xLibelle's e30

[elsabor67]

Looks really nice man.

[skota]

Nice car, keep up the good work.

[xLibelle]

Nice car, keep up the good work.

Thanks. and thanks again for the beer! It was a hit ;)

[xLibelle]

Here is the transmission swap half of the job we did...


Remove the old crap.


DIE bitch!

what a mess, what a pain


installation


the straps held the engine back to allow for easier mounting of the tranny.


Here are two different design assemblies... you can guess which i picked.


Here, we were presented with a problem. Late model airbag automatics didnt come with manual clutch pedal return accomdations... and to add to that, the peddal assembly is welded into the steering column mount assembly!!!

the weld is behind the brake light switch wires.

So here is what i made. Since the pedal assembly cannot be removed, this plate mounts between the master and pedal frame.

i made a bunch of these and advertised years ago... but it seemed no one was coming across this issue... i cant recall where they are now but if you know you could use one... maybe i can find em again.

time to clean up......


back at home



oh, btw, this is the resultant from getrag 260 and the 4.10:1 final drive

[sticksdaman]

seeing that mileage reminds me that i need a tune up

what kind of paint did you use to redo your valence ? where did you get it

[xLibelle]

brought it to a shop. they applied the rock guard and matched color for like $100.

[Court M3]

car is coming along nicely. Keep up the good work!

[stevofthahill]

So what year period are we at now? I like the step by step process you've done with the photos and look forward to seeing where it is in present day.

[flamesone]

Great work so far!! All u need now is an Mtech 1 rear spoiler and ur set!!!

[xLibelle]

Sorry for the long delay, been out of the loop for a bit while working on my house.

So not long after the rebuild, i come full circle, just a little worse this time. Pickup infront of me on highway decided to just drive straignt over a full re-tread which hid it from my sight and tossed it into the air. With traffic all around me, there was nothing i could do other than catch it in the grill.




This was on the way to an autocross on a little talladega track in 2004.

[xLibelle]

So here is the event the next day.

[xLibelle]

While still living in Memphis with no way to get the car rebuilt... and i couldnt get the trucking company to fess up to it and agree paying.... yeah, i found the trucker on the other side of the hill getting his tire changed.

This autox was Left Memphis at a dog track... nothing special other than broke ass shit.

[flamesone]

haha oops looks like i spoke too soon, looks like u need a few more things done, but all in due time

[xLibelle]

So here is a year later at the same li'll tally event, my sorry ass still running with broken shit.

[stevofthahill]

haha oops looks like i spoke too soon, looks like u need a few more things done, but all in due time

You realize that all these pictures he is posting are in the past and that he's documenting how far his car has come from when he first got it...right?