list:
New Bilstein Shocks/struts
IE Adjustable Camera Plates
IE 22MM hollow front sway bar
IE 25MM solid rear sway bar
both with new hardware
IE Stage II Springs(may go coil over in the front still undecided)
Control arm bushings
Trailing arm bushings
Ball joints
Tie rods
Center steering bar
Steering box refresh kit
Steering coupler
Pedal box refresh kit
As parts start to arrive, and the engine goes off to the machine shop its time clean up the inside of the car. 50 year old carpet and sound deadening be gone!
Untitled by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
25405457558_ab04703f41_b by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
IMG_9757 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
With the passenger rear floor stripped, treated and coated in semi-gloss black(not pictured will update soon) my mind is already churning on the interior- I'm thinking come period correct seats, something from GTS Classic maybe the Hockenheim- we will see.
01/10
I was able to make some progress on the interior today. Got the rest of the floorpans striped and inspected for rust then treated and sealed. Driver floorpan left untouched as it will be completely replaced when it goes to paint.
IMG_9816 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
IMG_9821 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
IMG_9825 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
IMG_9826 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
IMG_9827 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
IMG_9831 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
IMG_9837 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
Let me catch you up to speed:
12/29
The car was bought as known project sight unseen from Chicago, IL as a "rust free" type of project just to assemble and be a driver. Upon arrival of the car we noticed that was not entirely the case and realized this car will go under almost a full nut/bolt refurbish/restoration with a touch of our own outlaw flare while maintaining true to BMW heritage. Once we received the car it was immediately placed onto the lift to inspect and see where to go with the project. The car was about 80% rust free other than the absolute known common areas- pedal box as well as driver side rocker panel towards the rear. Thankfully this car is a non sunroof car and also a blue plate California car so while there was some rust it was in fact minimal in all cases.
front 3-4 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickrfront by Tyler Cauley, on Flickrrear 3-4 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickrrear by Tyler Cauley, on Flickrrear3-4 by Tyler Cauley, on FlickrOnce the body was assessed we jumped straight to the mechanicals- engine compression test was in order because of the way the engine felt after a drive upon delivery. As suspected the compression was not where we would have liked for it to be for the plans that we have for the car. A full engine teardown and rebuild was in the very very near future for this car.
bay by Tyler Cauley, on Flickrbay2 by Tyler Cauley, on FlickrWith the motor on the stand and contemplating what to do considering I had just purchased an virtually 0 mile S14 engine the same day a tough decision was made but we decided it was best to keep the numbers matching engine to the numbers matching car and save the S14 for a rainy day.
Engine Parts list:
10:1 Tii pistons
IE 292 Billet Cam
Coated Rod Bearings .25MM
Coated Main Bearings .25MM
HD Rocker Arms
39MM Exhaust Valves
47MM Intake Valves
HD Valve Springs
Chromoly Retainers
ARP main studs
ARP head studs
ARP Rod Bolt/Nut
MLS Head Gasket
Oil pan baffle/windage tray
Dual DCOE 40MM Weber Carburators
Water divider
Silicone hose kit
Water bypass pipe
New Intake Studs
New Exhaust Studs
Ireland Engineering Tri "Y" Exhaust Header
Ireland Engineering Stainless Exhaust
Other misc parts - gasket sets, rocker hardware, timing components, freeze plugs etc etc
Cylinder Head is receiving the supporting treatments:
port
polish
3 angle valve job all by former engine builder for Penske Racing.
Ignition Setup:
MSD Ignition box
Pertronix Electronic Ignition
Tach Adapter
Bosche Red Coil
8mm plug wires
Plugs-BP6ES - we will see how these work, I ran Brisk plugs in my E-Prod race car
Now that the engine has been planned out it was time to think about the suspension, we cannot build one thing without the other(and you guessed it) the slippery slope has commenced. Everything must be supporting or "congruent".
Suspension parts list:
New Bilstein Shocks/struts
IE Adjustable Camera Plates
IE 22MM hollow front sway bar
IE 25MM solid rear sway bar
both with new hardware
IE Stage II Springs(may go coil over in the front still undecided)
Control arm bushings
Trailing arm bushings
Ball joints
Tie rods
Center steering bar
Steering box refresh kit
Steering coupler
Pedal box refresh kit
As parts start to arrive, and the engine goes off to the machine shop its time clean up the inside of the car. 50 year old carpet and sound deadening be gone!
Untitled by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr25405457558_ab04703f41_b by Tyler Cauley, on FlickrIMG_9757 by Tyler Cauley, on FlickrWith the passenger rear floor stripped, treated and coated in semi-gloss black(not pictured will update soon) my mind is already churning on the interior- I'm thinking come period correct seats, something from GTS Classic maybe the Hockenheim- we will see.
01/10
I was able to make some progress on the interior today. Got the rest of the floorpans striped and inspected for rust then treated and sealed. Driver floorpan left untouched as it will be completely replaced when it goes to paint.
IMG_9816 by Tyler Cauley, on FlickrIMG_9821 by Tyler Cauley, on FlickrIMG_9825 by Tyler Cauley, on FlickrIMG_9826 by Tyler Cauley, on FlickrIMG_9827 by Tyler Cauley, on FlickrIMG_9831 by Tyler Cauley, on FlickrIMG_9837 by Tyler Cauley, on Flickr
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