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    Getting the intercooler fitted up.


    things that need to be finished over the next week -
    IC mounted
    Gear shift install
    Steering joint and rack out back in
    Car sat down and torque of the front suspension
    gas lines hooked up
    starter wired up
    turbo oil feed and return line finished up
    final tightening of clocked turbo
    final tightening of Wastegate and downpipe
    fitting and install of IC piping

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      Z3 rack is in. That was not very fun doing it alone but it’s in. Tightened suspension down and gonna put it on the ground for the first time in months to load the suspension - then I’ll final tighten. Garagistic spacer kit worked out well but a lot of modification to make it all fit.

      Got the clutchline in front condor and going to wrap up the gearshift tomorrow.

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        Anyone know whether the rear gearshift mount goes in the bottom or top hole?

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          New front end looking so good! Letting the car rest (for the first time in months) on its own weight and then will final tighten front suspension items. The front seems to be considerably lower than the back now - it’ll be all new after I’m done with front suspension and motor items.

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            With everyone’s help, I got the gearshift in and all buttoned up. The Z3 shifter is SO much tighter than the OEM action.
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              New windshield and finally got rid of that nasty windshield surround for a new black one.

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                Intercooler and piping all aligned. Final tightening of turbo clocking. Got the power steering stuff back in and hooked up (a bit of a PITA). Final torqued the front suspension.

                Z3M radiator is on its way along with a new fan clutch and fan.

                This weekend Radiator will be installed, run the AFM lines to a gauge on the steering column, run ICV to IC tubing, and run vacuum lines.



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                  dude, you are NOT messing around here.
                  Simon
                  Current Cars:
                  -1999 996.1 911 4/98 3.8L 6-Speed, 21st Century Beetle

                  Make R3V Great Again -2020

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                    turbo M20, the dream.

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                      Originally posted by 2mAn View Post
                      dude, you are NOT messing around here.
                      It’s going together pretty well. Moving to the rear full suspension rebuild while finishing up the front and motor. Only thing I’m worried about conquering is the front valance work. Gonna be cut up bad and need to have patience with it - which I don’t have much of haha.

                      I’ll tell ya - nearly everything is new - even all the bolts- on this car which I’m cool with because it’s less potential failures. Only thing I’ll regret not doing is studding the head, new head gasket, and new head but I’ll do that once the first one blows.

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                        I also wish I had a larger garage lol...but that’s everyone I’m guessing.

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ID:	9895934 Was able to find tube for the IC tubing to the ICV. Summit is local, thank God, and I had them just give me everything that was 3/4” and had a 90 in it. Worked out after a little trimming and flipping the ICV upside down.

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                            I'm really enjoying this thread. Great work.

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                              Rally road gauge pod installed. Waiting on a tru boost setup and will wrap wiring and ecu stuff up. Also waiting on Stim Tech vacuum manifold.

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                                Z3 radiator in with new fan blade and fan clutch.

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