From rags to riches - the junkyard dog. 325iS rebuild + k swap!

[grandeswag]

Bay is painted! Got it towed on friday and had some time sunday to get working on it. Almost there!

[grandeswag]

Happy to say we're back in the tuning phase, now with new cams!

Drove 50 miles on Sunday, broke down for a few mins because of some corrosion on the fuel pump connector. Otherwise going well!

[Striker01]

Build looks good!! Nice work! Did your Lantzfab kit come with the aluminum end link? Mine came with a 3d printed piece that didn't last a month. Nevermind, I see that they have a metal end option, wish I would've seen that when I ordered mine.

[grandeswag]

Build looks good!! Nice work! Did your Lantzfab kit come with the aluminum end link? Mine came with a 3d printed piece that didn't last a month. Nevermind, I see that they have a metal end option, wish I would've seen that when I ordered mine.

Haha, yes I went with the metal option!

[grandeswag]

Wheels have arrived from Work. I ordered them about 6 months ago, 15x8 ET22 - A disk, bright clear bronze, matte anodized barrels. Mounting my existing 205/55s for now. Picking up some ground controls to dial in the fitment shortly.

[Reichart12]

Wow incredible work. I would definitely trust you working on my project!

Question about your engine bay shave. Do those panel just sit on top of the existing structure or did you cut out to fit to shape?

[grandeswag]

Wow incredible work. I would definitely trust you working on my project!

Question about your engine bay shave. Do those panel just sit on top of the existing structure or did you cut out to fit to shape?

Thank you! They fit out of the box more or less. Need a little fine tuning with the grinder. You don't need to cut anything.

https://www.rageitparts.com/products/e30-engine-shaved-bay-plates

[grandeswag]

Got the ground controls installed. Removed my old (less than 1k miles) hubs from the current setup, plus the brake dust shields and transferred them over to the new spindles. Haven't really messed with the ride height at all, but it's not a bad start!

https://youtu.be/wIEghiqu7zg?si=JBY1tzcOmPksIZbK

[2mAn]

Car looks great, whats the plan from here?

[It's Soda Not Pop]

Very clean build. Can't wait for some more updates

[grandeswag]

Car looks great, whats the plan from here?

Thanks!

Not too much planned right now.. bit of a bittersweet moment with it feeling pretty finished. Need to rip on it a bit and find any bugs to iron out, also have a 4.10 that I need to install.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p20WSO9mFqo&ab_channel=DekadentGarage

[2mAn]

Time for Driver mod!

[Il Duce]

Beautiful car! Nice work on restoring it.

Got the ground controls installed. ]

Is that their "bread and butter" kit? Did you end up shortening the strut tube?

[grandeswag]

Beautiful car! Nice work on restoring it.




Is that their "bread and butter" kit? Did you end up shortening the strut tube?

Thanks! I got them used and they're a few years old. I don't think they line up exactly to anything in the current catalog, but close to the "complete suspension system" as they have the custom Konis, camber/caster plates and rear mounts.

[Il Duce]

Thanks! I got them used and they're a few years old. I don't think they line up exactly to anything in the current catalog, but close to the "complete suspension system" as they have the custom Konis, camber/caster plates and rear mounts.

Right on man, thanks. I just installed my GCs and it isn't sitting as low as I was hoping for. Still working on em, but your setup looked pretty familiar. I did go with the bread and butter kit and I know some people shorten the strut tube... I haven't gone that far yet but probably will.

Enjoy it! (subbed to your YT channel too)